Continental Rails II SdH 2012

Game # 20 - Turn # 18

Headline News 1875 to 1876

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1875: Gold discovered in the Black Hills of Dakota Territory!
1876: Gen. Custer massacred by Sioux Indians on banks of Little Big Horn River.

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: Jim Fisk bought H&S for $4300, Leland Stanford bought FW&D for $4215.
  • PCs Merged: LR&S merges into M&LR.
  • PCs Incorporated: T&P, SL, TR.
  • New Engines Acquired: READ bought Pacific 4-6-2, C&O bought Pacific 4-6-2, W&M bought Prairie 2-6-2, SM bought Pacific 4-6-2, IC bought Consolidation 2-8-0, SLSW bought Pacific 4-6-2.
  • New Technologies Acquired: GT bought automatic brakes, NYC bought automatic brakes, PENN bought automatic brakes, READ bought automatic brakes, N&W bought automatic brakes, NER bought Pullman sleepers, C&H bought automatic brakes, SCL bought automatic brakes, COG bought automatic brakes, P&FW bought automatic brakes, TP&W bought automatic brakes, NO&J bought automatic brakes, MS bought automatic brakes, O&M bought Pullman sleepers, C&NW bought automatic brakes, CRIP bought automatic brakes, CASL bought automatic couplers, M&SP bought Pullman sleepers, M&SP bought automatic brakes, MP bought automatic brakes, M&LR bought automatic brakes, L&A bought automatic brakes, SL&A bought automatic brakes, SLSF bought automatic brakes, SLSW bought automatic brakes, GW bought automatic brakes, SP bought automatic brakes, GN bought automatic brakes, ATSF bought Grand Station, ATSF bought automatic brakes.
  • RoWs built: TN12 by PENN, KY13 by N&W, KY5 by P&FW, MT6 by C&NW, UT2 by CRIP, KS4 by MP, IL12 by SL&A, MO5 by SLSF, AZ1 by SP, ND5 by GN.
  • PENN doubled IL6, SCL doubled MI1, C&NW doubled WI4, SL&A doubled IA1, SLSF doubled SLSF, SP doubled CP, ATSF doubled MO3.
  • New RoWs acquired: P&FW got IN10, PENN got TN9, N&W got TN13, SL&A got IA3, M&SP got ND1, SLSF got OK6, GN got MT1, C&NW got MT7, MP got CO5, SP got NM3, ATSF got NM4, CRIP got UT9.
  • Reorganized RRs: ERIE.
  • Cornered stocks: MS.
  • New railroad Presidents: Edward Harriman of READ, Jim Fisk of CRIP, Karl Von Backenheime of SLSW.
  • New Private Companies Available: LP&W, CW.
  • Jim Fisk earns the Millionaire Award.
  • Jim Fisk dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $2000. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: William Palmer, Edward Harriman
  • Invention of refrigerated freight cars permits shipment of perishable cargos long distances.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Improved.
  • Best locomotive available: Pacific 4-6-2
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system, automatic couplers, Pullman sleepers, automatic brakes, refrigerated cars.

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Jim Fisk (1) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Jay Gould (9) Edward Harriman (2) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Mogul Jim Fisk (1) J. Edgar Thompson (3) William Palmer (12) Edward Harriman (2) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Builder Jim Fisk (1) Leland Stanford (5) Jay Gould (9) Thomas Scott (7) Edward Harriman (2)
Rail Magnate Jim Fisk (1) Jay Gould (9) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Leland Stanford (5) Thomas Scott (7)
Rail Prodigal Jim Fisk (1) William Palmer (12) Edward Harriman (2) Leland Stanford (5) J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Rail Baron Jim Fisk (1) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Jay Gould (9) Edward Harriman (2) Leland Stanford (5)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
1 Jim Fisk CRIP C&NW .... H&S
3 J. Edgar Thompson PENN N&W .... ....
5 Leland Stanford SP ATSF FW&D ....
2 Edward Harriman MS READ .... ....
9 Jay Gould NYC W&M .... ....
12 William Palmer MP M&SP .... ....
7 Thomas Scott .... O&M .... ....
6 Karl Von Backenheime SLSF SLSW .... ....
11 Thomas Durant P&FW SL&A CT MKT
10 Hannibal Kimball V&T L&A .... ....
8 John Forbes .... .... .... ....
4 J. Pierpont Morgan C&H CASL .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 329 43229 25073 96 64622 1283 8 3 0 0
NYC New York Central 2729 472850 245883 99 509541 8187 14 5 0 0
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 287 30094 21367 83 78925 0 -2 0 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 2839 594306 332812 95 796511 177296 13 9 0 1
READ Reading 1498 267474 141762 98 362019 5393 13 3 0 0
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 949 98450 58085 95 263474 37946 4 0 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 1865 314305 172869 96 364254 39473 12 16 0 0
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 2184 268849 188195 81 610001 367611 0 0 0 0
NER Northeastern Line 1107 161411 83933 99 320477 3653 10 2 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 321 52699 28985 99 57907 1059 12 9 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 2965 667214 346952 99 795435 10674 18 16 0 4
COG Central of Georgia 410 60365 33201 99 106999 1476 10 1 0 0
P&FW Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne 959 104306 60498 93 242091 155027 2 3 0 0
TP&W Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw 717 120381 66210 96 198642 91084 9 1 0 0
NO&J New Orleans & Jackson 603 83128 45720 99 163568 11712 8 2 0 0
SM Southern Mississippi 255 32282 19047 95 72475 21180 5 0 0 0
MS Michigan Southern 598 90615 57088 91 200229 98968 1 1 0 0
O&M Ohio & Mississippi 165 19699 11622 95 43904 3149 6 2 0 0
IC Illinois Central 185 24220 15016 92 53867 21780 4 0 0 0
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 1989 254807 132499 99 408146 53242 9 9 0 0
CRIP Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 1921 234487 124279 98 497729 210097 5 9 0 1047
CB&Q Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 190 24456 16875 85 42209 23990 2 0 0 0
CASL Chicago, Alton & St. Louis 185 24472 14928 93 44022 14970 5 0 0 0
FEC Florida East Coast 299 25522 15058 95 61307 34084 2 0 0 0
M&SP Milwaukee & St. Paul 697 85537 47046 99 194595 93460 4 1 2000 0
MP Missouri Pacific 1055 114209 62814 99 286968 136473 3 1 360 0
M&LR Memphis & Little Rock 506 50525 26778 98 108888 55988 4 1 0 0
V&T Vicksburg & Texas 173 17950 12026 87 41245 17958 1 0 0 0
L&A Louisiana & Arkansas 90 17221 10849 91 23303 9912 9 2 0 0
SL&A St Louis & Alton 673 99474 51727 99 170521 111349 7 3 0 0
SLSF St Louis & San Francisco 562 63395 33599 98 138780 80015 4 10 0 0
SLSW St Louis & Southwestern 155 20348 12005 95 39546 17265 5 1 0 0
GW Great Western 140 19741 12437 91 31894 16050 5 0 0 0
SP Southern Pacific 2308 288620 152970 98 578257 178868 7 8 0 0
GN Great Northern 501 42799 27391 90 101633 69167 0 5 0 0
ATSF Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 957 124550 64766 99 236320 123997 6 5 0 0
SL Soo Line 150 16009 10726 87 32759 21841 1 0 0 0
T&P Texas & Pacific 224 23774 15691 88 48554 32371 1 0 0 0
TR Texas Road 84 12606 8572 86 20279 13521 3 0 0 0

Railroad Lines:

Regions:  A = Atlantic ;  D = Deep South ;  O = Ohio ;  L = Great Lakes ;  C = Central ;  M = Mississippi ;  G = Gulf ;  W = Midwest ;  S = Southwest ;  T = Mountain ;  P = Pacific ;  N = Canada ;  X = Mexico 
  • Grand Trunk (GT)
  • New York Central (NYC)
  • Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
  • Reading (READ)
  • Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
  • Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)
  • Northeastern Line (NER)
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
  • Central of Georgia (COG)
  • Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne (P&FW)
  • Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W)
  • New Orleans & Jackson (NO&J)
  • Southern Mississippi (SM)
  • Michigan Southern (MS)
  • Ohio & Mississippi (O&M)
  • Illinois Central (IC)
  • Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)
  • Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)
  • Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)
  • Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)
  • Florida East Coast (FEC)
  • Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP)
  • Missouri Pacific (MP)
  • Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)
  • Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)
  • Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A)
  • St Louis & Alton (SL&A)
  • St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)
  • St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW)
  • Great Western (GW)
  • Southern Pacific (SP)
  • Great Northern (GN)
  • Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
  • Soo Line (SL)
  • Texas & Pacific (T&P)
  • Texas Road (TR)

Stock Market Report

RR stock data

RR Start price Trade price End price Net change # Shares traded # Shares issued # Shares in treasury President Chairman Directors
GT 33 33 33 +0  407 1636 9   2 1 3
NYC 42 42 43 +1  2326 13604 48 9 9 2 3
ERIE 27 26 29 +2  319 1435 0    
PENN 54 48 42 -12  3964 14164 44 3 3 7
READ 27 28 30 +3  1240 7490 0 2 2 1 3
C&O 33 32 31 -2  1166 4720 25   11 1 3 5
N&W 57 57 57 +0  1517 9249 80 3 3 1 5
W&M 36 32 28 -8  3577 10802 118 9 5
NER 39 38 38 -1  1160 5501 34   5 3 12
C&H 31 31 32 +1  261 1611 0 4 4 3 10
SCL 41 50 59 +18  3382 14832 0   1 2
COG 46 34 23 -23  795 2013 37   12 1 3 10
P&FW 32 32 32 +0  1045 4740 55 11 11 3 12
TP&W 35 35 35 +0  943 3540 45   3 12
NO&J 31 31 31 +0  715 2955 60   2 1 3
SM 25 25 26 +1  562 1230 45    
MS 54 49 44 -10  2972 7870 0 2 2 11 12
O&M 27 27 27 +0  179 819 6 7 7 3 12
IC 22 22 22 +0  343 886 39   3
C&NW 62 66 70 +8  1675 9822 123 1 1 3 12
CRIP 55 54 53 -2  3163 9587 18 1 2
CB&Q 16 17 19 +3  305 878 72   3
CASL 33 32 31 -2  213 907 18 4 4 3 12
FEC 15 16 18 +3  526 1383 112   3
M&SP 28 28 29 +1  813 3485 0 12 12 1
MP 35 34 33 -2  483 5034 241 12 1 3
M&LR 29 28 27 -2  436 2363 167   1 6
V&T 24 28 32 +8  282 849 16 10 10 5 12
L&A 17 19 21 +4  148 416 34 10 10
SL&A 49 50 51 +2  1141 3270 95 11 11 1 3
SLSF 31 37 43 +12  674 2759 51 6 6 12
SLSW 20 25 30 +10  320 731 44 6 6 3
GW 16 19 23 +7  265 647 53   10 3
SP 74 85 96 +22  2144 11384 156 5 5 6 12
GN 19 24 30 +11  516 2402 103   6
ATSF 54 43 33 -21  2580 4785 0 5 5 1
SL 0 0 15 +15  0 675 75   3
T&P 0 0 15 +15  0 1008 112   5
TR 0 0 15 +15  0 378 42   3

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
LP&W Levenworth, Pawnee & Western 1000
CW Colorado Western 835

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