Continental Rails II

Game # 28 - Turn # 21

Headline News 1881 to 1882

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1881: Thomas Edison announces invention of electric light.
1882: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral leaves 3 dead, 2 wounded.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Zorglub von Raspouti bought A&P for $220000, Zorglub von Raspouti bought M&W for $220000.
PCs Merged: FW&D merges into T&P.
PCs Incorporated: DP.
New Engines Acquired: NYNH bought Consolidation 2-8-0, READ bought Consolidation 2-8-0, B&O bought Consolidation 2-8-0, C&O bought Consolidation 2-8-0, W&M bought Consolidation 2-8-0, S&A bought Consolidation 2-8-0, A&WP bought Consolidation 2-8-0, C&C bought Consolidation 2-8-0, IC bought Consolidation 2-8-0, C&NW bought Consolidation 2-8-0, FEC bought Atlantic 4-4-2, CNS bought Consolidation 2-8-0, M&LR bought Consolidation 2-8-0, CP bought Consolidation 2-8-0, UP bought Consolidation 2-8-0, MKT bought Consolidation 2-8-0, SLSW bought Consolidation 2-8-0, GW bought Consolidation 2-8-0, SP bought Consolidation 2-8-0, GN bought Consolidation 2-8-0, SP&P bought Consolidation 2-8-0, KP bought Consolidation 2-8-0, KCN bought Consolidation 2-8-0, SP&D bought Consolidation 2-8-0, SL bought Consolidation 2-8-0, T&P bought Consolidation 2-8-0, TR bought Consolidation 2-8-0, H&S bought Consolidation 2-8-0, C&S bought Consolidation 2-8-0, CW bought Consolidation 2-8-0.
New Technologies Acquired: C&O bought automatic couplers, IC bought automatic brakes, M&LR bought automatic brakes, GW bought automatic brakes, SP bought automatic brakes, GN bought Grand Station, KCN bought automatic brakes.
RoWs built: OH8 by NYNH, IA9 by C&NW, MN2 by V&T, TX16 by L&A, CA12 by CP, AZ6 by MKT, C8 by GN, WA3 by SP&P.
RoWs abandoned: WA4 was abandoned by CNS, CA8 was abandoned by UP, TX14 was abandoned by SP.
NYNH doubled C2, IC doubled SC2, C&NW doubled C6, CP doubled UT9, UP doubled WP, GN doubled WA2, KP doubled KP.
New RoWs acquired: CNS got WI5, SL got WI9, C&NW got NE2, T&P got TX12, SP got TX13, KP got CO3, CW got CO5, UP got CO6, MKT got CA10, SP&P got WA4, V&T got C7, GN got C9, CP got WI2.
RR Mergers: C&C merges into VC.
Inadequate brakes on FEC locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $4186.
Guerre tarifaire: SCL declares rate war on IC, reduces rates by 50%, CP declares rate war on SP, reduces rates by 50%, SP declares rate war on CP, reduces rates by 0%.
Bankrupt Tycoons: Dan Drew.
Stock splits: C&O splits 4 for 1, IC splits 2 for 1, C&NW splits 5 for 1, L&A splits 3 for 1, UP splits 4 for 1, T&P splits 3 for 1.
Cornered stocks: NYNH, C&O, S&A, SCL, VC, A&WP, NO&J, IC, C&NW, CP, UP, SP&P, LR&S.
New railroad Presidents: J. Pierpont Morgan of PENN, Milton Littlefield of C&O, Railroad Bill Jr of W&M, Railroad Bill Jr of M&LR, Hannibal Kimball of V&T, Cornelius Vanderbilt of KP, Zorglub von Raspouti of KCN, Zorglub von Raspouti of TR.
Thomas Scott has a Transcontinental system.
Jay Gould has a Transcontinental system.
Hannibal Kimball dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1000000. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Leland Stanford, Jim Fisk, Thomas Scott, J. Pierpont Morgan, Edward Harriman, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Railroad Bill Jr, Milton Littlefield
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Good.
Best locomotive available: Consolidation 2-8-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system, automatic couplers, Pullman sleepers, automatic brakes.

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):

Robber Baron	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Jay Gould (9)	Jim Fisk (1)	Thomas Scott (7)	Zorglub von Raspouti (11)
Rail Mogul	Leland Stanford (5)	Zorglub von Raspouti (11)	Edward Harriman (2)	Jim Fisk (1)	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
Rail Builder	Leland Stanford (5)	Jay Gould (9)	Milton Littlefield (6)	Thomas Scott (7)	Hannibal Kimball (10)
Rail Magnate	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Jay Gould (9)	Leland Stanford (5)	Jim Fisk (1)	Railroad Bill Jr (12)
Rail Prodigal	Leland Stanford (5)	Jim Fisk (1)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Edward Harriman (2)	Thomas Scott (7)
Rail Baron	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Leland Stanford (5)	Jim Fisk (1)	Edward Harriman (2)	Jay Gould (9)

Player Summary

		President of		PCs owned
Player #	Tycoon name	RR 1	RR 2	PC 1	PC 2
6	Milton Littlefield	UP	C&O	....	....
9	Jay Gould	CNS	S&A	....	....
7	Thomas Scott	CP	NYNH	....	....
10	Hannibal Kimball	SP&P	V&T	....	....
11	Zorglub von Raspouti	TR	KCN	A&P	M&W
1	Jim Fisk	C&NW	IC	....	....
2	Edward Harriman	SP	CW	....	....
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	PENN	....	....	....
12	Railroad Bill Jr	W&M	M&LR	....	....
5	Leland Stanford	GN	SL	....	....
3	Cornelius Vanderbilt	KP	VC	....	....
8	John Forbes	MKT	T&P	....	....
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
NYNH	New York & New Haven	3160	688315	385454	95	950098	458270	0	0	0	1
PENN	Pennsylvania	2906	624522	349731	95	800195	279573	4	0	0	26
READ	Reading	288	83014	51470	89	73178	47091	1	3	0	0
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	2831	507741	264025	99	723751	467576	2	0	0	1
C&O	Chesapeake & Ohio	1626	211269	126761	91	368864	265808	0	0	0	15
W&M	Wilmington & Manchester	233	25405	13973	99	57019	7541	6	0	0	0
S&A	Savannah & Augusta	3521	858810	541052	88	997827	681288	3	1	0	0
SCL	Sea Coast Line	3022	531949	324598	91	784403	344519	1	0	0	5
VC	Virginia Central	3147	550700	302884	96	964695	179047	1	0	0	13
A&WP	Atlanta & West Point	315	42948	23621	99	86849	20032	7	2	0	0
NO&J	New Orleans & Jackson	534	92794	54748	95	142804	1811	0	0	0	1
IC	Illinois Central	3365	689837	421026	91	996672	396242	2	2	0	9
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	1569	237118	125672	98	355242	195452	0	1	0	102
FEC	Florida East Coast	299	25455	17055	87	74242	1172	2	0	0	0
CNS	Chicago North Shore	2399	363406	188971	99	628620	425184	0	0	0	577
M&LR	Memphis & Little Rock	132	16887	9288	99	34861	7794	7	0	0	0
V&T	Vicksburg & Texas	3542	530144	333991	88	809212	499048	0	1	0	2115
L&A	Louisiana & Arkansas	1805	245226	144684	95	413480	272632	1	4	0	1304
CP	Central Pacific	3707	565154	400528	84	959940	650380	0	0	0	29
UP	Union Pacific	2925	477188	248139	99	676112	21993	0	0	0	305
MKT	Missouri, Kansas & Texas	2077	206609	107436	99	477044	317955	1	0	1410	0
SLSW	St Louis & Southwestern	155	21317	12577	95	41506	12628	6	1	0	0
GW	Great Western	140	20681	11995	96	33907	11483	8	4	0	0
SP	Southern Pacific	3038	409246	233114	97	889005	557666	1	2	1208	397
GN	Great Northern	1893	232788	121050	99	413778	276908	2	4	0	161
SP&P	St Paul & Pacific	1678	169885	88339	99	420140	140271	0	0	2540	743
KP	Kansas Pacific	1856	215875	112256	99	431617	212353	1	4	0	819
KCN	Kansas City Northern	223	25630	14096	99	47629	16814	6	1	0	0
SP&D	St Paul & Duluth	150	20369	12629	92	37148	18775	5	0	0	0
SL	Soo Line	150	17308	10558	93	36323	19644	3	4	0	0
T&P	Texas & Pacific	708	83956	46175	99	173988	104648	4	3	0	0
TR	Texas Road	84	13326	8795	88	19955	9185	6	1	0	0
LR&S	Little Rock & Shreveport	210	19605	11567	95	44631	25494	2	0	0	0
H&S	Houston & Shreveport	232	27326	18308	87	57940	30805	2	3	0	0
C&S	Colorado & Southern	116	15889	10805	86	30513	15510	3	7	0	0
CW	Colorado Western	167	21981	12309	98	46473	27407	4	12	900	0
DP	Denver Pacific	106	14709	9855	87	27341	16759	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

New York & New Haven (NYNH)

NYNH (Double) ; ERIE (Double) ; NY2 ; B&H (Double) ; PA11 (Double) ; GTW (Double) ; P&LE (Double) ; OH5 ; FW&C (Double) ; OH6 ; CNJ (Double) ; PA9 (Double) ; PA10 ; PA8 (Double) ; IN3 ; IN8 ; GT (Double) ; C2 (Double) ; C3 (Double) ; NY1 ; IL5 (Double) ; OH8

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AOLCMN]

Pennsylvania (PENN)

PENN (Double) ; LV (Double) ; PA5 (Double) ; PA6 (Double) ; PA7 ; P&FW (Double) ; OH2 ; MC (Double) ; MS (Double) ; MI5 (Double) ; MN (Double) ; MI1 ; OH3 (Double) ; MI4 ; C&A (Double) ; PA2 (Double) ; MD1 (Double) ; RF&P (Double) ; PA4 (Double) ; VA3 (Double) ; VA7 (Double) ; MI6 (Double) ; MI3

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AOLC]

Reading (READ)
READ (Double) ; PA1 (Double) ; PA3 (Double)
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: A]

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

B&O (Double) ; WV1 ; M&C ; OH1 ; IN4 (Double) ; IN9 (Double) ; KY12 ; C&EI (Double) ; TN12 (Double) ; IL6 (Double) ; GM&O (Double) ; MS3 (Double) ; AL8 (Double) ; MS1 (Double) ; TN14 (Double) ; WV2 ; WV3 ; TN8 (Double) ; KY9 ; KY10

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AOCMG]

Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)

C&O ; VA2 ; SC5 ; BRL (Double) ; MD2 ; A&C (Double) ; NC2 ; TN6 ; TN9 ; TN11 ; VA1

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ADM]

Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)
W&M ; NC1
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: A]

Savannah & Augusta (S&A)

S&A (Double) ; GA1 ; GA8 (Double) ; AL4 ; MS2 (Double) ; AL2 ; TN7 ; L&N (Double) ; LS (Double) ; MRLE ; A&GW ; OH4 ; NYC (Double) ; HRL (Double) ; B&A (Double) ; B&M (Double) ; NY3 ; C4 (Double) ; C5 (Double) ; IN1 (Double) ; WBSH (Double) ; KY8 ; KY11 ; IL7 (Double)

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ADOLCMGN]

Sea Coast Line (SCL)

SCL (Double) ; NER (Double) ; S&G (Double) ; GA6 ; GA7 ; AL1 (Double) ; AL3 (Double) ; TN10 (Double) ; MS6 ; TN13 ; KY13 (Double) ; IL8 ; MS5 ; MON (Double) ; IN7 ; IL2 ; IN5 (Double) ; KY3 ; KY2 ; VA5 ; KY6

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ADOCM]

Virginia Central (VC)

VC ; WV4 ; KY1 ; OH7 ; A&T (Double) ; N&C (Double) ; AL5 ; AL7 ; N&W (Double) ; R&D (Double) ; N&S (Double) ; VA4 ; W&W ; VA6 ; TN1 ; TN4 ; TN5 ; KY7 ; IN10 ; KY14 ; IL9 (Double) ; C&C

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ADOCMG]

Atlanta & West Point (A&WP)
A&WP ; AL6 ; FL6
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: DG]

New Orleans & Jackson (NO&J)

NO&J (Double) ; SM ; MS7 (Double) ; MS4

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: MG]

Illinois Central (IC)

IC (Double) ; IL4 (Double) ; C&H (Double) ; SC4 (Double) ; G&C (Double) ; SC1 (Double) ; TN2 ; TN3 ; GA4 (Double) ; FL4 ; KY4 ; FL5 ; TP&W ; IN2 ; IN6 (Double) ; KY5 (Double) ; O&M (Double) ; IL3 (Double) ; MI2 ; SC3 ; SC2 (Double) ; COG (Double) ; GA2 (Double) ; GA3 (Double) ; GA5 ; FL3

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ADOLCMG]

Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)

C&NW (Double) ; WI4 (Double) ; WI6 (Double) ; MN3 ; C6 (Double) ; WI7 (Double) ; IA9

Unbuilt: NE2

[Regions: CWN]

Florida East Coast (FEC)
FEC
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: ]

Chicago North Shore (CNS)

CNS (Double) ; M&SP (Double) ; NP ; ND3 ; ND4 ; MT6 ; MT7 ; ID5 ; WA1 ; C10

Unbuilt: WI5

[Regions: CWTPN]

Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)
M&LR
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: M]

Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)

V&T (Double) ; AR8 ; OK2 ; TX2 (Double) ; CT (Double) ; TX5 ; LA4 (Double) ; OK1 ; CASL (Double) ; SL&A (Double) ; MO1 (Double) ; MO8 (Double) ; MO6 (Double) ; IL11 ; LP&W (Double) ; IL13 ; IA11 ; MN5 ; MN2

Unbuilt: C7

[Regions: CMWS]

Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A)

L&A (Double) ; LA2 ; TX1 ; TX3 ; M1 ; LA5 ; SA&H ; M2 ; TX16

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: MGSX]

Central Pacific (CP)

CP (Double) ; NV2 ; UT8 ; UT6 (Double) ; UT1 (Double) ; CO9 (Double) ; UT9 (Double) ; CRIP (Double) ; IA7 (Double) ; MO7 (Double) ; KC&D (Double) ; MO3 (Double) ; KS4 (Double) ; CO4 ; IL15 (Double) ; NV3 ; CA12

Unbuilt: WI2

[Regions: CMWTP]

Union Pacific (UP)

UP (Double) ; NE1 ; CO7 ; CB&Q (Double) ; IA4 (Double) ; IA5 (Double) ; IA3 (Double) ; WY1 ; UT5 ; CO8 ; MO2 ; SV (Double) ; WP (Double) ; NV1 ; UT7 ; CA7 (Double)

Unbuilt: CO6

[Regions: CMWTP]

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT)