Continental Rails II

Game # 30 - Turn # 15

Headline News 1869 to 1870

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1869: The Cincinnati Red Stockings organized as first professional baseball team.
1870: New Bessemer steel process reduces price of steel from $300 to $35 per ton!

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Hannibal Kimball bought KC&D for $26321, Edward Harriman bought SL for $10101, Thomas Scott bought T&P for $30181.
PCs Merged: NP merges into C&NW.
PCs Incorporated: SP&D.
New Engines Acquired: GT bought Prairie 2-6-2, NYC bought Prairie 2-6-2, HRL bought Prairie 2-6-2, PENN bought Prairie 2-6-2, B&O bought Prairie 2-6-2, C&O bought Atlantic 4-4-2, W&M bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SCL bought Prairie 2-6-2, GTW bought Prairie 2-6-2, A&T bought Prairie 2-6-2, NO&J bought Prairie 2-6-2, SM bought Prairie 2-6-2, MS bought Prairie 2-6-2, C&EI bought Prairie 2-6-2, L&N bought Atlantic 4-4-2, IC bought Atlantic 4-4-2, C&NW bought Prairie 2-6-2, CRIP bought Prairie 2-6-2, CB&Q bought Prairie 2-6-2, CASL bought Prairie 2-6-2, M&SP bought Prairie 2-6-2, MP bought Prairie 2-6-2, M&LR bought Prairie 2-6-2, V&T bought Atlantic 4-4-2, L&A bought Prairie 2-6-2, CP bought Prairie 2-6-2, WP bought Prairie 2-6-2, UP bought Prairie 2-6-2, SL&A bought Prairie 2-6-2, MKT bought Prairie 2-6-2, SLSF bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SP bought Prairie 2-6-2, GN bought Prairie 2-6-2, KP bought Prairie 2-6-2.
New Technologies Acquired: HRL bought Grand Station, RF&P bought block signal system, A&T bought Grand Station, L&N bought block signal system, C&NW bought Grand Station, CRIP bought Grand Station, MP bought Grand Station, M&LR bought Grand Station, L&A bought Grand Station, CP bought Grand Station, MKT bought Grand Station.
RoWs built: IN5 by HRL, IL2 by PENN, KY4 by RF&P, TN14 by NO&J, MN6 by C&NW, MO7 by CRIP, IA3 by CB&Q, IA4 by CASL, ND2 by M&SP, OK1 by M&LR, AR8 by V&T, UT7 by CP, UT8 by WP, CO6 by UP, MO9 by SL&A, CA3 by SP, ND5 by GN, KS3 by KP.
HRL doubled MRLE, PENN doubled IN4, SCL doubled IL6, A&T doubled AL1, NO&J doubled IN6, C&NW doubled C&NW, MP doubled MP, M&LR doubled M&LR, L&A doubled L&A, UP doubled UP.
New RoWs acquired: HRL got PA8, RF&P got VA5, A&T got GA7, NO&J got MS5, C&NW got MN7, CB&Q got IA5, MP got IA6, CRIP got MO3, L&A got LA5, MKT got KS1, KCS got OK2, GN got MT1, M&SP got MT6, KP got CO1, UP got CO8, SP got AZ3, WP got UT6, M&LR got TX12, CP got UT5.
Loan Recalls: J. Edgar Thompson, J. Pierpont Morgan, Milton Littlefield, Jay Gould, Hannibal Kimball.
Stock splits: M&LR splits 2 for 1.
Cornered stocks: MP.
New railroad Presidents: J. Edgar Thompson of B&O, J. Edgar Thompson of L&N, Henry Farham of V&T, Aubin de Verlin of SL&A.
Dan Drew dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $17648. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: J. Edgar Thompson, Hannibal Kimball, Milton Littlefield, Aubin de Verlin, Jim Fisk
Invention of automatic couplers facilitates operations, improves safety.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Boom to Panic.
Best locomotive available: Chesapeake 4-6-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system, automatic couplers.

Top Victory Points

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

Robber Baron	Aubin de Verlin (5)	Edward Harriman (2)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Dan Drew (14)	Jim Fisk (1)
Rail Mogul	Aubin de Verlin (5)	Edward Harriman (2)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)	Milton Littlefield (6)	Hannibal Kimball (10)
Rail Builder	Edward Harriman (2)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Aubin de Verlin (5)	Henry Farham (8)	Milton Littlefield (6)
Rail Magnate	Edward Harriman (2)	Aubin de Verlin (5)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Dan Drew (14)	Milton Littlefield (6)
Rail Prodigal	Milton Littlefield (6)	Aubin de Verlin (5)	Dan Drew (14)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)	Hannibal Kimball (10)
Rail Baron	Aubin de Verlin (5)	Edward Harriman (2)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Milton Littlefield (6)	Dan Drew (14)

Player Summary

		President of		PCs owned
Player #	Tycoon name	RR 1	RR 2	PC 1	PC 2
2	Edward Harriman	SCL	M&SP	....	SL
8	Henry Farham	SP	V&T	GW	....
14	Dan Drew	NO&J	M&LR	....	SV
5	Aubin de Verlin	PENN	SL&A	....	....
10	Hannibal Kimball	CP	CRIP	ATSF	KC&D
7	Thomas Scott	L&A	A&T	T&P	....
6	Milton Littlefield	WP	UP	....	....
3	J. Edgar Thompson	B&O	L&N	....	....
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	CB&Q	C&NW	....	....
1	Jim Fisk	MKT	KP	....	....
11	Cornelius Vanderbilt	NYC	GTW	....	....
9	Jay Gould	RF&P	GN	....	....
13	William Ogden	....	....	....	....
15	Cyrus Holliday	....	....	....	....
12	William Palmer	....	....	....	....

Railroad Summary

RR	Name	Tracks	Revenues	Expense	Efficiency	Bonds	Loans	Profit / share	Dividend / share	Grant	Land
GT	Grand Trunk	570	96441	54007	98	171696	57101	9	2	0	1
NYC	New York Central	680	118758	61754	99	153091	1306	14	9	0	0
HRL	Hudson River Line	1512	249267	129621	99	473958	213774	9	14	750	246
PENN	Pennsylvania	2928	686217	356832	99	790449	55688	6	4	0	2
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	1770	351826	182949	99	494150	113714	14	2	0	3
C&O	Chesapeake & Ohio	2434	557879	312412	95	740327	186232	5	2	0	57
RF&P	Richmond, Fred. & Potomac	2009	283119	181196	87	608730	171746	1	2	0	16
W&M	Wilmington & Manchester	607	74006	43665	95	174239	56552	2	1	0	0
SCL	Sea Coast Line	2955	689107	358335	99	951555	416672	16	16	0	7
GTW	Grand Trunk Western	327	45255	24890	99	86742	6718	9	2	0	1
A&T	Alabama & Tennessee	731	112349	59546	98	203538	73589	9	4	1032	94
NO&J	New Orleans & Jackson	2987	602447	313273	99	877688	263193	14	4	0	370
SM	Southern Mississippi	255	36625	20143	99	77651	11223	9	20	0	0
MS	Michigan Southern	428	73836	38395	99	104684	14512	13	5	0	0
C&EI	Chicago & Eastern Illinois	254	39952	21974	99	73241	42276	8	22	0	49
L&N	Louisville & Nashville	893	125964	74319	95	253288	112159	6	4	0	16
IC	Illinois Central	305	52357	30891	95	90159	34667	3	1	0	0
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	931	127423	66261	99	299486	152354	7	4	0	392
CRIP	Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific	581	80915	42076	99	190819	98655	3	2	0	778
CB&Q	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	462	59899	31147	99	152939	79761	5	4	0	426
CASL	Chicago, Alton & St. Louis	440	61289	39838	89	128381	60701	4	6	0	561
FEC	Florida East Coast	299	28469	17935	91	71651	29526	2	0	0	0
M&SP	Milwaukee & St. Paul	1332	180271	93741	99	394917	213212	2	4	2470	1654
MP	Missouri Pacific	641	106825	57685	97	183607	92035	2	2	1350	0
M&LR	Memphis & Little Rock	577	71028	36935	99	159055	81592	6	4	218	592
V&T	Vicksburg & Texas	675	79896	48736	93	201082	50541	4	31	0	0
L&A	Louisiana & Arkansas	315	51198	26623	99	93741	15530	2	2	1314	135
CP	Central Pacific	513	55447	29386	98	163814	86858	3	4	1760	764
WP	Western Pacific	578	60331	34389	97	161803	85709	3	9	2110	911
UP	Union Pacific	560	61643	33904	99	156121	81304	4	9	1060	706
SL&A	St Louis & Alton	403	60588	33323	99	121066	47516	8	7	0	576
MKT	Missouri, Kansas & Texas	326	37393	23184	89	96197	49063	2	0	1248	0
SLSF	St Louis & San Francisco	459	49846	29409	95	127509	53539	3	3	0	0
SLSW	St Louis & Southwestern	155	23255	13720	95	43461	18449	7	0	0	0
SP	Southern Pacific	764	89856	49421	99	260417	135247	3	4	0	0
GN	Great Northern	501	47098	25903	99	145417	79213	2	0	0	0
KP	Kansas Pacific	483	47389	28434	94	129433	67335	2	10	246	183
KCS	Kansas City Southern	98	15302	9028	95	33981	16943	5	1	2350	0
SP&D	St Paul & Duluth	150	21050	14314	86	46199	23801	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)
GT (Double) ; C2 ; C3 (Double)
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: AN]

New York Central (NYC)

NYC ; B&A (Double) ; NY3 ; LS

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AL]

Hudson River Line (HRL)

HRL (Double) ; NY1 ; NY2 ; PA11 ; OH3 ; MI2 ; MRLE (Double) ; OH1 ; WV3 ; KY1 ; IN5

Unbuilt: PA8

[Regions: AOL]

Pennsylvania (PENN)

PENN (Double) ; C&A (Double) ; NYNH (Double) ; ERIE (Double) ; PA5 ; B&H (Double) ; CNJ (Double) ; PA6 ; P&LE (Double) ; B&M (Double) ; P&FW (Double) ; WV2 ; A&GW ; OH4 ; C&C (Double) ; IN4 (Double) ; IN7 ; IL4 (Double) ; IN9 ; KY13 ; IL2

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AOLCM]

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

B&O (Double) ; WV1 ; PA1 (Double) ; PA3 (Double) ; M&C ; WBSH (Double) ; OH8 ; IN1 (Double) ; KY8 ; KY9 ; TN15 (Double) ; IL9

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AOCM]

Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)

C&O ; VA2 ; SC5 ; BRL ; MD1 (Double) ; A&WP (Double) ; PA2 (Double) ; AL6 ; AL8 ; LV (Double) ; PA9 ; PA10 ; READ (Double) ; C4 (Double) ; C5 (Double) ; MC (Double) ; MI5 (Double) ; AL7 ; MS4

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ADLCGN]

Richmond, Fred. & Potomac (RF&P)

RF&P (Double) ; MD2 ; N&W (Double) ; R&D (Double) ; N&S ; VA1 ; VC ; W&W ; VA4 ; PA7 ; WV4 ; KY2 ; KY5 ; KY3 ; KY4

Unbuilt: VA5

[Regions: AO]

Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)
W&M (Double) ; NC1 (Double) ; NC2 ; SC2 ; SC3
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: A]

Sea Coast Line (SCL)

SCL (Double) ; S&A (Double) ; GA1 (Double) ; COG (Double) ; GA8 (Double) ; AL3 ; TN10 ; S&G (Double) ; GA4 (Double) ; FL4 ; FL5 ; TN12 ; KY12 ; O&M ; IL3 ; TP&W ; IN2 ; IN8 ; IL1 (Double) ; MN ; MI1 ; IL6 (Double)

Unbuilt: OH7

[Regions: ADOLCMG]

Grand Trunk Western (GTW)

GTW ; OH5 ; OH6

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: L]

Alabama & Tennessee (A&T)

A&T ; A&C ; AL4 ; MS2 ; AL1 (Double)

Unbuilt: GA7

[Regions: DG]

New Orleans & Jackson (NO&J)

NO&J (Double) ; MS6 ; C&H (Double) ; NER (Double) ; SC4 (Double) ; G&C ; SC1 (Double) ; TN2 ; TN4 ; TN5 ; KY7 ; IN6 (Double) ; TN6 ; N&C ; TN8 ; TN13 ; IL8 (Double) ; MON (Double) ; AL2 ; TN14

Unbuilt: MS5

[Regions: ADOCMG]

Southern Mississippi (SM)
SM ; MS7
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: M]
Michigan Southern (MS)
MS ; FW&C (Double) ; MI6
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: LC]
Chicago & Eastern Illinois (C&EI)
C&EI ; IN3
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: C]

Louisville & Nashville (L&N)

L&N ; TN7 ; GM&O (Double) ; MS3 ; TN9 ; IN10

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: OG]

Illinois Central (IC)

IC ; IL5

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: CM]

Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)

C&NW (Double) ; WI4 ; NP ; MN6

Unbuilt: MN7

[Regions: CW]

Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)

CRIP ; IA7 ; MO7

Unbuilt: MO3

[Regions: CW]

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)

CB&Q ; IA1 ; IA3

Unbuilt: IA5

[Regions: C]

Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)

CASL ; IL11 ; IA4

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: C]

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

Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP)

M&SP (Double) ; CNS (Double) ; SP&P ; ND1 ; ND2

Unbuilt: MT6

[Regions: CW]

Missouri Pacific (MP)

MP (Double) ; KCN ; MO8

Unbuilt: IA6

[Regions: MW]

Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)
M&LR (Double) ; AR4 ; OK1
Unbuilt: TX12
[Regions: MS]
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)
V&T ; TX2 ; AR8
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: MS]
Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A)
L&A (Double) ; LA4
Unbuilt: LA5
[Regions: G]
Central Pacific (CP)
CP ; NV2 ; UT7
Unbuilt: UT5
[Regions: P]
Western Pacific (WP)
WP ; NV1 ; UT8
Unbuilt: UT6
[Regions: P]
Union Pacific (UP)
UP (Double) ; NE1 ; CO6
Unbuilt: CO8
[Regions: WT]

St Louis & Alton (SL&A)

SL&A ; MO1 ; MO9

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: MW]

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT)
MKT
Unbuilt: KS1
[Regions: M]
St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)
SLSF ; AR7
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: M]
St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW)
SLSW
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: M]
Southern Pacific (SP)
SP ; CA4 ; CA3
Unbuilt: AZ3
[Regions: P]
Great Northern (GN)
GN ; ND5
Unbuilt: MT1
[Regions: W]
Kansas Pacific (KP)
KP ; KS3
Unbuilt: CO1
[Regions: W]
Kansas City Southern (KCS)
KCS
Unbuilt: OK2
[Regions: W]
St Paul & Duluth (SP&D)
SP&D
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: W]

Private Companies Available for Purchase

No Private Companies are available.

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