Continental Rails II

Game # 31 - Turn # 14

Headline News 1867 to 1868

World & National New

1867: The first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable laid between U.S. and Europe.
1868: U.S. spends millions to purchase Alaska wasteland from Russia!

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Leland Stanford bought KC&D for $11231, Dan Drew bought KCN for $17171, John Forbes bought SV for $25555, Thomas Durant bought SP&D for $9171.
PCs Merged: KCS merges into MKT, ATSF merges into MP.
PCs Incorporated: KP, NP.
New Engines Acquired: GT bought Atlantic 4-4-2, ERIE bought Prairie 2-6-2, CNJ bought Prairie 2-6-2, PENN bought Atlantic 4-4-2, B&O bought Prairie 2-6-2, N&W bought Prairie 2-6-2, SCL bought Prairie 2-6-2, M&C bought Prairie 2-6-2, A&WP bought Prairie 2-6-2, SM 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, CNS 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 Prairie 2-6-2, SLSW bought Prairie 2-6-2.
New Technologies Acquired: CNJ bought block signal system, B&O bought block signal system, N&W bought block signal system, SCL bought block signal system, M&C bought block signal system, A&WP bought block signal system, WBSH bought block signal system, SM bought coal burning engines, C&NW bought block signal system, CB&Q bought block signal system, MP bought block signal system, M&LR bought block signal system, L&A bought block signal system, CP bought block signal system, WP bought block signal system, UP bought coal burning engines, UP bought block signal system, SL&A bought block signal system, MKT bought block signal system, SLSF bought block signal system, SLSW bought block signal system.
RoWs built: IN8 by PENN, PA4 by B&O, TN1 by N&W, KY14 by SCL, IL9 by S&G, IL5 by M&C, FL6 by A&WP, VA2 by WBSH, MS7 by SM, MN2 by C&NW, IA5 by CRIP, MO7 by CB&Q, IL11 by CASL, WI5 by CNS, AR4 by M&LR, TX2 by V&T, LA4 by L&A, NV2 by CP, CA4 by WP, NE1 by UP, MO1 by SL&A, KS1 by MKT, ND5 by GN.
M&C doubled TN13, M&LR doubled M&LR, WP doubled SP.
New RoWs acquired: B&O got MD2, N&W got NC2, SCL got GA5, A&WP got TN4, PENN got TN7, M&C got TN9, CRIP got IA3, CB&Q got MO6, SL&A got MO8, MKT got KS2, M&LR got OK1, V&T got TX3, GN got MT1, UP got CO6, CP got UT8, WP got CA3, C&NW got C7.
Inadequate signal system slows GN rail service: mail contracts worth $4509 cancelled.
Stock splits: PENN splits 3 for 1, CRIP splits 2 for 1, L&A splits 5 for 1, WP splits 3 for 1.
Cornered stocks: GT, PENN.
New railroad Presidents: William Palmer of MP, Jim Fisk of NP, Edward Harriman of KP.
Milton Littlefield earns the Millionaire Award.
Dan Drew earns the Millionaire Award.
Milton Littlefield dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $11517. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Cyrus Holliday, Thomas Durant, William Palmer, William Ogden, John Forbes, Dan Drew, Jim Fisk, Aubin de Verlin
Invention of automatic couplers facilitates operations, improves safety.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Good to Boom.
Best locomotive available: Prairie 2-6-2
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system, automatic couplers.

Tycoon Announcements:

1	Jim Fisk	it's just money... but it still hurts.
15	Cyrus Holliday	westward ho!

Top Victory Points

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

Robber Baron	Milton Littlefield (6)	Dan Drew (14)	Nicolas Koechlin (9)	Aubin de Verlin (3)	Cyrus Holliday (15)
Rail Mogul	William Ogden (13)	Thomas Durant (11)	Nicolas Koechlin (9)	William Palmer (12)	Eugène de Ségur (10)
Rail Builder	Dan Drew (14)	Eugène de Ségur (10)	Jim Fisk (1)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	Nicolas Koechlin (9)
Rail Magnate	Nicolas Koechlin (9)	Jim Fisk (1)	William Palmer (12)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Prodigal	Thomas Durant (11)	Milton Littlefield (6)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	William Palmer (12)	John Forbes (8)
Rail Baron	Milton Littlefield (6)	Thomas Durant (11)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	William Palmer (12)	Dan Drew (14)

Player Summary

		President of		PCs owned
Player #	Tycoon name	RR 1	RR 2	PC 1	PC 2
6	Milton Littlefield	UP	CRIP	....	....
14	Dan Drew	WP	CP	KCN	....
3	Aubin de Verlin	C&NW	PENN	....	....
9	Nicolas Koechlin	NYC	CNS	....	....
12	William Palmer	MP	MKT	....	....
13	William Ogden	SM	V&T	....	....
15	Cyrus Holliday	SCL	M&LR	....	GW
5	Leland Stanford	WBSH	SL&A	KC&D	....
11	Thomas Durant	M&C	GN	SP&D	....
8	John Forbes	CB&Q	L&A	SV	....
10	Eugène de Ségur	SLSF	S&G	....	SP&P
2	Edward Harriman	KP	A&WP	....	....
1	Jim Fisk	ERIE	NP	....	....
7	Thomas Scott	....	GT	....	....
4	Mirti	....	....	....	....

Railroad Summary

RR	Name	Tracks	Revenues	Expense	Efficiency	Bonds	Loans	Profit / share	Dividend / share	Grant	Land
B&M	Boston & Maine	513	62479	44361	83	116877	58873	2	0	0	0
GT	Grand Trunk	73	15259	9918	95	32396	8227	1	0	0	0
NYC	New York Central	2043	395844	221673	95	648251	276555	10	0	0	24
ERIE	Erie Lackawanna	1449	252582	138919	99	394362	260377	8	2	0	0
CNJ	Central New Jersey	419	69168	38043	99	129060	939	11	2	0	11
PENN	Pennsylvania	3067	671049	395919	92	894822	544212	8	4	0	139
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	2043	360024	190813	98	542600	344217	10	11	0	36
N&W	Norfolk & Western	1995	305797	159014	99	568336	339807	7	4	0	324
SCL	Sea Coast Line	2459	399010	207484	99	667817	409369	9	6	440	20
S&G	Savannah & Gulf	2673	506866	283843	95	774157	324494	10	0	0	93
M&C	Marietta & Cincinnati	1865	360025	187214	99	468091	314210	12	9	0	11
A&WP	Atlanta & West Point	680	91513	50332	99	166125	119965	5	2	1110	173
WBSH	Wabash Line	2419	426045	238585	95	606621	334146	9	5	0	0
SM	Southern Mississippi	1072	145560	85881	95	269867	182990	4	14	0	17
MN	Michigan Northern	528	62682	36982	95	108759	76806	4	0	0	81
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	720	92384	53582	93	158290	110705	3	4	0	384
CRIP	Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific	493	71459	37873	98	110212	79132	4	1	710	19
CB&Q	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	583	73071	40189	99	141485	80081	3	1	686	549
CASL	Chicago, Alton & St. Louis	270	37623	22197	95	65413	43364	5	0	0	0
CNS	Chicago North Shore	523	84929	44163	99	123546	74663	10	0	0	0
MP	Missouri Pacific	466	58839	34715	95	108292	61549	5	0	0	0
M&LR	Memphis & Little Rock	296	33898	17966	98	73986	47524	4	4	1686	656
V&T	Vicksburg & Texas	405	46456	27409	95	101814	65263	3	16	0	0
L&A	Louisiana & Arkansas	315	40068	22037	99	85944	52256	5	6	0	450
CP	Central Pacific	328	35887	21174	95	82495	53241	2	4	0	609
WP	Western Pacific	655	88610	48736	99	175413	108189	6	5	0	338
UP	Union Pacific	363	31744	17459	99	80564	51431	2	0	197	645
SL&A	St Louis & Alton	268	41730	25038	94	62868	41565	6	0	1350	0
MKT	Missouri, Kansas & Texas	580	66843	36763	99	141610	91334	4	0	0	0
SLSF	St Louis & San Francisco	239	27513	17608	90	54496	28707	3	3	0	0
SLSW	St Louis & Southwestern	155	21760	15014	85	37665	21339	3	2	0	0
GN	Great Northern	501	42878	25298	95	110412	71638	1	4	3010	824
NP	Northern Pacific	281	26691	18951	83	65316	40034	-1	0	0	0
KP	Kansas Pacific	178	18846	12627	87	42314	25936	1	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

Boston & Maine (B&M)

B&M ; ME1 ; C1
Unbuilt none
[Regions: AN]
Grand Trunk (GT)

GT
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]

New York Central (NYC)

NYC (Double) ; B&A (Double) ; B&H (Double) ; NY3 ; HRL (Double) ; C3 (Double) ; C2 ; MRLE ; LS (Double) ; OH2 ; OH5 ; FW&C (Double) ; OH3

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ALCN]

Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)

ERIE ; NY2 ; C4 (Double) ; C5 (Double) ; MS ; MC ; MI5 (Double) ; MI6 ; MI2

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ALCN]

Central New Jersey (CNJ)

CNJ (Double) ; PA8 (Double) ; NY1
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]

Pennsylvania (PENN)

PENN (Double) ; C&A (Double) ; LV (Double) ; NYNH (Double) ; PA9 ; PA10 ; PA11 (Double) ; PA1 (Double) ; P&LE (Double) ; P&FW ; OH4 ; IN1 (Double) ; IN3 ; IN6 ; NO&J (Double) ; MS6 ; MS5 ; O&M ; L&N (Double) ; TN8 ; TN11 ; IN8

Unbuilt TN7

[Regions: AOLCMG]

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

B&O ; WV1 ; OH1 ; A&GW ; PA2 (Double) ; IN5 ; C&EI ; IN7 ; IL4 ; PA7 ; TP&W ; GTW ; MI1 ; OH8 ; KY3 ; KY6 ; PA4

Unbuilt MD2

[Regions: AOLCM]

Norfolk & Western (N&W)

N&W (Double) ; R&D (Double) ; C&O ; N&S ; RF&P (Double) ; VC ; WV4 ; KY1 ; OH7 ; OH6 ; VA4 ; VA6 ; C&C (Double) ; IN2 ; TN1

Unbuilt NC2

[Regions: AOC]

Sea Coast Line (SCL)

SCL (Double) ; S&A (Double) ; GA4 (Double) ; GA1 ; GA8 (Double) ; AL3 (Double) ; TN10 ; TN12 ; FEC ; KY13 ; IL8 ; GM&O ; MS3 ; MS2 ; KY14

Unbuilt GA5

[Regions: ADMG]

Savannah & Gulf (S&G)

S&G (Double) ; GA6 ; GA7 ; AL6 ; AL7 (Double) ; C&H (Double) ; NER (Double) ; SC1 (Double) ; GA2 (Double) ; COG (Double) ; SC3 ; SC4 (Double) ; MS1 (Double) ; NC1 ; SC5 ; N&C ; A&C (Double) ; KY10 (Double) ; KY8 (Double) ; KY9 ; IL9

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ADOMG]

Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C)

M&C ; IN4 (Double) ; IN9 (Double) ; KY12 (Double) ; MON (Double) ; IL2 (Double) ; READ (Double) ; PA5 (Double) ; PA6 (Double) ; WV2 ; PA3 (Double) ; MD1 (Double) ; VA7 ; TN13 (Double) ; IL5

Unbuilt TN9

[Regions: AOCM]

Atlanta & West Point (A&WP)

A&WP ; AL1 ; AL5 ; AL2 ; TN6 ; FL6
Unbuilt TN4
[Regions: DG]

Wabash Line (WBSH)

WBSH (Double) ; IN10 (Double) ; IL6 (Double) ; IL3 ; IC (Double) ; KY11 ; W&M ; W&W ; SC2 ; VA1 (Double) ; G&C ; TN2 ; BRL (Double) ; TN3 ; KY4 ; KY5 ; VA3 ; VA2

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ADOCM]

Southern Mississippi (SM)

SM (Double) ; MS4 ; AL8 ; A&T (Double) ; AL4 ; TN5 ; KY7 ; MS7

Unbuilt none

[Regions: DOM]

Michigan Northern (MN)

MN (Double) ; MI3 (Double) ; MI4
Unbuilt none
[Regions: L]

Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)

C&NW (Double) ; WI4 ; MN2

Unbuilt C7

[Regions: CW]

Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)

CRIP (Double) ; IA7 ; IA5

Unbuilt IA3

[Regions: CW]

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)

CB&Q ; IA4 ; MO7

Unbuilt MO6

[Regions: CW]

Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)

CASL ; IL11
Unbuilt none
[Regions: C]

Chicago North Shore (CNS)

CNS (Double) ; M&SP ; WI5

Unbuilt none

[Regions: CW]

Missouri Pacific (MP)

MP ; ATSF
Unbuilt none
[Regions: MW]
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)

M&LR (Double) ; AR4
Unbuilt OK1
[Regions: M]
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)

V&T ; TX2
Unbuilt TX3
[Regions: MS]
Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A)

L&A ; LA4
Unbuilt none
[Regions: G]
Central Pacific (CP)

CP ; NV2
Unbuilt UT8
[Regions: P]
Western Pacific (WP)

WP ; SP (Double) ; CA4
Unbuilt CA3
[Regions: P]
Union Pacific (UP)

UP ; NE1
Unbuilt CO6
[Regions: W]
St Louis & Alton (SL&A)

SL&A (Double) ; MO1
Unbuilt MO8
[Regions: M]
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT)

MKT ; KCS ; KS1
Unbuilt KS2
[Regions: MW]
St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)

SLSF
Unbuilt none
[Regions: M]
St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW)

SLSW
Unbuilt none
[Regions: M]
Great Northern (GN)

GN ; ND5
Unbuilt MT1
[Regions: W]
Northern Pacific (NP)

NP
Unbuilt none
[Regions: W]
Kansas Pacific (KP)

KP
Unbuilt none
[Regions: W]

Private Companies Available for Purchase

No Private Companies are available.

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