Continental Rails II

Game # 32 - Turn # 10

Headline News 1859 to 1860

World & National New

  1. 1859: John Brown is executed after seizing arsenal at Harper's Ferry.
  2. 1860: Rich silver strike at Comstock Lode in Nevada Territory.

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: Jay Gould bought FW&C for $10101, John Forbes bought FEC for $5678, Thomas Durant bought L&A for $8754, J. Pierpont Morgan bought CP for $35101, Susan Morningstar bought WP for $64022, Milton Littlefield bought UP for $61111.
  • PCs Incorporated: L&N, CASL, M&LR, CNS, CB&Q.
  • New Technologies Acquired: NYNH bought block signal system, ERIE bought block signal system, W&M bought block signal system.
  • RoWs built: MI5 by NYC, KY8 by ERIE, OH8 by PENN, MI2 by READ, KY12 by B&O, KY5 by C&O, IL1 by N&W, VA3 by W&M, MS3 by C&H, KY10 by S&A, MS4 by SCL, MS1 by COG, IN10 by WBSH, TN5 by A&T, TN14 by N&C, TN8 by SM, OH3 by MN.
  • NYC doubled C5, ERIE doubled ERIE, B&O doubled C&EI, C&O doubled CNJ, N&W doubled IL2, C&H doubled GA8, S&A doubled S&G, COG doubled AL7, WBSH doubled WBSH, N&C doubled A&C, SM doubled NO&J.
  • New RoWs acquired: W&M got VA7, MN got MI3, NYC got MI6, N&W got IL4, O&M got IL6, C&H got IL8, PENN got KY3, C&O got KY7, SM got TN11, B&O got TN15, GM&O got MS2, SCL got MS7, C&NW got WI4, READ got PA4, ERIE got IN8, WBSH got IL7, N&C got IL9.
  • RR Mergers: COG merges into N&C.
  • Stock splits: WBSH splits 4 for 1.
  • Cornered stocks: NYNH.
  • New railroad Presidents: William Ogden of GT, J. Pierpont Morgan of S&A, Hannibal Kimball of A&T, Thomas Scott of CB&Q, Edward Harriman of CASL, William Palmer of CNS, Jim Fisk of M&LR.
  • New Private Companies Available: M&SP, MP, V&T, SL&A, MKT, SLSF, SP.
  • Hannibal Kimball dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $3737. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: William Palmer, Edward Harriman, John Forbes, Milton Littlefield, Thomas Scott, J. Pierpont Morgan, Dan Drew
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Good to Great.
  • Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system.

Tycoon Announcements:

1Jim Fisk hmm, the n&c offices are much nicer.
2Edward Harriman the p in pc stands for pacific
3Susan Morningstar when nell asked in 1840, i told her not to work for whiplash wax-n-rail company
5Snidely Whiplash i hear saint looie has much better moustache wax than toronto or london
7Thomas Scott ny daily news reports thomas scott promoted to president of cb&q

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber BaronWilliam Palmer (12)Thomas Scott (7)Hannibal Kimball (10)J. Pierpont Morgan (4)Jay Gould (9)
Rail MogulWilliam Palmer (12)J. Pierpont Morgan (4)Thomas Scott (7)John Forbes (8)Dan Drew (14)
Rail BuilderMilton Littlefield (6)Hannibal Kimball (10)Jim Fisk (1)Susan Morningstar (3)Thomas Scott (7)
Rail MagnateMilton Littlefield (6)Thomas Scott (7)Hannibal Kimball (10)Susan Morningstar (3)Thomas Durant (11)
Rail ProdigalHannibal Kimball (10)Edward Harriman (2)William Palmer (12)J. Pierpont Morgan (4)Milton Littlefield (6)
Rail BaronWilliam Palmer (12)Hannibal Kimball (10)Milton Littlefield (6)Thomas Scott (7)Edward Harriman (2)

Player Summary

President ofPCs owned
Player #Tycoon nameRR 1RR 2PC 1PC 2
7Thomas Scott CB&QERIE........
12William Palmer N&WCNS........
10Hannibal Kimball PENNA&T........
9Jay Gould O&MREADFW&C....
4J. Pierpont Morgan SMS&A....CP
14Dan Drew SCLC&NW........
5Snidely Whiplash WBSH............
13William Ogden GTW&M........
8John Forbes ICMNFEC....
2Edward Harriman C&OCASL........
6Milton Littlefield B&O....UPCRIP
3Susan Morningstar NYC....WP....
11Thomas Durant C&HGM&OL&A....
1Jim Fisk M&LRN&C........
15Carl Olson ................

Railroad Summary

RRNameTracksRevenuesExpenseEfficiencyBondsLoansProfit / shareDividend / shareGrantLand
B&MBoston & Maine 51361885340379910084439269700170
GTGrand Trunk 7809808753948991636891266635000
NYCNew York Central 164132833717073699355644246171131200
NYNHNew York & New Haven 110194001067099229171872341200
ERIEErie Lackawanna 1569267985139351993617802649321060213
PENNPennsylvania 14463014881567749934380220822014120167
READReading 10141617898413099221526168366970175
B&OBaltimore & Ohio 16382834721587459535908024704293550144
C&OChesapeake & Ohio 164127416314256699389632277959960378
N&WNorfolk & Western 1758270239140527993452792489929900
W&MWilmington & Manchester 83010764655977991643411238427400
C&HCharleston & Hamburg 116818133696108982429221267311041150649
S&ASavannah & Augusta 9211472188097099212758161040890147
SCLSea Coast Line 109017676691919992321391418391060291
WBSHWabash Line 3385837835027947753954091850244
A&TAlabama & Tennessee 4234711025911999294060623400476
GM&OGulf, Mobile & Ohio 13516542107528928135199853110100
N&CNashville & Chattanooga 1433246560128211993093091887651161150620
SMSouthern Mississippi 651918465051599156996108807690308
MNMichigan Northern 267412712269999699564795471600
O&MOhio & Mississippi 1652075511623983769225743528250
C&CCincinnati & Chicago 20226818177008842227261764500
L&NLouisville & Nashville 18623726163718547305289951000
ICIllinois Central 185248451540492410352873541500
C&NWChicago & Northwestern 12020486112679929473204479114000
CB&QChicago, Burlington & Quincy 19025077170528648607297932000
CASLChicago, Alton & St. Louis 18524845156529147522291284000
CNSChicago North Shore 8519668131788727341167598000
M&LRMemphis & Little Rock 13216227111978532983202171000

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 ; C2 ; C3 ; NY1
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AN]
  • New York Central (NYC)
    NYC ; HRL  (Double) ; B&A  (Double) ; B&H  (Double) ; NY3 ; C4  (Double) ; C5  (Double) ; MS ; MC ; OH6 ; MI5
    Unbuilt MI6
    [Regions: ALCN]
  • New York & New Haven (NYNH)
    NYNH
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)
    ERIE (Double) ; NY2 ; PA11 (Double) ; MRLE ; A&GW ; OH4 ; IN2 ; MON ; IN6 ; KY8
    Unbuilt IN8
    [Regions: AOLC]
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
    PENN (Double) ; LV  (Double) ; PA9 ; PA10 ; LS  (Double) ; PA2  (Double) ; TP&W ; GTW ; IN1  (Double) ; IN3 ; OH8
    Unbuilt KY3
    [Regions: AOLC]
  • Reading (READ)
    READ (Double) ; PA5 ; PA6 ; P&FW (Double) ; WV2 ; OH2 ; OH5 ; MI2
    Unbuilt PA4
    [Regions: AOL]
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
    B&O ; WV1 ; M&C ; PA7 ; P&LE (Double) ; IN5  (Double) ; IN7 ; C&EI (Double) ; IL5 ; IL3 ; KY12
    Unbuilt TN15
    [Regions: AOLCM]
  • Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
    C&O ; MD1  (Double) ; VC ; VA2 ; C&A  (Double) ; CNJ  (Double) ; PA1  (Double) ; PA8 ; SC5 ; WV4 ; BRL ; KY2 ; KY5
    Unbuilt KY7
    [Regions: ADO]
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
    N&W  (Double) ; R&D  (Double) ; N&S ; VA4 ; RF&P (Double) ; W&W ; VA5 ; KY1 ; IN4  (Double) ; IN9 ; IL2  (Double) ; IL1
    Unbuilt IL4
    [Regions: AOC]
  • Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)
    W&M ; SC2 ; SC1 ; SC3 ; NC1 ; VA1 ; VA3
    Unbuilt VA7
    [Regions: A]
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
    C&H  (Double) ; SC4  (Double) ; G&C ; GA1 ; GA8  (Double) ; AL3 ; TN10 ; TN12 ; MS3
    Unbuilt IL8
    [Regions: ADM]
  • Savannah & Augusta (S&A)
    S&A  (Double) ; S&G  (Double) ; GA6 ; GA7 ; AL1 ; AL2 ; TN7 ; KY10
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AD]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCL  (Double) ; NER  (Double) ; GA4  (Double) ; FL4 ; FL5 ; FL6  (Double) ; AL8 ; MS4
    Unbuilt MS7
    [Regions: AG]
  • Wabash Line (WBSH)
    WBSH (Double) ; OH7 ; IN10
    Unbuilt IL7
    [Regions: O]
  • Alabama & Tennessee (A&T)
    A&T ; AL4 ; TN5
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: D]
  • Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O)
    GM&O
    Unbuilt MS2
    [Regions: G]
  • Nashville & Chattanooga (N&C)
    N&C ; A&C  (Double) ; KY14 ; TN14 ; COG  (Double) ; A&WP (Double) ; GA2  (Double) ; GA3 ; AL6 ; AL7  (Double) ; MS1
    Unbuilt IL9
    [Regions: ADMG]
  • Southern Mississippi (SM)
    SM ; NO&J (Double) ; MS6 ; TN8
    Unbuilt TN11
    [Regions: MG]
  • Michigan Northern (MN)
    MN ; MI1 ; OH3
    Unbuilt MI3
    [Regions: L]
  • Ohio & Mississippi (O&M)
    O&M
    Unbuilt IL6
    [Regions: O]
  • Cincinnati & Chicago (C&C)
    C&C
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: C]
  • Louisville & Nashville (L&N)
    L&N
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: O]
  • Illinois Central (IC)
    IC
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: C]
  • Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)
    C&NW
    Unbuilt WI4
    [Regions: C]
  • Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)
    CB&Q
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: C]
  • Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)
    CASL
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: C]
  • Chicago North Shore (CNS)
    CNS
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: C]
  • Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)
    M&LR
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: M]

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CFPrice
M&SPMilwaukee & St. Paul 1630
MPMissouri Pacific 1415
V&TVicksburg & Texas 865
SL&ASt Louis & Alton 495
MKTMissouri, Kansas & Texas 1630
SLSFSt Louis & San Francisco 1195
SPSouthern Pacific 450
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