Continental Rails II

Game # 33 - Turn # 18

Headline News 1875 to 1876

World & National New

  1. 1875: Gold discovered in the Black Hills of Dakota Territory!
  2. 1876: Gen. Custer massacred by Sioux Indians on banks of Little Big Horn River.

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: Cyrus Holliday bought LR&S for $5166, Mick A'Wish bought FW&D for $6635.
  • PCs Merged: LP&W merges into KCN.
  • New Engines Acquired: GT bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, NYC bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, NYNH bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, PENN bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, READ bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, C&O bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, R&D bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, W&W bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, C&H bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, S&A bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SCL bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, MRLE bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, A&WP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, TP&W bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, MC bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SM bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, C&NW bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CRIP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CB&Q bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CASL bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CNS bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, M&SP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, MP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, M&LR bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, V&T bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, WP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, UP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SLSW bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, GW bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, KCN bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SL bought Chesapeake 4-6-0.
  • New Technologies Acquired: SCL bought automatic brakes, MP bought Pullman sleepers, V&T bought Pullman sleepers, V&T bought automatic brakes.
  • RoWs built: ID5 by C&NW, NE2 by CRIP, MT2 by M&SP, CO9 by MP, TX3 by V&T, WY1 by WP, WI3 by UP, NM3 by MKT, MO4 by GW, CA4 by SP, NM7 by ATSF, IL12 by KCN, CA10 by SV.
  • NYC doubled NYC, CRIP doubled IA6, M&SP doubled MN2, GW doubled T&P, KCN doubled IA4.
  • New RoWs acquired: UP got IL10, KCN got MO3, CRIP got NE3, GW got OK4, M&SP got MT3, MKT got AZ1, ATSF got AZ5, SV got AZ6, SP got CA3, WP got CA7, C&NW got WA1, V&T got M1.
  • Inadequate brakes on NYNH locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $5124.
  • Inadequate brakes on R&D locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $14105.
  • Inadequate brakes on W&M locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $5110.
  • Inadequate brakes on M&C locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $30870.
  • Inadequate brakes on TP&W locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $2790.
  • Inadequate brakes on A&T locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $8792.
  • Insolvent RRs: N&W, P&LE, A&T.
  • Bankrupt RRs: W&M.
  • Loan Recalls: Edward Harriman, Oakes Ames, Thomas Scott, Jay Gould, Cyrus Holliday.
  • Stock splits: NYC splits 2 for 1, WP splits 4 for 1.
  • Cornered stocks: NYC.
  • New Private Companies Available: C&S.
  • Cyrus Holliday dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $31313. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Thomas Durant, Edward Harriman, Hannibal Kimball, William Ogden
  • Invention of refrigerated freight cars permits shipment of perishable cargos long distances.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Mild Depression.
  • 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, refrigerated cars.

Tycoon Announcements:

2Edward Harriman train drivers think about only one thing at a time - they have a one track mind
8John Forbes gw splits 3 for one when sp splits only 2 for 1?? not right!
11Thomas Durant auditors accuse c&nw directors of fraud. investors lose faith in management.

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber BaronThomas Durant (11)Cyrus Holliday (15)Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)William Ogden (13)Hannibal Kimball (10)
Rail MogulWilliam Ogden (13)Thomas Durant (11)Cyrus Holliday (15)Milton Littlefield (6)Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)
Rail BuilderThomas Durant (11)Cyrus Holliday (15)Edward Harriman (2)John Forbes (8)William Ogden (13)
Rail MagnateThomas Durant (11)Edward Harriman (2)Cyrus Holliday (15)William Ogden (13)John Forbes (8)
Rail ProdigalThomas Durant (11)Cyrus Holliday (15)Edward Harriman (2)William Ogden (13)Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)
Rail BaronThomas Durant (11)Cyrus Holliday (15)William Ogden (13)Edward Harriman (2)Milton Littlefield (6)

Player Summary

President ofPCs owned
Player #Tycoon nameRR 1RR 2PC 1PC 2
11Thomas Durant NYCC&NW........
10Hannibal Kimball WPUP........
15Cyrus Holliday V&TM&SPLR&S....
13William Ogden MKTSP........
14Cornelius Vanderbilt M&LRREADGN....
8John Forbes GWKCN........
6Milton Littlefield ATSF............
7Thomas Scott P&LE............
2Edward Harriman B&O....KCSKC&D
5Mick A'Wish SCLL&ACTFW&D
4Oakes Ames N&WCASL........
3J. Edgar Thompson ................
9Jay Gould MP............
1Mark Hopkins ................
12Sir Eton Lenefsky ................

Railroad Summary

RRNameTracksRevenuesExpenseEfficiencyBondsLoansProfit / shareDividend / shareGrantLand
GTGrand Trunk 57065612360869911487924627100
NYCNew York Central 3004558038295761988825333585755401
NYNHNew York & New Haven 732927765102699217774248076100
PENNPennsylvania 8241422127394999202673326313401
READReading 533101974530269985899211116701
B&OBaltimore & Ohio 1302192738119498893951282263132002
C&OChesapeake & Ohio 1373194117100940994168491545496000
R&DRichmond & Danville 10851257826917999309953977424000
N&WNorfolk & Western 177422037814104387713405372366-20026
W&WWilmington & Weldon 12012371680499334434755000
W&MWilmington & Manchester 51150658369818718026343330000
C&HCharleston & Hamburg 73476996423479916013231716100
S&ASavannah & Augusta 1964300036156020996393623586115000
SCLSea Coast Line 193228988115653597575800309457400
P&LEPittsburgh & Lake Erie 7801086476084295396662195535-1000
MRLEMad River & Lake Erie 13815953893498253366467100
M&CMarietta & Cincinnati 22052910061629659559125731293240034
A&WPAtlanta & West Point 195226905015335894554314211401500325
TP&WToledo, Peoria & Warsaw 31031592173769990191193713001
MCMichigan Central 7831048235974994225757529612001
A&TAlabama & Tennessee 628689694276192181264706850000
SMSouthern Mississippi 81110829856314992567096377630037
C&NWChicago & Northwestern 221223244112086999546107160130000633
CRIPChicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 9711095125694699305072162132019661572
CB&QChicago, Burlington & Quincy 1902118411651995294129716000
CASLChicago, Alton & St. Louis 2843790620848997815645137455100
CNSChicago North Shore 19730809169449972275130648100
M&SPMilwaukee & St. Paul 149716066383544993283372146313400
MPMissouri Pacific 11511070746531593294171102620000325
M&LRMemphis & Little Rock 13213739755699361024751000
V&TVicksburg & Texas 777723103977099137694997652101131
L&ALouisiana & Arkansas 90148669514903243415277205840
WPWestern Pacific 160314564075732993614641442521104739
UPUnion Pacific 95173685405269919791886466211201692
MKTMissouri, Kansas & Texas 13441123956631295310624208204-1400
SLSFSt Louis & San Francisco 4985008428047951627607040000016
SLSWSt Louis & Southwestern 769707013817897149807596924500
GWGreat Western 163017555991290993366622243231201339
SPSouthern Pacific 5135083127957991105707177122900
ATSFAtchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 1258910735555593284891191259-22503978
KCNKansas City Northern 783909615002999162221120147310497
SVSacramento Valley 4104367831011838635362002-1160302
SP&DSt Paul & Duluth 1501675398849519578146705000
SLSoo Line 1501442495208820807161742100

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
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AN]
  • New York Central (NYC)
    NYC  (Double) ; B&A  (Double) ; HRL  (Double) ; NY3 ; ERIE (Double) ; B&H  (Double) ; LS  (Double) ; C4  (Double) ; OH3 ; OH2 ; B&M  (Double) ; P&FW (Double) ; OH5 ; FW&C (Double) ; MI1 ; A&GW ; IN5  (Double) ; IN7 ; MS  (Double) ; IL4  (Double) ; IL3  (Double)
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AOLCMN]
  • New York & New Haven (NYNH)
    NYNH (Double) ; CNJ ; PA8 ; NY2 ; NY1
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AL]
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
    PENN (Double) ; LV ; C&A  (Double) ; PA9 ; PA10 ; PA2 ; PA4
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AL]
  • Reading (READ)
    READ (Double) ; PA1  (Double) ; PA5  (Double) ; PA6 ; PA3  (Double)
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AO]
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
    B&O  (Double) ; PA7  (Double) ; WV2 ; OH1 ; OH4  (Double) ; IN1  (Double) ; IN3  (Double) ; IN8 ; IL5  (Double) ; WV3
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AOCM]
  • Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
    C&O  (Double) ; VC  (Double) ; WV4 ; KY2 ; KY5 ; IN6  (Double) ; C&EI (Double) ; IN10 ; IL7  (Double) ; KY6
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AOCM]
  • Richmond & Danville (R&D)
    R&D  (Double) ; VA4  (Double) ; VA5 ; KY1 ; OH8  (Double) ; VA7 ; VA1  (Double) ; NC1
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AO]
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
    N&W ; N&S ; RF&P ; VA3 ; MD1 ; NC2 ; SC5 ; BRL ; TN2 ; TN3 ; KY4 ; KY3 ; C&C ; OH7
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: ADOC]
  • Wilmington & Weldon (W&W)
    W&W
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)
    W&M ; NER ; SC2 ; SC4
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
    C&H ; SC1 ; G&C ; SC3 ; VA2
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Augusta (S&A)
    S&A  (Double) ; GA1 ; GA8 ; AL3 ; TN12 ; KY13 ; IL2 ; AL4 ; O&M  (Double) ; IC  (Double) ; MS2 ; IL6 ; TN14
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: ADOCMG]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCL  (Double) ; GA4  (Double) ; GA2  (Double) ; COG  (Double) ; A&C  (Double) ; FEC ; N&C ; FL4  (Double) ; FL5  (Double) ; WBSH (Double) ; KY8 ; L&N
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: ADOG]
  • Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE)
    P&LE (Double) ; GTW  (Double) ; PA11 (Double) ; MI2  (Double) ; MN ; MI3
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: OL]
  • Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE)
    MRLE
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: L]
  • Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C)
    M&C ; IN4 ; MON  (Double) ; IN9 ; KY12 ; KY14 ; WV1 ; GM&O (Double) ; MS3 ; TN13 ; IL9  (Double) ; MD2 ; KY9 ; TN15
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AOCMG]
  • Atlanta & West Point (A&WP)
    A&WP (Double) ; AL6  (Double) ; AL7  (Double) ; MS1  (Double) ; AL8 ; S&G  (Double) ; GA6 ; GA7  (Double) ; AL1  (Double) ; AL2  (Double) ; TN9 ; TN11 (Double) ; TN6 ; MS4  (Double) ; TN7 ; GA3
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: ADMG]
  • Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W)
    TP&W ; IN2 ; OH6
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: ]
  • Michigan Central (MC)
    MC ; MI5  (Double) ; MI6 ; C5  (Double) ; MI4
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: LCN]
  • Alabama & Tennessee (A&T)
    A&T ; TN5 ; KY7 ; AL5 ; FL6
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: DOG]
  • Southern Mississippi (SM)
    SM ; NO&J (Double) ; MS6  (Double) ; TN8  (Double) ; KY10 (Double) ; KY11
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: MG]
  • Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)
    C&NW (Double) ; WI4  (Double) ; NP  (Double) ; ND3 ; SP&P (Double) ; ND4 ; MT6 ; MT7 ; ID5
    Unbuilt WA1
    [Regions: CWT]
  • Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)
    CRIP ; IA7  (Double) ; MO7  (Double) ; IA6  (Double) ; NE2
    Unbuilt NE3
    [Regions: CW]
  • Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)
    CB&Q
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: C]
  • Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)
    CASL ; SL&A
    Unbuilt IL11
    [Regions: CM]
  • Chicago North Shore (CNS)
    CNS ; WI5
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: C]
  • Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP)
    M&SP (Double) ; WI1  (Double) ; MN2  (Double) ; ND5 ; MT1 ; MT2
    Unbuilt MT3
    [Regions: CW]
  • Missouri Pacific (MP)
    MP ; KP ; MO6 ; KS3 ; CO2 ; CO9
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: MW]
  • Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)
    M&LR
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: M]
  • Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)
    V&T ; TX2 ; TX3
    Unbuilt M1
    [Regions: MS]
  • Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A)
    L&A
    Unbuilt LA5
    [Regions: G]
  • Western Pacific (WP)
    WP  (Double) ; CP  (Double) ; NV1  (Double) ; UT7 ; UT5 ; UT6 ; WY1
    Unbuilt CA7
    [Regions: TP]
  • Union Pacific (UP)
    UP  (Double) ; NE1 ; CO7 ; IA9 ; WI3
    Unbuilt IL10
    [Regions: W]
  • Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT)
    MKT  (Double) ; OK6 ; OK5 ; NM5 ; NM3
    Unbuilt AZ1
    [Regions: M]
  • St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)
    SLSF (Double) ; MO5 ; KS1
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: M]
  • St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW)
    SLSW ; AR2 ; AR7 ; OK1
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: MS]
  • Great Western (GW)
    GW  (Double) ; LA1 ; LA6  (Double) ; AR8 ; T&P  (Double) ; TR ; OK2 ; MO4
    Unbuilt OK4
    [Regions: MGS]
  • Southern Pacific (SP)
    SP ; CA4
    Unbuilt CA3
    [Regions: P]
  • Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
    ATSF ; OK8 ; NM4 ; NM6 ; NM7
    Unbuilt AZ5
    [Regions: W]
  • Kansas City Northern (KCN)
    KCN  (Double) ; IA4  (Double) ; LP&W ; IL12
    Unbuilt MO3
    [Regions: CW]
  • Sacramento Valley (SV)
    SV  (Double) ; CA9 ; CA10
    Unbuilt AZ6
    [Regions: P]
  • St Paul & Duluth (SP&D)
    SP&D
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: W]
  • Soo Line (SL)
    SL
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: N]

Stock Market Report

RR stock data

RRStart priceTrade priceEnd priceNet change# Shares traded# Shares issued# Shares in treasuryPresidentChairmanDirectors
GT313438+7 941 2 830 20 1113 15
NYC8910560+31 3264 60 108 0111110 14
NYNH222528+6 1147 3 603 57 1513
PENN292420-9 1239 4 125 0 1413 15
READ394960+21 954 2 665 014148 15
B&O373125-12 826 6 518 02211
C&O365676+40 1627 6 847 18 62 11
R&D201918-2 1545 5 389 36 1310
N&W353841+6 1762 8 874 0410
W&W272421-6 111 595 5 1511 13
W&M161514-2 1231 2 555 0  
C&H252220-5 813 3 615 61 96 15
S&A403327-13 2750 9 778 42 1311
SCL192327+8 2867 11 867 05513 15
P&LE595245-14 431 3 900 0772 9 14
MRLE242323-1 120 690 0 1311 15
M&C292522-7 2899 10 957 68 1513
A&WP332925-8 2366 9 688 72 811
TP&W433119-24 594 1 540 10 1315
MC705235-35 3152 9 449 36 72
A&T192327+8 958 5 758 92 813 14 15
SM332823-10 908 8 083 27 105 11
C&NW59337-52 121566 145 356 2991111
CRIP131415+2 2864 36 315 185 136 10 11
CB&Q393429-10 97 936 14 156 11 13 14
CASL363228-8 221 1 420 04411 15
CNS272422-5 298 953 32 1315
M&SP403429-11 1458 7 420 65151511 13
MP191511-8 3413 13 342 7989911 13 15
M&LR131211-2 177 2 611 29141411 13 15
V&T363024-12 419 3 699 18615153 11
L&A353025-10 96 450 0558 13
WP8512641+79 1671 63 492 1 388101011 13
UP242526+2 1122 4 533 2221010
MKT222733+11 2004 6 497 2231313
SLSF412918-23 589 2 431 59 158 11
SLSW626569+7 1399 3 677 168 28 13
GW383940+2 5830 27 579 97681113
SP536272+19 157 2 804 211131311 15
ATSF353943+8 1225 6 007 283668 13
KCN272829+2 521 3 720 1958813
SV424039-3 293 1 921 129 813
SP&D121213+1 202 693 57 1315
SL111213+2 270 693 57 1311

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CFPrice
H&SHouston & Shreveport 1160
C&SColorado & Southern 580
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