Continental Rails II

Game # 34 - Turn # 17

Headline News 1873 to 1874

World & National New

1873: Jesse James and his gang commit their first train robbery in Iowa.
1874: Rich silver strike found in Nevada.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Jim Fisk bought LP&W for $1800, William Palmer bought LR&S for $11011.
PCs Merged: TR merges into GW.
PCs Incorporated: CT.
New Engines Acquired: B&M bought Prairie 2-6-2, NYC bought Prairie 2-6-2, READ bought Prairie 2-6-2, N&W bought Prairie 2-6-2, C&H bought Prairie 2-6-2, S&A bought Prairie 2-6-2, SCL bought Atlantic 4-4-2, COG bought Prairie 2-6-2, A&WP bought Prairie 2-6-2, A&GW bought Prairie 2-6-2, MC bought Mogul 2-6-0, L&N bought Prairie 2-6-2, C&NW bought Prairie 2-6-2, CNS bought Prairie 2-6-2, MP bought Prairie 2-6-2, M&LR bought Prairie 2-6-2, L&A bought Prairie 2-6-2, WP bought Prairie 2-6-2, UP bought Prairie 2-6-2, MKT bought Prairie 2-6-2, SLSF bought Prairie 2-6-2, SLSW bought Prairie 2-6-2, GW bought Prairie 2-6-2, SP bought Prairie 2-6-2, KCN bought Prairie 2-6-2, SL bought Prairie 2-6-2.
New Technologies Acquired: B&M bought automatic brakes, NYC bought Pullman sleepers, NYC bought automatic brakes, READ bought automatic brakes, N&W bought automatic brakes, C&H bought automatic brakes, S&A bought automatic couplers, COG bought automatic brakes, A&WP bought automatic brakes, A&GW bought automatic couplers, A&GW bought Pullman sleepers, A&GW bought automatic brakes, C&NW bought automatic brakes, CNS bought automatic brakes, MP bought automatic brakes, M&LR bought Pullman sleepers, M&LR bought automatic brakes, L&A bought automatic brakes, WP bought automatic brakes, UP bought automatic brakes, MKT bought automatic brakes, SLSF bought automatic brakes, SLSW bought Pullman sleepers, SLSW bought automatic brakes, GW bought automatic brakes, SP bought automatic brakes, KCN bought Pullman sleepers, SL bought automatic brakes.
RoWs built: FL1 by SCL, MT4 by C&NW, NE3 by CRIP, MT6 by CNS, NM3 by MP, TX12 by M&LR, AR8 by V&T, TX15 by L&A, UT2 by WP, CO8 by UP, IL12 by SL&A, IA1 by MKT, OK4 by SLSF, LA6 by GW, AZ3 by SP.
NYC doubled C4, C&H doubled KY13, COG doubled FL3, MP doubled MO8, UP doubled IA5, MKT doubled MKT, SLSW doubled SLSW, SP doubled M4.
New RoWs acquired: S&G got MS1, SLSW got AR1, MKT got KS1, SLSF got OK5, GW got TX5, L&A got TX14, C&NW got MT5, CNS got MT7, MP got AZ1, SP got AZ2, WP got CA7.
RR Mergers: A&GW merges into S&G, WP merges into UP.
Inadequate brakes on S&A locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $6171.
Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost IC $2646.
Inadequate brakes on GN locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $4450.
Inadequate brakes on KCN locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $8208.
Inadequate brakes on SV locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $1650.
Insolvent RRs: SV.
Loan Recalls: Leland Stanford, Milton Littlefield, John Forbes, Sleeping Dog, Hannibal Kimball, Dan Drew, Cyrus Holliday.
Stock splits: N&W splits 2 for 1, GW splits 3 for 1.
Cornered stocks: NYC, READ, N&W, MN, L&N.
New railroad Presidents: Jim Fisk of GT, Milton Littlefield of PENN, Cyrus Holliday of V&T, Hannibal Kimball of KCN, Cyrus Holliday of SV, William Palmer of CT.
New Private Companies Available: H&S.
Milton Littlefield earns the Golden Spike Award for linking the UP from the Midwest to the Pacific.
Edward Harriman dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $30000. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Thomas Scott, Milton Littlefield, William Palmer, Cyrus Holliday, Leland Stanford, John Forbes, J. Pierpont Morgan, Jim Fisk
Invention of refrigerated freight cars permits shipment of perishable cargos long distances.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Depression.
Best locomotive available: Prairie 2-6-2
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:

6	Milton Littlefield	best wishes to all for the holidays.
10	Hannibal Kimball	i may not be bankrupt, but it sure feels like it.

Top Victory Points

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

Robber Baron	Milton Littlefield (6)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)	Jim Fisk (1)	Edward Harriman (2)	William Palmer (12)
Rail Mogul	Milton Littlefield (6)	Thomas Scott (7)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)	Jim Fisk (1)
Rail Builder	Milton Littlefield (6)	Edward Harriman (2)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)	William Palmer (12)	Sleeping Dog (9)
Rail Magnate	J. Edgar Thompson (3)	Milton Littlefield (6)	William Palmer (12)	Sleeping Dog (9)	Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Prodigal	Milton Littlefield (6)	Thomas Scott (7)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	William Palmer (12)	Edward Harriman (2)
Rail Baron	Milton Littlefield (6)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)	Edward Harriman (2)	William Palmer (12)	Thomas Scott (7)

Player Summary

		President of		PCs owned
Player #	Tycoon name	RR 1	RR 2	PC 1	PC 2
3	J. Edgar Thompson	N&W	CNS	....	....
2	Edward Harriman	SP	GW	....	....
12	William Palmer	C&H	CT	....	LR&S
7	Thomas Scott	L&A	C&NW	....	....
1	Jim Fisk	MP	GT	LP&W	....
15	Cyrus Holliday	SV	V&T	....	....
6	Milton Littlefield	PENN	UP	....	....
9	Sleeping Dog	SCL	M&LR	....	....
14	Dan Drew	SLSF	SLSW	....	....
5	Leland Stanford	B&O	MKT	....	....
8	John Forbes	....	READ	....	....
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	COG	....	....	....
13	Railroad Bill Sr	....	....	T&P	....
10	Hannibal Kimball	KCN	....	....	....
11	Rotshild	B&M	....	....	....

Railroad Summary

RR	Name	Tracks	Revenues	Expense	Efficiency	Bonds	Loans	Profit / share	Dividend / share	Grant	Land
B&M	Boston & Maine	255	33096	18203	99	79381	15692	1	0	0	0
GT	Grand Trunk	780	83659	46849	95	229500	39273	2	0	0	1
NYC	New York Central	1633	264931	153661	93	469700	13652	2	1	0	1
PENN	Pennsylvania	2997	522750	292742	95	1049797	501659	1	0	0	4
READ	Reading	333	76138	39591	99	134954	72231	2	1	0	0
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	1184	159512	95707	91	441691	228798	0	0	0	0
R&D	Richmond & Danville	505	45999	28978	91	154365	37770	0	0	0	0
N&W	Norfolk & Western	2627	361968	188224	99	795887	220920	4	1	0	185
W&W	Wilmington & Weldon	645	61303	38621	91	210716	73858	-1	0	0	130
C&H	Charleston & Hamburg	2886	431642	224454	99	909327	30402	7	4	0	3
S&A	Savannah & Augusta	561	68945	38609	98	177448	28820	1	1	0	0
SCL	Sea Coast Line	2117	258330	144666	95	589183	33365	3	0	0	409
S&G	Savannah & Gulf	2232	281056	163014	93	885245	253891	1	1	0	112
COG	Central of Georgia	1049	102054	54088	98	288917	143785	0	1	0	502
MRLE	Mad River & Lake Erie	3004	411253	246753	91	1005740	220250	1	0	0	196
A&WP	Atlanta & West Point	152	15697	8633	99	46041	520	0	0	0	0
MC	Michigan Central	783	89924	54854	90	273203	21355	3	0	0	1
MN	Michigan Northern	302	26601	16759	91	103330	13219	0	0	0	5
MS	Michigan Southern	204	18323	10994	94	75040	11403	0	0	0	0
L&N	Louisville & Nashville	686	76144	44164	93	177119	70734	2	0	0	164
IC	Illinois Central	294	37580	22548	91	108838	42053	0	0	0	4
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	1556	136101	72133	98	345270	220896	0	1	0	0
CRIP	Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific	1231	112175	66183	95	202488	165556	0	0	0	1243
CNS	Chicago North Shore	1579	161591	85643	98	359204	239021	1	1	840	3889
MP	Missouri Pacific	2100	232907	128100	96	414242	283122	0	1	0	4978
M&LR	Memphis & Little Rock	795	70398	37310	98	141024	59190	3	10	0	0
V&T	Vicksburg & Texas	1263	113905	67204	95	219218	172979	0	0	0	0
L&A	Louisiana & Arkansas	758	73433	41121	98	121997	99412	2	4	0	0
UP	Union Pacific	2759	319086	165925	99	576064	386308	1	2	0	6268
SL&A	St Louis & Alton	374	46835	27633	95	76266	47307	4	0	0	216
MKT	Missouri, Kansas & Texas	924	91417	47537	99	191298	133335	1	2	0	925
SLSF	St Louis & San Francisco	762	71111	37688	98	151686	107532	2	1	0	2180
SLSW	St Louis & Southwestern	268	30911	17001	99	37990	33787	4	3	0	550
GW	Great Western	575	60826	33454	99	88545	80638	3	6	0	2167
SP	Southern Pacific	1034	116126	63869	99	181648	153306	3	6	0	3870
GN	Great Northern	445	35996	21238	95	59250	38976	2	0	0	0
KCN	Kansas City Northern	684	65265	35896	99	101796	71514	3	2	0	0
SV	Sacramento Valley	150	16096	11428	83	22895	17184	1	0	0	0
SP&D	St Paul & Duluth	150	15408	9707	91	22520	16147	2	0	0	0
SL	Soo Line	150	13209	7793	95	21236	17052	2	1	0	0
CT	Central Texas	169	14232	9678	86	21761	20089	0	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 ; B&H
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]
Grand Trunk (GT)

GT (Double) ; C2 (Double) ; C3 ; NY1
Unbuilt none
[Regions: AN]

New York Central (NYC)

NYC (Double) ; HRL (Double) ; B&A (Double) ; NY3 ; LS ; C4 (Double) ; OH3 ; OH5 ; OH6 ; OH7 ; FW&C ; MI1 ; IN3

Unbuilt none

[Regions: AOLCN]

Pennsylvania (PENN)

PENN (Double) ; LV (Double) ; C&A (Double) ; CNJ (Double) ; NYNH (Double) ; PA5 ; PA6 ; P&FW (Double) ; P&LE (Double) ; WV2 ; PA1 (Double) ; PA3 (Double) ; M&C ; IN4 (Double) ; IN9 ; C&EI (Double) ; KY12 ; TN13 ; TN14 ; SM (Double) ; NO&J (Double) ; MS6

Unbuilt none

[Regions: AOLCMG]

Reading (READ)

READ (Double) ; PA2 (Double) ; MD1 (Double) ; PA4 (Double)
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

B&O (Double) ; WV1 ; OH1 ; OH4 (Double) ; IN1 (Double) ; IN2 (Double) ; IN8 (Double) ; IL4 (Double) ; IL3 (Double)

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ACM]

Richmond & Danville (R&D)

R&D ; VA7 ; VA2 ; SC5
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]

Norfolk & Western (N&W)

N&W (Double) ; N&S ; RF&P (Double) ; VA3 ; VA4 ; VA5 ; KY1 ; IN5 ; IN7 ; IL1 (Double) ; VA6 ; A&T ; AL4 ; GM&O ; TN4 ; TN1 ; IL5 (Double) ; MS2

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ADOCMG]

Wilmington & Weldon (W&W)

W&W (Double) ; NC2 ; VA1 ; NC1 ; SC2
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]

Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)

C&H (Double) ; SC4 (Double) ; GA1 (Double) ; GA8 (Double) ; AL3 (Double) ; TN12 ; KY13 (Double) ; O&M (Double) ; IL6 (Double) ; TN15 ; C&O (Double) ; VC (Double) ; MD2 ; PA7 (Double) ; WV4 ; KY2 ; KY5 (Double) ; IN6 (Double) ; MON (Double) ; AL1 (Double) ; WV3

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ADOCM]

Savannah & Augusta (S&A)

S&A (Double) ; GA2 ; SC1 ; SC3
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]

Sea Coast Line (SCL)

SCL (Double) ; NER ; GA4 (Double) ; FL4 ; FL5 ; FL6 ; AL5 ; W&M ; AL2 ; TN9 ; FEC ; TN10 (Double) ; TN7 ; KY14 ; FL1

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ADMG]

Savannah & Gulf (S&G)

S&G (Double) ; GA6 ; GA7 ; AL6 ; AL8 ; MS3 ; AL7 ; MS4 ; N&C (Double) ; TN8 ; TN11 ; TN5 ; MS5 ; A&GW ; WBSH ; IN10 ; IL7 (Double) ; KY11 ; KY10

Unbuilt MS1

[Regions: AOMG]

Central of Georgia (COG)

COG (Double) ; A&C (Double) ; GA3 (Double) ; GA5 (Double) ; FL3 (Double) ; TN6 (Double) ; FL2 (Double)

Unbuilt none

[Regions: D]

Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE)

MRLE (Double) ; OH2 ; TP&W ; MI2 (Double) ; C&C (Double) ; OH8 (Double) ; KY3 ; ERIE (Double) ; NY2 (Double) ; PA11 (Double) ; GTW ; PA8 (Double) ; PA10 ; PA9 (Double) ; KY6 ; G&C (Double) ; BRL (Double) ; TN2 ; TN3 ; KY4 ; KY7 (Double)

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ADOLC]

Atlanta & West Point (A&WP)

A&WP
Unbuilt none
[Regions: D]
Michigan Central (MC)

MC ; C5 (Double) ; MI6 ; MI5 ; MI4
Unbuilt none
[Regions: LCN]
Michigan Northern (MN)

MN ; MI3
Unbuilt none
[Regions: L]
Michigan Southern (MS)

MS
Unbuilt none
[Regions: L]

Louisville & Nashville (L&N)

L&N (Double) ; KY8 ; KY9 ; IL8

Unbuilt none

[Regions: OM]

Illinois Central (IC)

IC (Double) ; IL2
Unbuilt none
[Regions: C]

Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)

C&NW ; WI4 (Double) ; SP&P ; ND1 ; ND2 ; MT4

Unbuilt MT5

[Regions: CW]

Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)

CRIP ; IA7 ; IA6 ; NE2 ; NE3

Unbuilt none

[Regions: CWT]

Chicago North Shore (CNS)

CNS (Double) ; M&SP (Double) ; NP ; ND3 ; ND4 ; MT6

Unbuilt MT7

[Regions: CWT]

Missouri Pacific (MP)

MP (Double) ; KC&D (Double) ; ATSF (Double) ; MO6 ; OK8 ; NM4 ; CASL (Double) ; MO1 ; MO8 (Double) ; IA3 ; NM3

Unbuilt AZ1

[Regions: CMW]

Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)

M&LR (Double) ; AR4 ; OK1 ; TX12
Unbuilt none
[Regions: MS]
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)

V&T (Double) ; TX2 ; TX3 ; M1 ; AR8
Unbuilt none
[Regions: MSX]
Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A)

L&A ; LA2 ; TX1 ; TX16 ; TX15
Unbuilt TX14
[Regions: GS]

Union Pacific (UP)

UP ; NE1 ; CO7 ; CB&Q (Double) ; IA4 (Double) ; IA5 (Double) ; MO7 (Double) ; WY1 ; CO8 ; WP (Double) ; CP (Double) ; NV1 ; UT7 ; UT5 ; UT2

Unbuilt CA7

[Regions: CWTP]

St Louis & Alton (SL&A)

SL&A ; IL11 ; IL12
Unbuilt none
[Regions: CM]

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT)

MKT (Double) ; KCS ; OK2 ; MO9 ; IA1

Unbuilt KS1

[Regions: MW]

St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)

SLSF ; MO5 ; OK6 ; OK4

Unbuilt OK5

[Regions: MS]

St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW)

SLSW (Double) ; AR2
Unbuilt AR1
[Regions: M]
Great Western (GW)

GW (Double) ; LA1 ; TR ; LA6
Unbuilt TX5
[Regions: GS]

Southern Pacific (SP)

SP (Double) ; CA4 (Double) ; CA3 (Double) ; M4 (Double) ; AZ3

Unbuilt AZ2

[Regions: TPX]

Great Northern (GN)

GN ; MN1
Unbuilt none
[Regions: W]
Kansas City Northern (KCN)

KCN ; KP ; MO3
Unbuilt none
[Regions: MW]
Sacramento Valley (SV)

SV
Unbuilt none
[Regions: P]
St Paul & Duluth (SP&D)

SP&D
Unbuilt none
[Regions: W]
Soo Line (SL)

SL
Unbuilt none
[Regions: N]
Central Texas (CT)

CT
Unbuilt none
[Regions: S]

Stock Market Report

RR stock data

RR	Start price	Trade price	End price	Net change	# Shares traded	# Shares issued	# Shares in treasury	President	Chairman	Directors
B&M	10	16	22	+12	1207	7 231	69	11	1	6 7 8
GT	38	30	22	-16	1037	7 800	0	1	1	3 6
NYC ©	32	30	28	-4	1609	31 058	0		1	2 3
PENN	21	15	9	-12	45160	72 430	0	6	6
READ ©	59	46	33	-26	174	6 660	0	8	8	3 4 6 7
B&O	28	24	20	-8	1237	11 856	0	5	5	2 6 7
R&D	16	14	13	-3	1739	8 975	0		7	2 3 12
N&W ©	89	107	63	+37	1475	39 256	0	3	3	2 7 12 15
W&W	37	29	22	-15	552	3 201	24		1	2 3 7
C&H	62	52	43	-19	1026	19 192	0	12	12	2 3 8
S&A	11	10	10	-1	1327	8 415	0		15	3 7 10 12
SCL	43	32	21	-22	2484	19 483	91	9	9	1 3 12 14
S&G	22	27	30	+8	2697	22 100	0		15	2 3 12
COG	43	28	14	-29	1514	10 870	0	4	4	2 3 15
MRLE	16	15	14	-2	9432	35 840	0		3	15
A&WP	5	5	5	+0	39507	218 880	0		12	2 3
MC	31	25	20	-11	1199	3 915	0		7	9
MN ©	15	19	23	+8	427	2 983	37		2	1 3 5 7
MS	11	9	8	-3	240	3 060	0		15	1 3 7
L&N ©	26	32	39	+13	711	4 994	66		13	6 7 9 15
IC	38	30	22	-16	876	4 410	0		6	1 3 7
C&NW	13	12	11	-2	3450	26 523	117	7	7	2 6
CRIP	18	17	16	-2	2017	11 157	368		15	6 7
CNS	32	26	21	-11	1462	11 232	123	3	3	10 12
MP	46	33	20	-26	7962	89 274	166	1	1	2 9 14
M&LR	56	42	28	-28	1007	5 241	214	9	9	8 13
V&T	41	56	71	+30	2954	15 540	310	15	15	2 9 14
L&A	34	29	24	-10	675	3 677	113	7	7	6 15
UP	64	39	22	-42	7329	30 929	71	6	6	8
SL&A	50	69	88	+38	171	1 775	95		14	3 7
MKT	53	66	80	+27	1398	8 311	279	5	5	2 6 14
SLSF	22	30	39	+17	915	3 728	82	14	14	1 6
SLSW	33	45	58	+25	376	1 340	0	14	14	7
GW	64	98	44	+68	419	8 181	444	2	2
SP	87	93	99	+12	983	5 051	119	2	2	1 3 15
GN	29	34	40	+11	558	2 150	75		7	6
KCN	24	27	30	+6	1235	3 264	156	10	10	7 8
SV	14	16	18	+4	213	693	57	15	7	12
SP&D	16	15	15	-1	174	693	57		7	3 12
SL	11	18	25	+14	332	693	57		15
CT	0	0	11	+11	0	761	84	12	12

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF		Price
H&S	Houston & Shreveport	1160

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