Continental Rails II

Game # 9 - Turn # 16

Headline News 1871 to 1872

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1871: Wild Bill Hickok made Marshal of Abilene. Shoots two men and one policeman.
1872: Buffalo Bill Cody makes first stage appearance in Chicago. Broadway next!

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: J. Pierpont Morgan bought CT for $12345, J. Pierpont Morgan bought TR for $12345.

PCs Merged: KCS merges into M&LR, SP&D merges into NP.

PCs Incorporated: SV, SL, T&P.

New Engines Acquired: SLSW bought American 4-4-0.

New Technologies Acquired: LS bought coal burning engines, N&C bought coal burning engines, IC bought coal burning engines, CRIP bought Grand Station, CRIP bought coal burning engines, CB&Q bought Grand Station, CP bought coal burning engines, WP bought coal burning engines, MKT bought Grand Station, SLSW bought coal burning engines.

RoWs built: TN15 by B&O, MS5 by MRLE, ND5 by C&NW, FL6 by FEC, IA10 by CNS, CO9 by MP, OK4 by L&A, UT6 by CP, CA6 by WP, NM4 by MKT, MO5 by SLSW, LA1 by GW, ND3 by NP.

RoWs abandoned: KY7 a été abandonné by PENN.

Double Tracked Lines: GT doubled C2, B&O doubled OH2, FW&C doubled MI2, FEC doubled C&C, MKT doubled MKT.

New RoWs acquired: B&O got WV1, CRIP got IA9, KCN got MO6, M&LR got MO8, NP got ND4, GW got TX1, L&A got TX3, C&NW got MT1, UP got WY1, MKT got NM3, CP got UT1, WP got OR5, FEC got AL8, MP got MO9.

RR Mergers: UP merges into CB&Q.

Loan Recalls: J. Pierpont Morgan.

Stock splits: Les actions of CB&Q se divisent à 3 for 1, Les actions of FEC se divisent à 4 for 1, Les actions of L&A se divisent à 2 for 1, Les actions of WP se divisent à 2 for 1.

New railroad Presidents: Jim Hill of COG, Crazy French II of MRLE, Byron Kilbourn of SLSW, William Ogden of SV, Baron Louis Aubade of SL.

William Ogden dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $22067. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Edward Harriman, J. Pierpont Morgan, Baron Louis Aubade, Cante, Byron Kilbourn, Jay Gould, Jim Hill, Sleeping Dog

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Panic to Depression.
Best locomotive available: Mogul 2-6-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Edward Harriman (3) Leland Stanford (2) Crazy French II (6) Byron Kilbourn (1) J. Pierpont Morgan (10)
Rail Mogul Edward Harriman (3) William Ogden (8) Cante (13) Crazy French II (6) Baron Louis Aubade (4)
Rail Builder Sleeping Dog (7) Crazy French II (6) Leland Stanford (2) Edward Harriman (3) Baron Louis Aubade (4)
Rail Magnate Edward Harriman (3) Sleeping Dog (7) Baron Louis Aubade (4) Crazy French II (6) Leland Stanford (2)
Rail Prodigal William Ogden (8) Edward Harriman (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (10) Crazy French II (6) Sleeping Dog (7)
Rail Baron Edward Harriman (3) Crazy French II (6) Sleeping Dog (7) Leland Stanford (2) William Ogden (8)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
2 Leland Stanford A&T CRIP .... ....
3 Edward Harriman PENN KCN .... ....
13 Cante C&NW WP .... ....
7 Sleeping Dog FEC MKT SP ....
6 Crazy French II CB&Q MRLE GN ....
1 Byron Kilbourn SLSW NP .... SP&P
11 Jim Hill GW COG .... ....
4 Baron Louis Aubade B&O SL .... ....
8 William Ogden L&A SV .... ....
5 Jay Gould FW&C .... .... ....
10 J. Pierpont Morgan MP CP CT TR
12 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
14 Henry Farham CASL P&LE SLSF ....
9 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
15 Louis McLane .... MN .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 439   58107   30216   99   160575   40473   5   6   0   0  
PENN Pennsylvania 2916   430085   223644   99   801210   239906   2   4   0   129  
READ Reading 288   43553   24390   98   109187   20496   6   2   0   0  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 1995   267103   141564   98   549793   86496   4   5   0   2  
R&D Richmond & Danville 1239   115395   63467   99   371374   196480   -1   0   0   29  
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 657   61527   33225   97   186698   58145   2   2   0   88  
COG Central of Georgia 3593   463698   329225   83   1208267   576315   -2   0   0   8  
LS Lake Shore 182   18090   9949   99   58461   22086   1   0   0   0  
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 1693   186195   102406   99   502223   218315   1   1   0   8  
MRLE Mad River & Lake Erie 2850   415655   224453   97   922298   467564   4   0   0   29  
A&C Atlanta & Chattanooga 379   28828   15856   99   82831   36907   1   0   0   11  
A&T Alabama & Tennessee 3111   383734   211051   96   900071   394183   3   2   0   36  
N&C Nashville & Chattanooga 736   76697   42182   99   202116   100406   1   4   0   384  
MN Michigan Northern 102   11622   6392   99   34000   326   6   2   0   0  
FW&C Ft. Wayne & Chicago 403   58382   30358   99   125689   79001   3   9   0   72  
IC Illinois Central 305   34847   20211   96   65730   18880   5   1   0   16  
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 1101   100321   55176   99   228346   160933   0   1   0   0  
CRIP Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 351   30366   15790   99   90232   47726   0   1   2080   754  
CB&Q Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 1002   81979   45909   95   243714   136489   -1   8   4840   325  
CASL Chicago, Alton & St. Louis 538   55740   28985   99   136616   49443   4   11   0   608  
FEC Florida East Coast 2987   437156   227323   99   593243   23062   11   10   944   49  
CNS Chicago North Shore 689   72763   38564   98   172309   90467   2   4   0   438  
MP Missouri Pacific 1119   104938   55617   98   258829   170723   0   0   0   0  
M&LR Memphis & Little Rock 629   49879   33918   86   145302   94199   -3   19   270   134  
L&A Louisiana & Arkansas 1436   127528   81616   90   375578   240958   -3   9   1116   1906  
CP Central Pacific 724   58529   32191   99   168855   113974   -1   4   0   0  
WP Western Pacific 675   55509   32750   95   167300   112050   -2   23   0   0  
MKT Missouri, Kansas & Texas 1172   93909   48832   99   305815   116532   1   2   2988   1228  
SLSW St Louis & Southwestern 371   31367   18507   95   87247   48274   -1   1   0   0  
GW Great Western 278   23988   13193   99   55907   35123   1   9   0   193  
NP Northern Pacific 625   46204   25411   99   110860   81506   0   4   3122   1552  
KCN Kansas City Northern 223   18176   9997   99   58632   36196   -2   1   980   0  
SV Sacramento Valley 150   14838   9793   88   17899   17901   1   0   0   0  
SL Soo Line 150   12198   8173   87   16799   16801   0   0   0   0  
T&P Texas & Pacific 224   17415   12365   83   24899   24901   -1   0   0   0  

Railroad Lines:
(Region Key: A=Atl D=DpSouth O=Ohio L=GtLakes C=Central M=Miss G=Gulf W=MidWest S=SWest T=Mtn P=Pacific N=Canada X=Mexico)
Grand Trunk (GT ):   GT  (Double) B&H  (Double) C2  (Double)
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AN]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN  (Double) LV  (Double) PA5 PA6 P&FW  (Double) PA9 PA10 A&GW
PA4  (Double) IN5 C&EI  (Double) IN6 KY8 L&N  (Double) NO&J  (Double)
MS6 TN8 KY10  (Double) SM TN9 TN10
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AOLCMG]
Reading (READ):   READ PA3 PA2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O  (Double) PA7  (Double) WV2 M&C OH1 OH2  (Double) IN4  (Double)
MON  (Double) IN7  (Double) IL3  (Double) IL6  (Double) GTW  (Double)
KY11 KY9 TN15
Unbuilt:: WV1 [Regions: AOLCM]
Richmond & Danville (R&D ):   R&D  (Double) VA7 VC VA2 WV4 KY1 OH8  (Double) OH6 MI6
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AO]
Wilmington & Manchester (W&M ):   W&M NC1 SC2 SC1 GA2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Central of Georgia (COG ):   COG  (Double) A&WP BRL GA8  (Double) AL3 AL4 N&W  (Double) N&S
VA1  (Double) W&W NC2 SC5 SC3 TN12 NYNH  (Double) CNJ  (Double)
C&A  (Double) ERIE PA1  (Double) MD1 NY2 RF&P MD2 IL8
MS2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADLMG]
Lake Shore (LS ):   LS
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: L]
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE):   P&LE  (Double) OH3 TP&W MI1 IN2 MC MS MI5 MI4 IN8
IL5 MI3
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: OLCM]
Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE):   MRLE OH4  (Double) NYC B&A  (Double) B&M  (Double) NY3 HRL  (Double)
C3  (Double) PA11  (Double) C4 IN1  (Double) IN3 IN9 KY13
TN13 GM&O MS3 TN11 MS4 MS5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ALCMGN]
Atlanta & Chattanooga (A&C ):   A&C TN4 TN1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: D]
Alabama & Tennessee (A&T ):   A&T TN5 TN6 KY6 C&O VA4 VA5 KY2 KY5  (Double) O&M  (Double)
IL2 IL1  (Double) KY12 TN14 S&G  (Double) GA3 GA6 GA7
AL1 AL5 AL7 AL6 MS1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOCMG]
Nashville & Chattanooga (N&C ):   N&C KY14 IL9  (Double) TN7 AL2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: DM]
Michigan Northern (MN ):   MN
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: L]
Ft. Wayne & Chicago (FW&C):   FW&C  (Double) OH5  (Double) MI2  (Double) C5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: LCN]
Illinois Central (IC ):   IC IL4
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CM]
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW):   C&NW  (Double) WI4 MN2 C7 ND5
Unbuilt:: MT1 [Regions: CWN]
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):   CRIP IA8
Unbuilt:: IA9 [Regions: C]
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q):   CB&Q IA4 IA5 UP NE1 CO7
Unbuilt:: WY1 [Regions: CW]
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL):   CASL SL&A IL11 MO1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CM]
Florida East Coast (FEC ):   FEC WBSH  (Double) OH7  (Double) C&C  (Double) IN10  (Double) C&H  (Double)
G&C SC4 TN2 TN3 SCL  (Double) S&A  (Double) NER GA4  (Double)
FL4 KY4 KY3 FL5 IL7  (Double) GA1  (Double) FL6
Unbuilt:: AL8 [Regions: ADOCMG]
Chicago North Shore (CNS ):   CNS  (Double) M&SP MN3 IA10
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CW]
Missouri Pacific (MP ):   MP  (Double) KP  (Double) KC&D  (Double) KS3 CO2 CO9
Unbuilt:: MO9 [Regions: MW]
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR):   M&LR AR4 OK2 KCS
Unbuilt:: MO8 [Regions: MW]
Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A ):   L&A LA4 TX2 V&T AR8 OK1 OK4
Unbuilt:: TX3 [Regions: MGS]
Central Pacific (CP ):   CP  (Double) NV2 UT8 UT6
Unbuilt:: UT1 [Regions: TP]
Western Pacific (WP ):   WP CA7 NV1 CA6
Unbuilt:: OR5 [Regions: P]
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT ):   MKT  (Double) KS1 ATSF OK8 NM4
Unbuilt:: NM3 [Regions: MW]
St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW):   SLSW AR2 MO5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
Great Western (GW ):   GW LA1
Unbuilt:: TX1 [Regions: G]
Northern Pacific (NP ):   NP SP&D ND3
Unbuilt:: ND4 [Regions: W]
Kansas City Northern (KCN ):   KCN
Unbuilt:: MO6 [Regions: W]
Sacramento Valley (SV ):   SV
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: P]
Soo Line (SL ):   SL
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: N]
Texas & Pacific (T&P ):   T&P
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
GT 41   63   85   +44  502   2195   0     4   3     6     10    
PENN 36   45   54   +18  6295   58270   70   3   3   2    
READ 35   43   52   +17  497   1440   0     8   3     4     6    
B&O 51   44   38   -13  1564   19361   55   4   4   2     6     11    
R&D 24   27   30   +6  1840   6163   32     1   3     7    
W&M 32   29   26   -6  784   3236   49     14   3     8    
COG 43   32   21   -22  5621   17969   0   11   11   10    
LS 26   23   21   -5  145   910   0     13   1     4     6    
P&LE 28   25   22   -6  2924   10588   57   14   13  
MRLE 40   65   91   +51  1981   14235   22   6   6   4     11    
A&C 21   24   27   +6  653   1846   49     4   8    
A&T 59   62   65   +6  3601   15555   0   2   2   3    
N&C 37   31   26   -11  1166   3605   75     1   3    
MN 29   39   50   +21  128   496   14   15   15   2     3     13    
FW&C 49   57   66   +17  455   2015   0   5   5   1     3     4    
IC 51   60   69   +18  284   1499   26     3   1     4     7     13    
C&NW 55   70   86   +31  3557   33077   103   13   13   1     2    
CRIP 71   56   42   -29  363   1755   0   2   2   3    
CB&Q 71   93   36   +37  877   25830   0   6   6   2     3     13    
CASL 92   77   62   -30  431   2574   116   14   14   1     2     8    
FEC 80   116   38   +72  2143   59704   88   7   7   2     8     11    
CNS 37   51   66   +29  967   3307   138     3   2    
MP 47   31   15   -32  3664   20175   120   10   10   2     4     13    
M&LR 58   71   84   +26  802   3096   49     8   7    
L&A 100   109   59   +18  1851   14196   164   8   8  
CP 58   66   75   +17  1833   6080   105   10   10   2     13    
WP 97   119   71   +45  890   6558   192   13   13   6     8    
MKT 68   69   70   +2  1136   5803   57   7   7   3    
SLSW 59   75   92   +33  328   1748   107   1   4   8     14    
GW 56   69   83   +27  94   1321   69   11   11   1     2     8    
NP 26   43   60   +34  405   2813   312   1   1   6    
KCN 16   19   22   +6  424   1115   0   3   3   6     11    
SV 0   0   10   +10  0   675   75   8   8  
SL 0   0   10   +10  0   675   75   4   4  
T&P 0   0   10   +10  0   1008   112     4  

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