Continental Rails II

Game # 9 - Turn # 21

Headline News 1881 to 1882

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1881: Thomas Edison announces invention of electric light.
1882: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral leaves 3 dead, 2 wounded.

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Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Cante bought DRGW for $3500, Cante bought DP for $3500.

PCs Merged: H&S merges into LR&S.

New Engines Acquired: GT bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, PENN bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, READ bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, B&O bought Prairie 2-6-2, W&M bought Prairie 2-6-2, A&T bought Prairie 2-6-2, MN bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, IC bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CRIP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CASL bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, FEC bought Prairie 2-6-2, CNS bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, MKT bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, GW bought Prairie 2-6-2, NP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SL bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, LR&S bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CW bought Chesapeake 4-6-0.

New Technologies Acquired: GT bought block signal system, PENN bought Pullman sleepers, MN bought automatic brakes, CRIP bought automatic brakes, CB&Q bought automatic brakes, FEC bought automatic brakes, CNS bought automatic brakes, MKT bought automatic brakes, GW bought block signal system, GW bought automatic couplers, NP bought automatic brakes, SL bought Grand Station, SL bought automatic brakes, LR&S bought Pullman sleepers, C&S bought automatic brakes.

RoWs built: C9 by C&NW, OR1 by CB&Q, NM6 by L&A, WA2 by WP, CA3 by MKT, WA1 by NP, MN5 by SP&P, AZ5 by SV, WI1 by SL.

Double Tracked Lines: NP doubled ID5.

New RoWs acquired: SL got MN1, LR&S got AR6, MKT got TX13, C&S got CO3, CB&Q got CO8, L&A got NM1, SV got NM7, NP got C10, WP got OR2.

RR Mergers: WP merges into C&NW.

Des freins insuffisants sur les motrices of GT causent ofs collisions, coûtant $5268.

La signalisation obsolète ralentit les trains of R&D: un contrat of $11151 cancelled.

L'indemnisation ofs ouvriers blessés by of vieux systèmes of couplage coûte $32846 à MRLE.

La signalisation obsolète ralentit les trains of A&T: un contrat of $34221 cancelled.

L'indemnisation ofs ouvriers blessés by of vieux systèmes of couplage coûte $3660 à IC.

L'indemnisation ofs ouvriers blessés by of vieux systèmes of couplage coûte $42350 à C&NW.

Des freins insuffisants sur les motrices of MP causent ofs collisions, coûtant $31520.

L'indemnisation ofs ouvriers blessés by of vieux systèmes of couplage coûte $9168 à M&LR.

L'indemnisation ofs ouvriers blessés by of vieux systèmes of couplage coûte $6248 à SLSW.

Des freins insuffisants sur les motrices of GW causent ofs collisions, coûtant $12936.

L'indemnisation ofs ouvriers blessés by of vieux systèmes of couplage coûte $3245 à GN.

Des freins insuffisants sur les motrices of SP&P causent ofs collisions, coûtant $7407.

Reorganized RRs: LS, A&C.

Insolvent RRs: N&C, MP, GN.

Bankrupt RRs: M&LR.

Bankrupt Tycoons: Jay Gould.

Loan Recalls: Leland Stanford, William Ogden.

Stock splits: Les actions of CASL se divisent à 2 for 1.

Cornered stocks: CASL.

New railroad Presidents: Byron Kilbourn of R&D, Cante of P&LE, Byron Kilbourn of FW&C, Baron Louis Aubade of MP, William Ogden of M&LR.

Crazy French II dispose d'un réseau transcontinental.

Sleeping Dog dispose d'un réseau transcontinental.

Byron Kilbourn dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $156478. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Baron Louis Aubade, William Ogden, Crazy French II, J. Pierpont Morgan, Sleeping Dog

L'invention des wagons réfrigérés permet le transport de denrées périssables sur de longuers distances.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Depression.
Best locomotive available: Chesapeake 4-6-0
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:

4 Baron Louis Aubade j'ai une bonne adresse de "faillitaire", ça intéresse quelqu'un ?
7 Sleeping Dog a very depressing game!

Top Victory Points

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

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
1 Byron Kilbourn FW&C R&D SA&H ....
13 Cante C&NW P&LE DRGW DP
7 Sleeping Dog FEC MKT FW&D ....
4 Baron Louis Aubade B&O MP .... ....
6 Crazy French II CB&Q MRLE .... ....
2 Leland Stanford .... .... .... ....
11 Jim Hill .... .... .... ....
8 William Ogden L&A M&LR .... ....
12 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
9 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
14 Henry Farham CASL .... SLSF ....
10 J. Pierpont Morgan .... .... .... ....
5 Jay Gould .... .... .... ....
3 Edward Harriman .... .... .... ....
15 Louis McLane .... MN .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 439   62211   32350   99   174457   18130   7   1   0   0  
PENN Pennsylvania 2916   462347   240422   99   925956   138353   2   0   0   21  
READ Reading 288   46616   29834   90   116877   1204   6   2   0   0  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 2321   326519   199175   90   689408   181520   2   1   0   1  
R&D Richmond & Danville 1239   123850   87933   83   224483   5179   3   0   0   5  
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 657   65669   36775   95   210730   36820   3   0   0   15  
COG Central of Georgia 3878   526086   389303   80   738578   25481   4   0   0   2  
LS Lake Shore 182   18919   13432   83   31850   0   -3   0   0   0  
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 1693   198961   117387   95   558905   187583   1   0   0   1  
MRLE Mad River & Lake Erie 2986   460654   257966   95   1019839   532756   4   2   0   4  
A&C Atlanta & Chattanooga 379   30176   21425   83   66325   0   -2   0   0   2  
A&T Alabama & Tennessee 3111   409783   237674   93   1013872   419408   1   0   0   6  
N&C Nashville & Chattanooga 736   80829   57390   83   230408   93788   -2   0   0   69  
MN Michigan Northern 102   12687   6978   99   32390   504   7   1   0   0  
FW&C Ft. Wayne & Chicago 403   62003   39682   87   142180   81558   0   0   0   10  
IC Illinois Central 305   36249   21025   96   76697   3101   6   1   0   2  
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 3850   409329   294717   82   819758   584876   -1   0   0   0  
CRIP Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 1367   127055   66069   99   271758   113381   4   3   0   3242  
CB&Q Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 2346   209115   117104   95   462401   320285   0   0   0   1289  
CASL Chicago, Alton & St. Louis 538   59789   31089   99   154627   18296   6   1   0   109  
FEC Florida East Coast 2987   486088   272208   95   722878   87092   2   2   944   8  
CNS Chicago North Shore 1833   175113   103317   92   408054   165183   1   4   0   3917  
MP Missouri Pacific 3152   358813   215288   91   762946   517476   0   0   0   0  
M&LR Memphis & Little Rock 764   66126   46950   83   193443   102583   -3   0   0   78  
L&A Louisiana & Arkansas 2873   265923   191465   79   692104   498639   -2   1   253   1921  
MKT Missouri, Kansas & Texas 2428   230101   119652   99   551144   170004   4   4   1057   3665  
SLSW St Louis & Southwestern 781   64680   38162   95   162908   75412   1   0   0   1072  
GW Great Western 1176   108267   60630   95   197230   97146   2   1   0   475  
GN Great Northern 295   19614   12357   91   44815   31477   -1   0   0   0  
NP Northern Pacific 1985   187089   99157   98   319848   261352   3   1   1530   4965  
SP&P St Paul & Pacific 823   63572   40050   91   116539   102539   0   0   0   3117  
SV Sacramento Valley 1203   99140   70389   83   201362   178673   -2   1   3190   2623  
SL Soo Line 862   100410   52214   99   146996   131314   4   11   0   0  
T&P Texas & Pacific 224   19989   11794   95   34342   23662   0   0   0   0  
LP&W Levenworth, Pawnee & Western 200   18198   12193   87   29548   21871   1   0   0   0  
LR&S Little Rock & Shreveport 442   34892   19191   99   66620   54105   1   1   1850   0  
C&S Colorado & Southern 116   12022   8055   87   16990   15350   1   6   0   0  
CW Colorado Western 167   16432   10516   90   24016   18331   2   1   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  (Double) OH1 OH2  (Double) IN4  (Double)
MON  (Double) IN7  (Double) IL3  (Double) IL6  (Double) GTW  (Double)
KY11 KY9 TN15  (Double) WV1 WV3
Unbuilt:: none [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 NY1 PA8
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  (Double) IN1  (Double) IN3 IN9
KY13 TN13 GM&O MS3 TN11 MS4 MS5 ME1
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 MT1 MT2 MT3 ID3 C9
WP CA7  (Double) NV1 CA6 OR5 OR4 WA5 WA3 WA2
Unbuilt:: OR2 [Regions: CWTPN]
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):   CRIP IA8 IA9 NE2 NE3 IL15
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CWT]
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q):   CB&Q IA4 IA5 UP NE1 CO7 WY1 UT4 ID2 OR3 OR1
Unbuilt:: CO8 [Regions: CWP]
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  (Double)
GA4  (Double) FL4 KY4 KY3 FL5 IL7  (Double) GA1  (Double)
FL6
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOCMG]
Chicago North Shore (CNS ):   CNS  (Double) M&SP MN3 IA10 KCN MO6 OK6 OK7 KS2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CW]
Missouri Pacific (MP ):   MP  (Double) KP  (Double) KC&D  (Double) KS3 CO2 CO9 MO9  (Double)
IA1 CP  (Double) NV2 UT8 UT6 UT1 UT9 IL12
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CMWTP]
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR):   M&LR AR4 OK2 KCS MO8
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MW]
Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A ):   L&A LA4 TX2 V&T AR8 OK1 OK4 CT TX3 OK5 NM5
M1 NM6
Unbuilt:: NM1 [Regions: MGSX]
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT ):   MKT  (Double) KS1 ATSF OK8 NM4 NM3 AZ1 AZ2 AZ3 CA3
Unbuilt:: TX13 [Regions: MWTP]
St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW):   SLSW  (Double) AR2 MO5 AR3 AR7
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
Great Western (GW ):   GW  (Double) LA1 TR TX16 TX7 TX8
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: GS]
Great Northern (GN ):   GN
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: W]
Northern Pacific (NP ):   NP  (Double) SP&D  (Double) ND3 ND4 MT6  (Double) MT7 ID5  (Double)
WA1
Unbuilt:: C10 [Regions: WTP]
St Paul & Pacific (SP&P):   SP&P WI6 MN5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: W]
Sacramento Valley (SV ):   SV SP CA4 CA12 AZ6 AZ5
Unbuilt:: NM7 [Regions: P]
Soo Line (SL ):   SL  (Double) WI8 C6  (Double) WI5 WI1
Unbuilt:: MN1 [Regions: CWN]
Texas & Pacific (T&P ):   T&P
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: S]
Levenworth, Pawnee & Western (LP&W):   LP&W
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: W]
Little Rock & Shreveport (LR&S):   LR&S H&S
Unbuilt:: AR6 [Regions: S]
Colorado & Southern (C&S ):   C&S
Unbuilt:: CO3 [Regions: T]
Colorado Western (CW ):   CW
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: T]

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 19   18   18   -1  435   2195   0     8   1     4     6    
PENN 11   13   15   +4  16745   58340   0     1  
READ 28   25   23   -5  244   1440   0     6   4     8     13    
B&O 51   55   59   +8  3961   21046   0   4   4   2     6    
R&D 11   12   13   +2  2839   6195   0   1   1  
W&M 39   31   24   -15  407   3273   12     14   4     7     8    
COG 11   13   15   +4  8000   19362   28     7   1    
LS 7   7   7   +0  179   910   0      
P&LE 32   27   22   -10  1270   10630   15   13   13   1     4     7     14    
MRLE 84   59   35   -49  2825   14937   0   6   6   4    
A&C 6   5   15   +9  1092   1895   0      
A&T 11   13   15   +4  7111   31110   0     1  
N&C 15   13   11   -4  953   3655   25     1   4     8    
MN 52   38   24   -28  100   504   6   15   4   8     13    
FW&C 27   23   20   -7  545   2015   0   1   1   4     8    
IC 21   20   19   -2  243   1518   7     13   1     4     6     7    
C&NW 33   40   49   +16  34122   155993   297   13   13  
CRIP 24   21   18   -6  1829   6673   162     4   1    
CB&Q 8   8   9   +1  6027   32502   48   6   6  
CASL 61   86   55   +49  228   5304   76   14   14   1     2     4     6     8    
FEC 19   26   34   +15  7457   59792   0   7   7   8    
CNS 26   23   20   -6  3451   12357   253     4  
MP 16   18   20   +4  8975   32532   493   4   4   1     2     10    
M&LR 17   17   17   +0  1255   3820   0   8   7  
L&A 69   45   22   -47  11479   21313   232   8   8  
MKT 49   44   39   -10  2179   11896   244   7   7   1    
SLSW 17   16   16   -1  696   3768   137     1   4     8     13     14    
GW 26   22   18   -8  1929   9259   241     1   8    
GN 13   11   10   -3  287   1427   48     6   1     7     8    
NP 29   25   22   -7  1627   9771   154     1   6    
SP&P 20   19   18   -2  652   3847   268     1   8    
SV 63   68   74   +11  2243   9836   199     8   7    
SL 46   41   37   -9  1244   4268   42     4  
T&P 6   6   7   +1  796   4372   108     4   7     8    
LP&W 16   13   11   -5  304   943   57     4   8    
LR&S 15   14   13   -2  298   2094   116     1   8    
C&S 11   14   17   +6  231   522   58     4   8    
CW 11   13   15   +4  338   772   63     6   4     8    

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
A&P 580   M&W 985  

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