Continental Rails II

Game # 35 - Turn # 13

Headline News 1865 to 1866

World & National New

  1. 1865: Nevada admitted into Union as newest state.
  2. 1866: Prussia unifies north German states by defeating Austria in 7 Weeks War

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: Thomas Durant bought MKT for $37890, William Palmer bought SLSF for $1221, Hannibal Kimball bought SLSW for $2222, William Ogden bought GW for $5000, Railroad Dan bought KC&D for $1001, Railroad Dan bought KCS for $35002.
  • PCs Merged: SP&P merges into CNS.
  • PCs Incorporated: ATSF, MS, KP, GN, CP.
  • New Technologies Acquired: C&NW bought Grand Station, CNS bought Grand Station.
  • RoWs abandoned: MN1 was abandoned by CNS.
  • NYC doubled NY3, ERIE doubled HRL, PENN doubled C&C, B&O doubled IN1, RF&P doubled RF&P, N&W doubled IL6, SCL doubled MS7, S&G doubled IL8, COG doubled IL1, A&T doubled A&T, N&C doubled N&C, C&NW doubled WI4, CASL doubled CASL, CNS doubled CNS, M&LR doubled M&LR, L&A doubled L&A, SP doubled SP.
  • New RoWs acquired: M&LR got AR4, L&A got LA4, CNS got ND1, V&T got TX2, SP got CA4.
  • RR Mergers: RF&P merges into MC, A&T merges into SCL.
  • Insolvent RRs: VC.
  • Stock splits: NYC splits 2 for 1, N&C splits 2 for 1, CRIP splits 2 for 1, CNS splits 3 for 1, V&T splits 3 for 1.
  • New railroad Presidents: William Ogden of N&C, Edward Harriman of IC, J. Pierpont Morgan of CRIP, Aubin de Verlin of CB&Q, William Ogden of CASL, B of CP, J. Pierpont Morgan of WP, Aubin de Verlin of KP.
  • New Private Companies Available: KCN, SP&D.
  • AdamZ dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $14123. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: B, Thomas Durant, J. Pierpont Morgan, Hannibal Kimball, Railroad Dan, William Ogden, Aubin de Verlin
  • Cornered stocks (at 50%): B&M, GT, NYC, CNJ, PENN, READ, B&O, N&W, W&M, S&G, N&C, IC, C&NW, CRIP, CB&Q, CASL, M&LR, UP.
  • Civil War ends: Railroads may resume building Right-of-Ways.
  • Invention of automatic couplers facilitates operations, improves safety.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Normal to Good.
  • Best locomotive available: American 4-4-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system, automatic couplers.

Tycoon Announcements:

7Edward Harriman i want to roam around a bit, get a feel for the whole.
11Thomas Durant let the good times roll.

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber BaronAdamZ (2)Thomas Durant (11)B (3)J. Pierpont Morgan (4)Aubin de Verlin (8)
Rail MogulThomas Durant (11)Aubin de Verlin (8)AdamZ (2)Hannibal Kimball (10)William Ogden (13)
Rail BuilderJay Gould (9)Hannibal Kimball (10)Thomas Durant (11)William Palmer (12)AdamZ (2)
Rail MagnateHannibal Kimball (10)William Palmer (12)Jay Gould (9)AdamZ (2)Thomas Durant (11)
Rail ProdigalAdamZ (2)B (3)Thomas Durant (11)J. Pierpont Morgan (4)Hannibal Kimball (10)
Rail BaronAdamZ (2)Thomas Durant (11)Hannibal Kimball (10)Jay Gould (9)William Palmer (12)

Player Summary

President ofPCs owned
Player #Tycoon nameRR 1RR 2PC 1PC 2
2AdamZ N&WM&LR........
11Thomas Durant NYCC&NW....MKT
8Aubin de Verlin KPCB&Q........
4J. Pierpont Morgan WPCRIP........
9Jay Gould PENNV&TNP....
13William Ogden CASLN&C....GW
1Railroad Dan L&AS&GKCSKC&D
3B S&ACP....MP
10Hannibal Kimball B&OCNSSLSW....
12William Palmer ERIESPSLSF....
7Edward Harriman IC............
6Louis J Desy Jr ....GT........
14Dan Drew ................
5Leland Stanford ................
15Cyrus Holliday ................

Railroad Summary

RRNameTracksRevenuesExpenseEfficiencyBondsLoansProfit / shareDividend / shareGrantLand
B&MBoston & Maine 2813338418361996884958157200
GTGrand Trunk 32938674317127264009135910009
NYCNew York Central 18833819131985939948762130227089020
ERIEErie Lackawanna 222839075720710298586007202618119029
CNJCentral New Jersey 523814644236199134236459489201
PENNPennsylvania 28335201812704949983819028001911140168
READReading 42792132488309811781299405208
B&OBaltimore & Ohio 1434219630114208994195805507119018
N&WNorfolk & Western 1940297741154826994673962775153700
W&MWilmington & Manchester 605719774030898140600251606501
S&ASavannah & Augusta 157320177410492299380498253223514048
SCLSea Coast Line 21193280861771679756565814366369020
S&GSavannah & Gulf 1575214093111328994330442498093455099
COGCentral of Georgia 116218129397899973021808466791280094
VCVirginia Central 2932313518277751049651219-2000
MCMichigan Central 168024972513235598464768203397711052
N&CNashville & Chattanooga 1716251369130710994476422021925755080
MNMichigan Northern 1021426378459936616125265400
MSMichigan Southern 20420893144168539845288550000
ICIllinois Central 18522706122619755544253504100
C&NWChicago & Northwestern 4005508428644991327672637821160098
CRIPChicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 1502014511080994663526685406030
CB&QChicago, Burlington & Quincy 360485992527299101298366392000
CASLChicago, Alton & St. Louis 284502492612999103922466468900
CNSChicago North Shore 697877044560799199373876265125000
M&LRMemphis & Little Rock 13218114106879543206154444500
V&TVicksburg & Texas 1731642090319955032221501123200
L&ALouisiana & Arkansas 90217411195899344491767112422500
CPCentral Pacific 15418810129798531841230591000
WPWestern Pacific 14218576115179246785183993300
UPUnion Pacific 1051072560069834721173091700
SPSouthern Pacific 90261681648691359291845111100
GNGreat Northern 29522883146459053591388090000
KPKansas Pacific 17816670111698733929245710000
ATSFAtchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 18317895125268435321255790000

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
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Grand Trunk (GT)
    GT ; C2
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AN]
  • New York Central (NYC)
    NYC  (Double) ; B&A  (Double) ; B&H  (Double) ; NY3  (Double) ; LS  (Double) ; C4  (Double) ; C5  (Double) ; MI1 ; P&LE (Double) ; OH3 ; OH5  (Double) ; OH6 ; FW&C (Double) ; MI6 ; OH7
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AOLCN]
  • Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)
    ERIE ; NY2 ; PA11 (Double) ; MRLE ; A&GW ; IN4 ; MON  (Double) ; IN2  (Double) ; IN7 ; IL4  (Double) ; IL3 ; HRL  (Double) ; C3 ; NY1
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AOLCMN]
  • Central New Jersey (CNJ)
    CNJ  (Double) ; PA9 ; PA10 ; PA8  (Double)
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AL]
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
    PENN (Double) ; C&A  (Double) ; LV  (Double) ; PA5 ; PA6 ; NYNH (Double) ; WV2 ; PA2  (Double) ; PA4 ; M&C ; WBSH (Double) ; KY3 ; KY8 ; KY9 ; IL9 ; C&C  (Double) ; OH8 ; SM ; NO&J ; MS6 ; TN13
    Unbuilt TN11
    [Regions: AOCMG]
  • Reading (READ)
    READ (Double) ; PA1  (Double) ; MD1 ; PA3 ; VA7
    Unbuilt VA3
    [Regions: A]
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
    B&O ; WV1 ; OH1 ; OH4 ; IN1  (Double) ; IN3 ; IN6 ; TP&W ; IN8 ; GTW ; IL5
    Unbuilt WV3
    [Regions: AOLCM]
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
    N&W  (Double) ; R&D  (Double) ; N&S  (Double) ; VA4  (Double) ; C&O  (Double) ; VA5 ; KY1 ; IN5 ; IN9 ; C&EI (Double) ; IL6  (Double) ; KY13 ; TN14
    Unbuilt IN10
    [Regions: AOCM]
  • Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)
    W&M ; W&W  (Double) ; SC2 ; SC1 ; NC1
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Augusta (S&A)
    S&A  (Double) ; GA1  (Double) ; GA8  (Double) ; AL3 ; MS3 ; A&WP ; BRL ; TN8 ; KY14 ; AL6
    Unbuilt TN10
    [Regions: AD]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCL  (Double) ; NER  (Double) ; GA4  (Double) ; FL4 ; FL5  (Double) ; FL6 ; AL8 ; MS4  (Double) ; MS7  (Double) ; FEC ; MS5 ; A&T  (Double) ; AL5 ; AL7 ; MS1
    Unbuilt GA5
    [Regions: ADMG]
  • Savannah & Gulf (S&G)
    S&G ; GA6 ; GA7 ; AL1  (Double) ; AL2 ; TN9 ; TN12 ; IL8  (Double) ; GM&O ; MS2 ; AL4
    Unbuilt TN15
    [Regions: ADMG]
  • Central of Georgia (COG)
    COG  (Double) ; A&C  (Double) ; GA2 ; TN5 ; KY7 ; O&M ; IL2 ; IL1  (Double)
    Unbuilt KY12
    [Regions: ADOC]
  • Virginia Central (VC)
    VC
    Unbuilt VA2
    [Regions: ]
  • Michigan Central (MC)
    MC ; MI5  (Double) ; P&FW (Double) ; OH2 ; MI2  (Double) ; MI4 ; RF&P (Double) ; VA1 ; NC2 ; MD2 ; PA7
    Unbuilt MI3
    [Regions: AOLC]
  • Nashville & Chattanooga (N&C)
    N&C  (Double) ; KY10 ; L&N  (Double) ; KY11 ; IL7  (Double) ; C&H  (Double) ; SC4  (Double) ; SC3  (Double) ; G&C  (Double) ; SC5 ; TN2 ; TN4 ; TN6  (Double) ; TN7
    Unbuilt KY5
    [Regions: AOM]
  • Michigan Northern (MN)
    MN
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: L]
  • Michigan Southern (MS)
    MS
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: L]
  • Illinois Central (IC)
    IC
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: C]
  • Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)
    C&NW ; WI4  (Double)
    Unbuilt MN2
    [Regions: CW]
  • Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)
    CRIP
    Unbuilt IA8
    [Regions: C]
  • Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)
    CB&Q (Double) ; IA4
    Unbuilt IA5
    [Regions: C]
  • Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)
    CASL (Double) ; SL&A
    Unbuilt MO1
    [Regions: CM]
  • Chicago North Shore (CNS)
    CNS  (Double) ; M&SP ; SP&P
    Unbuilt ND1
    [Regions: CW]
  • Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)
    M&LR (Double)
    Unbuilt AR4
    [Regions: M]
  • Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)
    V&T
    Unbuilt TX2
    [Regions: M]
  • Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A)
    L&A  (Double)
    Unbuilt LA4
    [Regions: G]
  • Central Pacific (CP)
    CP
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: P]
  • Western Pacific (WP)
    WP
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: P]
  • Union Pacific (UP)
    UP
    Unbuilt NE1
    [Regions: W]
  • Southern Pacific (SP)
    SP  (Double)
    Unbuilt CA4
    [Regions: P]
  • Great Northern (GN)
    GN
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: W]
  • Kansas Pacific (KP)
    KP
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: W]
  • Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
    ATSF
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: W]

Stock Market Report

RR stock data

RRStart priceTrade priceEnd priceNet change# Shares traded# Shares issued# Shares in treasuryPresidentChairmanDirectors
B&M ©475155+8 278 1 382 23 28 10 11
GT ©595348-11 208 1 645 0662 10 12
NYC ©879552+17 4860 26 684 011111 4
ERIE898479-10 1394 10 758 382121210
CNJ ©424345+3 463 2 615 0 129 10
PENN ©899295+6 2006 14 170 09910
READ ©323335+3 732 6 405 0 811 13
B&O ©626058-4 1328 7 178 010104 9 12
N&W ©373839+2 3796 26 412 0223
W&M ©997959-40 500 3 003 22 133 8 9 10
S&A535353+0 1762 7 865 0337 8
SCL668978+12 1880 16 337 0 82 13
S&G ©816958-23 3251 12 765 01111
COG495051+2 1442 5 810 0 138
VC202122+2 666 1 465 0  
MC717989+18 951 8 400 0 410
N&C ©809555+30 1809 27 724 013132 3 7 8
MN222426+4 140 510 0 13
MS0014+14 0 918 102 2
IC ©354250+15 241 925 07710 12
C&NW ©485664+16 1157 6 000 011111
CRIP ©9210155+18 92 1 500 0447 9 10
CB&Q ©497296+47 1046 5 397 3882 4
CASL ©304866+36 469 1 420 013137 10
CNS609946+78 637 10 026 429101012
M&LR ©335476+43 175 660 0223 8 9 12
V&T429348+102 223 2 595 099
L&A182737+19 187 450 011
CP0014+14 0 693 7733
WP182838+20 312 656 5444
UP ©336495+62 149 525 0 31 7 8
SP182736+18 185 450 01212
GN0014+14 0 1 328 147 11
KP0014+14 0 801 8988
ATSF0014+14 0 824 91 13

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CFPrice
KCNKansas City Northern 1115
SP&DSt Paul & Duluth 750
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