Continental Rails II

Game # 35 - Turn # 14

Headline News 1867 to 1868

World & National New

1867: The first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable laid between U.S. and Europe.
1868: U.S. spends millions to purchase Alaska wasteland from Russia!

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Edward Harriman bought KCN for $38342, Aubin de Verlin bought SP&D for $27000.
PCs Incorporated: SLSW, KCS, SLSF, NP, GW.
New Technologies Acquired: B&M bought automatic couplers, NYC bought automatic couplers, ERIE bought automatic couplers, CNJ bought automatic couplers, PENN bought automatic couplers, READ bought automatic couplers, B&O bought automatic couplers, W&M bought automatic couplers, S&G bought automatic couplers, COG bought automatic couplers, MN bought automatic couplers, MS bought automatic couplers, IC bought automatic couplers, C&NW bought automatic couplers, CRIP bought automatic couplers, CB&Q bought automatic couplers, CNS bought automatic couplers, V&T bought automatic couplers, L&A bought automatic couplers, CP bought automatic couplers, WP bought automatic couplers, UP bought automatic couplers, SP bought automatic couplers, GN bought automatic couplers, KP bought automatic couplers, ATSF bought automatic couplers.
RoWs built: TN11 by PENN, VA3 by READ, WV3 by B&O, IN10 by N&W, TN10 by S&A, GA5 by SCL, TN15 by S&G, KY12 by COG, VA2 by VC, MI3 by MC, KY5 by N&C, MN2 by C&NW, IA8 by CRIP, IA5 by CB&Q, MO1 by CASL, ND1 by CNS, AR4 by M&LR, TX2 by V&T, LA4 by L&A, NE1 by UP, CA4 by SP.
NYC doubled MI1, ERIE doubled ERIE, S&G doubled MS2, C&NW doubled C&NW.
New RoWs acquired: S&G got GA3, B&O got KY2, CRIP got MN3, CASL got MO8, L&A got AR8, CNS got ND2, C&NW got ND5, CB&Q got NE2, KP got KS3, M&LR got OK1, V&T got TX16, WP got NV1, CP got NV2, SP got CA3.
Inadequate signal system slows VC rail service: mail contracts worth $8295 cancelled.
Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost M&LR $2072.
Stock splits: ERIE splits 3 for 1, MC splits 2 for 1, CB&Q splits 4 for 1, CASL splits 3 for 1, CNS splits 2 for 1, V&T splits 4 for 1, UP splits 3 for 1.
New railroad Presidents: Edward Harriman of S&A, Aubin de Verlin of COG, Edward Harriman of N&C, B of UP, William Ogden of ATSF, Railroad Dan of KCS.
New Private Companies Available: SV, SL, T&P.
J. Pierpont Morgan earns the Millionaire Award.
Hannibal Kimball earns the Millionaire Award.
Thomas Durant earns the Millionaire Award.
Thomas Durant dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $18650. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: AdamZ, B, J. Pierpont Morgan, Hannibal Kimball, William Palmer, Railroad Dan, William Ogden, Aubin de Verlin
Cornered stocks (at 50%): B&M, GT, NYC, ERIE, CNJ, PENN, READ, B&O, N&W, W&M, SCL, S&G, MC, N&C, IC, C&NW, CRIP, CB&Q, CASL, CNS, M&LR, WP, UP.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Good to Improved.
Best locomotive available: Mogul 2-6-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system, automatic couplers.

Tycoon Announcements:

7	Edward Harriman	running a railroad is a lot of work. playing the stock market is fun.
11	Thomas Durant	new stock strategy rattles the market. the strategy: buy high, sell higher!

Top Victory Points

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

Robber Baron	Thomas Durant (11)	AdamZ (2)	B (3)	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)	Hannibal Kimball (10)
Rail Mogul	Thomas Durant (11)	Aubin de Verlin (8)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	AdamZ (2)	William Ogden (13)
Rail Builder	Jay Gould (9)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Thomas Durant (11)	William Palmer (12)	AdamZ (2)
Rail Magnate	Hannibal Kimball (10)	William Palmer (12)	Jay Gould (9)	Thomas Durant (11)	AdamZ (2)
Rail Prodigal	AdamZ (2)	B (3)	Thomas Durant (11)	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)	Hannibal Kimball (10)
Rail Baron	Thomas Durant (11)	AdamZ (2)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Jay Gould (9)	William Palmer (12)

Player Summary

		President of		PCs owned
Player #	Tycoon name	RR 1	RR 2	PC 1	PC 2
11	Thomas Durant	NYC	C&NW	....	MKT
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	WP	CRIP	....	....
10	Hannibal Kimball	B&O	CNS	....	....
9	Jay Gould	PENN	V&T	....	....
2	AdamZ	N&W	M&LR	....	....
8	Aubin de Verlin	COG	CB&Q	....	SP&D
1	Railroad Dan	L&A	KCS	....	KC&D
12	William Palmer	ERIE	SP	....	....
13	William Ogden	CASL	ATSF	....	....
3	B	UP	CP	....	MP
7	Edward Harriman	N&C	S&A	KCN	....
6	Louis J Desy Jr	....	GT	....	....
14	Dan Drew	....	....	....	....
5	Leland Stanford	....	....	....	....
15	Cyrus Holliday	....	....	....	....

Railroad Summary

RR	Name	Tracks	Revenues	Expense	Efficiency	Bonds	Loans	Profit / share	Dividend / share	Grant	Land
B&M	Boston & Maine	281	37396	20568	99	66791	708	9	6	0	0
GT	Grand Trunk	329	43196	34557	74	66378	14512	1	1	0	4
NYC	New York Central	1883	427079	226352	98	501179	307542	5	4	0	10
ERIE	Erie Lackawanna	2228	448796	233374	99	608465	198352	14	9	0	15
CNJ	Central New Jersey	523	90570	47097	99	137625	28041	12	4	0	1
PENN	Pennsylvania	2927	597693	310801	99	889444	306408	13	14	0	84
READ	Reading	503	115937	60288	99	138290	14749	6	2	0	3
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	1555	259252	134812	99	463912	24396	12	9	0	8
N&W	Norfolk & Western	2062	347007	180443	99	513262	302499	3	4	0	0
W&M	Wilmington & Manchester	605	78984	44231	98	144520	15800	8	1	0	0
S&A	Savannah & Augusta	1667	248098	129012	99	416561	272790	8	4	0	24
SCL	Sea Coast Line	2229	376452	195756	99	607605	162277	7	0	0	8
S&G	Savannah & Gulf	1685	263650	137099	99	478501	274877	5	4	0	325
COG	Central of Georgia	1322	222190	115539	99	350596	87561	11	1	0	402
VC	Virginia Central	553	49120	38314	76	167791	38924	-2	0	0	0
MC	Michigan Central	1880	299591	167771	95	521874	235848	8	0	0	21
N&C	Nashville & Chattanooga	1826	292509	152104	99	488206	224288	3	2	0	284
MN	Michigan Northern	102	16200	9072	98	37424	11597	7	0	0	0
MS	Michigan Southern	204	24148	16421	86	41167	25692	2	3	0	0
IC	Illinois Central	185	25903	13470	99	57409	26075	6	1	0	0
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	720	102301	53196	99	223314	81231	3	4	2060	849
CRIP	Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific	351	42183	23201	99	96022	56713	3	1	556	271
CB&Q	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	495	73534	38972	98	136831	57896	3	2	2295	0
CASL	Chicago, Alton & St. Louis	453	74086	38525	99	145460	71648	9	2	0	0
CNS	Chicago North Shore	947	122342	63618	99	272732	91128	2	1	3850	1000
M&LR	Memphis & Little Rock	296	33770	20262	94	81399	38513	3	9	0	0
V&T	Vicksburg & Texas	405	47117	27328	96	122239	63036	1	1	1360	928
L&A	Louisiana & Arkansas	315	48379	26608	99	97657	56253	7	4	2700	900
CP	Central Pacific	154	21242	11683	99	36054	24698	6	4	0	0
WP	Western Pacific	142	20434	11239	99	49341	19393	6	1	1255	0
UP	Union Pacific	363	32707	17989	99	92471	49350	2	5	0	0
SLSF	St Louis & San Francisco	239	27001	17821	88	58155	35645	1	0	0	0
SLSW	St Louis & Southwestern	155	21317	14496	86	39927	24473	2	0	0	0
GW	Great Western	140	20181	13319	88	36672	22478	3	0	0	0
SP	Southern Pacific	513	68489	39723	96	153317	89993	4	1	2510	0
GN	Great Northern	295	25171	14599	96	56352	33928	2	2	0	0
NP	Northern Pacific	281	26691	18684	84	65316	40034	0	0	0	0
KP	Kansas Pacific	178	18973	10435	99	38286	26266	4	4	3050	0
ATSF	Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe	183	20863	13978	87	37429	21676	2	2	0	0
KCS	Kansas City Southern	98	13677	9574	84	25605	15695	2	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 ; 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 (Double) ; P&LE (Double) ; OH3 ; OH5 (Double) ; OH6 ; FW&C (Double) ; MI6 ; OH7

Unbuilt none

[Regions: AOLCN]

Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)

ERIE (Double) ; 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 ; TN11

Unbuilt none

[Regions: AOCMG]

Reading (READ)

READ (Double) ; PA1 (Double) ; MD1 ; PA3 ; VA7 ; VA3

Unbuilt none

[Regions: A]

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

B&O ; WV1 ; OH1 ; OH4 ; IN1 (Double) ; IN3 ; IN6 ; TP&W ; IN8 ; GTW ; IL5 ; WV3

Unbuilt KY2

[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 ; IN10

Unbuilt none

[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 ; TN10

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ADM]

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 ; GA5

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ADMG]

Savannah & Gulf (S&G)

S&G ; GA6 ; GA7 ; AL1 (Double) ; AL2 ; TN9 ; TN12 ; IL8 (Double) ; GM&O ; MS2 (Double) ; AL4 ; TN15

Unbuilt GA3

[Regions: ADMG]

Central of Georgia (COG)

COG (Double) ; A&C (Double) ; GA2 ; TN5 ; KY7 ; O&M ; IL2 ; IL1 (Double) ; KY12

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ADOC]

Virginia Central (VC)

VC ; VA2
Unbuilt none
[Regions: ]

Michigan Central (MC)

MC ; MI5 (Double) ; P&FW (Double) ; OH2 ; MI2 (Double) ; MI4 ; RF&P (Double) ; VA1 ; NC2 ; MD2 ; PA7 ; MI3

Unbuilt none

[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 ; KY5

Unbuilt none

[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 (Double) ; WI4 (Double) ; MN2

Unbuilt ND5

[Regions: CW]

Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)

CRIP ; IA8
Unbuilt MN3
[Regions: C]

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)

CB&Q (Double) ; IA4 ; IA5

Unbuilt NE2

[Regions: CW]

Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)

CASL (Double) ; SL&A ; MO1

Unbuilt MO8

[Regions: CM]

Chicago North Shore (CNS)

CNS (Double) ; M&SP ; SP&P ; ND1

Unbuilt ND2

[Regions: CW]

Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)

M&LR (Double) ; AR4
Unbuilt OK1
[Regions: M]
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)

V&T ; TX2
Unbuilt TX16
[Regions: MS]
Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A)

L&A (Double) ; LA4
Unbuilt AR8
[Regions: G]
Central Pacific (CP)

CP
Unbuilt NV2
[Regions: P]
Western Pacific (WP)

WP
Unbuilt NV1
[Regions: P]
Union Pacific (UP)

UP ; NE1
Unbuilt none
[Regions: W]
St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)

SLSF
Unbuilt none
[Regions: M]
St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW)

SLSW
Unbuilt none
[Regions: M]
Great Western (GW)

GW
Unbuilt none
[Regions: G]
Southern Pacific (SP)

SP (Double) ; CA4
Unbuilt CA3
[Regions: P]
Great Northern (GN)

GN
Unbuilt none
[Regions: W]
Northern Pacific (NP)

NP
Unbuilt none
[Regions: W]
Kansas Pacific (KP)

KP
Unbuilt KS3
[Regions: W]
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)

ATSF
Unbuilt none
[Regions: W]
Kansas City Southern (KCS)

KCS
Unbuilt none
[Regions: W]

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 ©	55	67	80	+25	264	1 387	18		2	1 8 10 11
GT ©	48	43	39	-9	239	1 645	0	6	6	2 10 12
NYC ©	52	55	59	+7	1285	26 684	0	11	11	1 4
ERIE © (x3)	79	96	37	+32	1754	32 274	1 146	12	12	10 13
CNJ ©	45	43	42	-3	516	2 615	0		12	9 10
PENN ©	95	96	98	+3	1764	14 593	47	9	9	10
READ ©	35	45	56	+21	971	6 747	38		8	1 11 13
B&O ©	58	64	70	+12	1253	7 723	60	10	12	4 9
N&W ©	39	38	37	-2	4047	26 961	61	2	2	3
W&M ©	59	53	48	-11	261	3 008	17		13	3 8 9 10
S&A	53	49	46	-7	1722	8 288	47	7	3	8
SCL ©	78	65	52	-26	4074	16 832	55		8	2 13
S&G ©	58	57	57	-1	1943	13 260	55		1	11
COG	51	59	68	+17	1655	6 530	80	8	13
VC	22	22	22	+0	689	2 635	130
MC © (x2)	89	105	61	+33	1790	18 600	200		4	2 10
N&C ©	55	57	60	+5	1899	28 219	55	7	13	2 3 8
MN	26	27	29	+3	137	510	0		13
MS	14	16	19	+5	398	943	77		2	8
IC ©	50	45	41	-9	129	925	0		7	10 12
C&NW ©	64	68	73	+9	818	7 440	160	11	11	1 4
CRIP ©	55	48	42	-13	157	2 405	100	4	4	7 9 10
CB&Q © (x4)	96	128	40	+64	811	24 032	268	8	8	2 4 11
CASL © (x3)	66	106	49	+81	260	6 543	252	13	13	7 10
CNS © (x2)	46	80	57	+68	1905	23 160	250	10	10	3 9 12
M&LR ©	76	67	59	-17	68	1 398	82	2	2	3 8 9 12
V&T (x4)	48	124	50	+152	275	14 556	464	9	9
L&A	37	51	65	+28	117	1 463	112	1	1
CP	14	20	27	+13	326	770	0	3	3
WP ©	38	66	95	+57	200	710	0	4	4	2 3 7 11 12
UP © (x3)	95	115	45	+40	56	5 058	387	3	3	1 7 8
SLSF	0	0	16	+16	0	1 076	119		12
SLSW	0	0	16	+16	0	698	77		10
GW	0	0	16	+16	0	630	70		13
SP	36	58	80	+44	128	2 354	211	12	12
GN	14	17	21	+7	597	1 364	111		11	2 10
NP	0	0	16	+16	0	1 265	140		9
KP	14	18	22	+8	342	890	0		8
ATSF	14	20	26	+12	387	846	69	13	13
KCS	0	0	16	+16	0	441	49	1	1

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF		Price
SV	Sacramento Valley	750
SL	Soo Line	750
T&P	Texas & Pacific	1120

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