Continental Rails II

Game # 35 - 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

PCs Incorporated: TR, CT.
New Engines Acquired: B&M bought Atlantic 4-4-2, ERIE bought Atlantic 4-4-2, CNJ bought Atlantic 4-4-2, PENN bought Atlantic 4-4-2, READ bought Atlantic 4-4-2, B&O bought Atlantic 4-4-2, N&W bought Atlantic 4-4-2, W&M bought Atlantic 4-4-2, S&G bought Atlantic 4-4-2, COG bought Atlantic 4-4-2, MC bought Atlantic 4-4-2, N&C bought Atlantic 4-4-2, MN bought Atlantic 4-4-2, MS bought Atlantic 4-4-2, IC bought Atlantic 4-4-2, C&NW bought Atlantic 4-4-2, CRIP bought Atlantic 4-4-2, CB&Q bought Atlantic 4-4-2, CASL bought Atlantic 4-4-2, CNS bought Atlantic 4-4-2, M&LR bought Atlantic 4-4-2, V&T bought Atlantic 4-4-2, L&A bought Atlantic 4-4-2, CP bought Atlantic 4-4-2, WP bought Atlantic 4-4-2, UP bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SLSF bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SLSW bought Atlantic 4-4-2, GW bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SP bought Atlantic 4-4-2, GN bought Atlantic 4-4-2, NP bought Atlantic 4-4-2, KP bought Atlantic 4-4-2, KCS bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SV bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SL bought Atlantic 4-4-2.
New Technologies Acquired: B&M bought automatic brakes, CNJ bought automatic brakes, PENN bought automatic brakes, READ bought automatic brakes, B&O bought automatic brakes, W&M bought automatic brakes, S&G bought automatic brakes, COG bought automatic brakes, N&C bought Pullman sleepers, IC bought automatic brakes, C&NW bought automatic brakes, CRIP bought automatic brakes, CB&Q bought automatic brakes, CASL bought automatic brakes, CNS bought automatic brakes, M&LR bought automatic brakes, V&T bought Grand Station, V&T bought automatic brakes, L&A bought automatic brakes, CP bought Grand Station, CP bought Pullman sleepers, CP bought automatic brakes, WP bought automatic brakes, UP bought automatic brakes, SP bought automatic brakes, KP bought automatic brakes, KCS bought automatic brakes, KCN bought automatic brakes, SV bought automatic brakes, SL bought automatic brakes.
RoWs built: TN3 by B&O, TN1 by N&W, FL1 by SCL, MT2 by C&NW, IA6 by CRIP, CO5 by CB&Q, IA10 by CASL, MT7 by CNS, TX11 by M&LR, TX8 by V&T, LA5 by L&A, UT5 by CP, UT6 by WP, CO8 by UP, AZ2 by SP, IA1 by KCS, MO3 by KCN.
S&G doubled S&G, CRIP doubled IA9, CASL doubled ATSF, WP doubled UT7, KCS doubled KCS.
New RoWs acquired: B&O got WV4, KCS got IL12, KCN got IA7, CRIP got IA11, M&LR got TX9, C&NW got MT3, UP got WY1, CB&Q got CO4, CASL got NM4, SP got AZ1, WP got UT1, CP got UT2, CNS got ID5, SV got CA9, SL got C6, V&T got TX10.
Inadequate brakes on GT locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $3290.
Inadequate brakes on NYC locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $22596.
Inadequate brakes on ERIE locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $26736.
Reorganized RRs: VC.
Insolvent RRs: GT.
Loan Recalls: Railroad Dan.
Stock splits: CASL splits 3 for 1, L&A splits 3 for 1, KCS splits 2 for 1.
New railroad Presidents: Aubin de Verlin of READ, Railroad Dan of L&A, J. Pierpont Morgan of NP.
New Private Companies Available: LP&W, LR&S, H&S, FW&D.
J. Pierpont Morgan dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $26002. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Thomas Durant, B, AdamZ, William Palmer, Hannibal Kimball, Railroad Dan, William Ogden, Aubin de Verlin
Cornered stocks (at 50%): B&M, NYC, ERIE, CNJ, PENN, READ, B&O, N&W, W&M, S&A, SCL, S&G, COG, N&C, MN, IC, C&NW, CRIP, CB&Q, CASL, CNS, M&LR, V&T, L&A, CP, UP, SLSW, GW, SP, GN, NP, KP.
Invention of refrigerated freight cars permits shipment of perishable cargos long distances.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Boom to Panic.
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:

7	Edward Harriman	interesting times ahead.
11	Thomas Durant	is there any established method for a consortium to allocate a victory?

Top Victory Points

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

Robber Baron	Thomas Durant (11)	AdamZ (2)	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)	B (3)	Jay Gould (9)
Rail Mogul	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Aubin de Verlin (8)	Thomas Durant (11)	AdamZ (2)	William Ogden (13)
Rail Builder	Jay Gould (9)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	William Palmer (12)	Thomas Durant (11)	Aubin de Verlin (8)
Rail Magnate	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Jay Gould (9)	William Palmer (12)	AdamZ (2)	Thomas Durant (11)
Rail Prodigal	AdamZ (2)	B (3)	Thomas Durant (11)	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)	Hannibal Kimball (10)
Rail Baron	AdamZ (2)	Thomas Durant (11)	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
9	Jay Gould	PENN	V&T	....	....
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	NP	CRIP	....	....
10	Hannibal Kimball	B&O	CNS	....	....
13	William Ogden	CASL	SV	....	....
8	Aubin de Verlin	READ	CB&Q	....	....
12	William Palmer	ERIE	SP	....	....
2	AdamZ	N&W	M&LR	....	....
3	B	UP	CP	....	MP
11	Thomas Durant	KCS	C&NW	....	....
1	Railroad Dan	S&G	L&A	....	....
7	Edward Harriman	KCN	SL	....	....
14	Dan Drew	....	....	....	....
6	Louis J Desy Jr	....	....	....	....
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	41022	22562	99	63772	944	10	4	0	0
GT	Grand Trunk	329	47578	43296	63	68681	15499	-1	0	0	0
NYC	New York Central	1883	475777	266437	95	546296	316031	5	0	0	1
ERIE	Erie Lackawanna	2228	502345	261220	99	675216	188030	5	1	0	1
CNJ	Central New Jersey	523	100518	52269	99	140540	1757	15	3	0	0
PENN	Pennsylvania	2927	659010	349277	98	961683	333687	7	4	0	5
READ	Reading	503	127678	66392	99	116116	1328	8	2	0	0
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	1872	347353	184097	98	599558	22530	13	9	0	1
N&W	Norfolk & Western	2344	420660	218743	99	635054	361047	4	5	0	0
W&M	Wilmington & Manchester	605	87110	51395	95	137723	1742	9	1	0	0
S&A	Savannah & Augusta	1667	282034	157939	95	456702	258742	9	0	0	2
SCL	Sea Coast Line	2296	433504	242761	95	677405	117359	8	0	0	1
S&G	Savannah & Gulf	1837	323854	168405	99	554449	232828	7	7	0	26
COG	Central of Georgia	1322	255139	132672	99	381293	22530	7	9	0	22
VC	Virginia Central	553	52266	37109	83	193550	0	0	0	0	0
MC	Michigan Central	1880	329941	184766	95	564061	93480	5	1	0	1
N&C	Nashville & Chattanooga	1936	340304	176959	99	560183	156116	4	2	0	185
MN	Michigan Northern	102	17672	9720	99	39799	5749	10	1	0	0
MS	Michigan Southern	204	26344	17387	88	47229	21886	4	0	0	0
IC	Illinois Central	185	28402	14769	99	62237	13856	9	2	0	0
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	1486	200061	104032	99	451300	214005	4	9	0	1338
CRIP	Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific	833	132477	68888	99	230731	115035	8	12	606	610
CB&Q	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	1323	196170	102009	99	343592	115377	2	2	0	1103
CASL	Chicago, Alton & St. Louis	1445	231223	120235	99	405303	117049	6	4	1140	0
CNS	Chicago North Shore	1699	250962	130500	99	508862	102792	1	1	0	809
M&LR	Memphis & Little Rock	1116	132232	72727	99	294328	160549	5	9	0	0
V&T	Vicksburg & Texas	1219	145878	75856	99	386516	206544	1	1	0	2235
L&A	Louisiana & Arkansas	1190	171874	89375	99	340965	137375	5	14	0	936
CP	Central Pacific	689	73752	38352	99	167425	100154	2	4	0	616
WP	Western Pacific	789	100560	54302	97	220422	90161	2	12	3636	1268
UP	Union Pacific	666	83201	45760	99	182433	98668	2	4	0	424
SLSF	St Louis & San Francisco	239	31133	17123	99	64068	26335	7	0	0	0
SLSW	St Louis & Southwestern	155	23376	15896	86	44350	17996	4	0	0	0
GW	Great Western	140	22343	13182	95	40443	16193	8	0	0	0
SP	Southern Pacific	1124	150852	78443	99	335388	137782	3	4	313	948
GN	Great Northern	295	28150	16045	97	62977	29568	4	0	0	0
NP	Northern Pacific	431	52593	31555	94	111620	55750	4	0	0	0
KP	Kansas Pacific	483	48043	27865	96	105705	38917	4	1	0	252
KCS	Kansas City Southern	755	111041	61073	99	220333	129517	7	4	0	668
KCN	Kansas City Northern	506	71169	39854	95	148217	82669	6	2	624	0
SV	Sacramento Valley	150	23544	13185	98	42262	24888	7	2	1190	0
SL	Soo Line	150	19116	10896	97	40445	23605	5	2	795	0
CT	Central Texas	169	20620	14022	86	49103	25297	2	0	0	0
TR	Texas Road	84	14341	10039	84	27455	14145	4	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 (Double) ; OH5 (Double) ; OH6 ; FW&C (Double) ; MI6 ; OH7 (Double)

Unbuilt none

[Regions: AOLCN]

Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)

ERIE (Double) ; NY2 ; PA11 (Double) ; MRLE (Double) ; A&GW (Double) ; 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 (Double) ; TP&W ; IN8 ; GTW ; IL5 (Double) ; WV3 ; KY2 ; KY4 ; TN3

Unbuilt WV4

[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 ; VA6 ; TN1

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 (Double) ; 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 (Double) ; AL7 ; MS1 ; GA5 ; FL1

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ADMG]

Savannah & Gulf (S&G)

S&G (Double) ; GA6 ; GA7 ; AL1 (Double) ; AL2 ; TN9 ; TN12 ; IL8 (Double) ; GM&O ; MS2 (Double) ; AL4 ; TN15 ; GA3

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ADMG]

Central of Georgia (COG)

COG (Double) ; A&C (Double) ; GA2 ; TN5 ; KY7 ; O&M (Double) ; 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 (Double) ; KY6

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 (Double) ; ND5 ; MT1 ; MT2

Unbuilt MT3

[Regions: CW]

Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)

CRIP (Double) ; IA8 ; MN3 (Double) ; IA9 (Double) ; IA6

Unbuilt IA11

[Regions: CW]

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)

CB&Q (Double) ; IA4 (Double) ; IA5 (Double) ; NE2 ; NE3 ; CO5

Unbuilt CO4

[Regions: CWT]

Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)

CASL (Double) ; SL&A (Double) ; MO1 ; MO8 (Double) ; IA3 ; ATSF (Double) ; OK8 ; IA10

Unbuilt NM4

[Regions: CMW]

Chicago North Shore (CNS)

CNS (Double) ; M&SP (Double) ; SP&P (Double) ; ND1 ; ND2 ; MT6 ; MT7

Unbuilt ID5

[Regions: CWT]

Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)

M&LR (Double) ; AR4 ; OK1 ; TX12 ; TX11
Unbuilt TX9
[Regions: MS]
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)

V&T ; TX2 ; TX16 ; TX7 ; TX8
Unbuilt TX10
[Regions: MS]

Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A)

L&A (Double) ; LA4 (Double) ; AR8 ; T&P ; OK2 ; LA5

Unbuilt none

[Regions: MGS]

Central Pacific (CP)

CP ; NV2 ; UT8 ; UT5
Unbuilt UT2
[Regions: P]
Western Pacific (WP)

WP (Double) ; NV1 ; UT7 (Double) ; UT6
Unbuilt UT1
[Regions: TP]
Union Pacific (UP)

UP ; NE1 ; CO6 ; CO8
Unbuilt WY1
[Regions: WT]
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 ; CA3 ; AZ3 ; AZ2
Unbuilt AZ1
[Regions: TP]
Great Northern (GN)

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

NP ; SP&D
Unbuilt none
[Regions: W]
Kansas Pacific (KP)

KP ; KS3
Unbuilt none
[Regions: W]

Kansas City Southern (KCS)

KCS (Double) ; MKT ; KC&D ; MO9 ; IA1

Unbuilt IL12

[Regions: MW]

Kansas City Northern (KCN)

KCN ; MO3
Unbuilt IA7
[Regions: MW]
Sacramento Valley (SV)

SV
Unbuilt CA9
[Regions: P]
Soo Line (SL)

SL
Unbuilt C6
[Regions: N]
Central Texas (CT)

CT
Unbuilt none
[Regions: S]
Texas Road (TR)

TR
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 ©	60	69	79	+19	148	1 396	9		2	1 8 10 11
GT	22	18	15	-7	646	1 645	0		10	2 12
NYC ©	31	23	15	-16	7956	26 684	0		1	4 11
ERIE ©	41	39	37	-4	2834	32 274	1 146	12	12	9 10 13
CNJ ©	44	55	66	+22	594	2 615	0		12	9 10
PENN ©	77	75	74	-3	2370	29 280	0	9	9	10
READ ©	52	42	33	-19	645	6 763	22	8	8	1 11 13
B&O ©	52	71	91	+39	1794	9 318	50	10	12	4 9
N&W ©	45	39	34	-11	4209	28 367	65	2	2	3
W&M ©	43	36	29	-14	287	3 015	10		13	3 8 9 10
S&A ©	63	51	40	-23	1616	8 335	0		3	2 7 8
SCL ©	67	74	82	+15	1957	17 189	33		8	2 13
S&G ©	43	48	54	+11	1940	14 075	0	1	1	3 11
COG ©	97	77	57	-40	1137	13 220	0		8	1 13
VC	25	21	6	-19	1244	2 765	0
MC	32	28	24	-8	3641	18 715	85		4	2 10
N&C ©	42	52	63	+21	2026	28 782	42		13	2 3 7 8
MN ©	37	41	45	+8	160	510	0		13	9
MS	28	29	31	+3	320	976	44		2	8 9
IC ©	39	30	21	-18	266	925	0		10	7 9 12
C&NW ©	82	86	90	+8	1554	11 365	65	11	11	1 4
CRIP ©	45	39	33	-12	867	4 838	77	4	4	7 9 10
CB&Q ©	36	34	32	-4	2974	28 395	45	8	8	2 4 11
CASL © (x3)	84	120	52	+72	2002	35 058	207	13	13	4 7 10
CNS ©	20	22	24	+4	10081	77 780	60	10	10	9 12
M&LR ©	67	54	42	-25	775	5 420	160	2	2	3 8 9 12
V&T ©	53	37	22	-31	3287	18 831	259	9	9	7 10 12
L&A © (x3)	82	100	39	+35	2164	25 719	906	1	1	4 10 11
CP ©	53	63	73	+20	2189	8 487	88	3	3	4 7
WP	49	57	65	+16	2840	12 510	105		4	3 7
UP ©	73	55	38	-35	840	6 907	53	3	3	1 7 8
SLSF	37	30	24	-13	262	1 127	68		12	10
SLSW ©	43	34	25	-18	145	731	44		10	11 12
GW ©	34	37	40	+6	183	660	40		13	2 8 12
SP ©	58	70	82	+24	2950	12 073	1 187	12	9	4
GN ©	34	33	32	-2	327	1 427	48		11	8 10
NP ©	70	68	66	-4	326	2 020	135	4	4	2 8 9 10
KP ©	79	60	41	-38	441	2 329	86		8	2 9 13
KCS (x2)	54	91	64	+74	878	7 420	130	11	11	1
KCN	34	54	74	+40	305	2 389	141	7	7
SV	16	26	37	+21	330	750	0	13	13
SL	16	19	23	+7	367	750	0	7	7
CT	0	0	18	+18	0	761	84		8
TR	0	0	18	+18	0	378	42		2

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF		Price
LP&W	Levenworth, Pawnee & Western	1000
LR&S	Little Rock & Shreveport	1050
H&S	Houston & Shreveport	1160
FW&D	Ft Worth & Denver	975

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