Continental Rails II
Game # 10 - Turn # 15
Headline News 1869 to 1870
WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS
1869: The Cincinnati Red Stockings organized as first professional baseball team.
1870: New Bessemer steel process reduces price of steel from $300 to $35 per ton!
Railroad News
Private Companies Purchased: Hannibal Kimball bought L&A for $1234, Comte Verlin bought MKT for $3585, John Forbes bought SLSW for $775, Hannibal Kimball bought GW for $1234, Jim Fisk bought SP&D for $2134.
PCs Merged: KCS merges into CB&Q, ATSF merges into MP, GN merges into C&NW.
PCs Incorporated: KC&D, CRIP.
New Engines Acquired: NYC bought Consolidation 2-8-0, CNJ bought Pacific 4-6-2, PENN bought Pacific 4-6-2, READ bought Pacific 4-6-2, W&W bought Pacific 4-6-2, SCL bought Prairie 2-6-2, G&C bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, TP&W bought Pacific 4-6-2, C&NW bought Pacific 4-6-2, CNS bought Pacific 4-6-2, MP bought Pacific 4-6-2, M&LR bought Pacific 4-6-2, V&T bought Pacific 4-6-2, UP bought Pacific 4-6-2, KP bought Pacific 4-6-2.
New Technologies Acquired: NYC bought automatic couplers, CNJ bought automatic couplers, PENN bought automatic couplers, READ bought automatic couplers, B&O bought automatic couplers, S&G bought automatic couplers, GTW bought automatic couplers, TP&W bought automatic couplers, C&NW bought automatic couplers, CB&Q bought automatic couplers, CNS bought automatic couplers, MP bought automatic couplers, M&LR bought automatic couplers, V&T bought automatic couplers, WP bought automatic couplers, UP bought automatic couplers, KP bought automatic couplers.
RoWs built: MS1 by B&O, IL2 by S&G, IL8 by TP&W, ND5 by C&NW, IA3 by CB&Q, ND3 by CNS, MO6 by MP, TX6 by V&T, OR5 by WP, IL11 by SL&A.
Double Tracked Lines: B&O doubled AL7, TP&W doubled TP&W, C&NW doubled SP&P, CB&Q doubled CB&Q, WP doubled CP, UP doubled UP, SL&A doubled SL&A.
New RoWs acquired: GTW got IN6, S&G got IL1, SL&A got IL13, C&O got KY9, TP&W got TN14, CB&Q got IA5, CNS got ND4, UP got NE3, V&T got TX15, C&NW got MT1, B&O got IL3.
RR Mergers: SL&A merges into CB&Q.
Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost W&W $30465.
L'absence of signalisation moderne cause une collision frontale. Indemnités of $8658 versées by SCL.
Inadequate signal system slows BRL rail service: mail contracts worth $4224 cancelled.
Rate Wars: READ declares rate war on PENN, reduces rates by 50%
Insolvent RRs: READ, BRL.
Loan Recalls: Byron Kilbourn.
New railroad Presidents: John Forbes of GTW, William Palmer of CRIP, Comte Verlin of MP.
New Private Companies Available: SV, SL.
Hannibal Kimball dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $7132., Jim Fisk, William Palmer, John Forbes
Pullman's sleeping car design favored by for long distance travel, improves revenues.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Normal.
Best locomotive available: Pacific 4-6-2
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system, automatic couplers, Pullman sleepers
Top Victory Points
The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
|
Robber Baron
|
John Forbes (2)
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
Jay Gould (8)
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
|
Rail Mogul
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
John Forbes (2)
|
Jay Gould (8)
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
|
Rail Builder
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
John Forbes (2)
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
William Palmer (10)
|
|
Rail Magnate
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
John Forbes (2)
|
Erastus Corning (9)
|
|
Rail Prodigal
|
John Forbes (2)
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
William Palmer (10)
|
|
Rail Baron
|
John Forbes (2)
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
William Palmer (10)
|
Player Summary
|
|
|
President of
|
PCs owned
|
|
Player #
|
Tycoon name
|
RR 1
|
RR 2
|
PC 1
|
PC 2
|
|
1
|
Comte Verlin |
MP
|
WP
|
....
|
MKT
|
|
2
|
John Forbes |
GTW
|
S&G
|
....
|
SLSW
|
|
5
|
Hannibal Kimball |
CNS
|
TP&W
|
L&A
|
GW
|
|
4
|
Jim Fisk |
....
|
C&NW
|
SP&D
|
....
|
|
10
|
William Palmer |
CRIP
|
CB&Q
|
....
|
....
|
|
8
|
Jay Gould |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
6
|
Edward Harriman |
UP
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
15
|
J. Pierpont Morgan |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
12
|
Cyrus Holliday |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
9
|
Erastus Corning |
BRL
|
SCL
|
....
|
....
|
|
14
|
William Ogden |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
3
|
J. Edgar Thompson |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
13
|
Thomas Scott |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
11
|
Byron Kilbourn |
C&O
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
7
|
Jim Hill |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
Railroad Summary
|
RR
|
Name
|
Tracks
|
Revenues
|
Expense
|
Efficiency
|
Bonds
|
Loans
|
Profit / share
|
Dividend / share
|
Grant
|
Land
|
|
B&M
|
Boston & Maine
|
842
|
107552
|
67758
|
91
|
247549
|
114983
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
NYC
|
New York Central
|
2570
|
457636
|
270005
|
92
|
779858
|
379243
|
7
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
|
CNJ
|
Central New Jersey
|
936
|
124066
|
68237
|
99
|
246626
|
57300
|
7
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
PENN
|
Pennsylvania
|
2430
|
401268
|
225123
|
99
|
669185
|
212652
|
9
|
4
|
0
|
13
|
|
READ
|
Reading
|
288
|
35548
|
30227
|
99
|
79352
|
19804
|
-1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
B&O
|
Baltimore & Ohio
|
2424
|
465133
|
260475
|
95
|
700254
|
308130
|
10
|
9
|
0
|
32
|
|
C&O
|
Chesapeake & Ohio
|
1786
|
215118
|
129071
|
91
|
511133
|
66562
|
5
|
4
|
495
|
49
|
|
W&W
|
Wilmington & Weldon
|
2031
|
248623
|
136741
|
96
|
579635
|
226530
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
SCL
|
Sea Coast Line
|
962
|
121928
|
81691
|
87
|
254718
|
28636
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
S&G
|
Savannah & Gulf
|
1780
|
245648
|
144931
|
95
|
470340
|
260164
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
389
|
|
G&C
|
Greenville & Columbia
|
94
|
9888
|
6229
|
91
|
25149
|
7391
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
GTW
|
Grand Trunk Western
|
1104
|
169463
|
94900
|
95
|
327004
|
139975
|
6
|
3
|
0
|
10
|
|
BRL
|
Blue Ridge Line
|
384
|
33859
|
22686
|
87
|
107126
|
39079
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
TP&W
|
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw
|
2139
|
404155
|
210161
|
99
|
529961
|
361680
|
11
|
9
|
0
|
423
|
|
A&C
|
Atlanta & Chattanooga
|
137
|
15439
|
9109
|
95
|
38007
|
12985
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
C&NW
|
Chicago & Northwestern
|
1507
|
170161
|
88484
|
99
|
311895
|
218945
|
5
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
|
CRIP
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific
|
150
|
19755
|
14224
|
82
|
32015
|
23185
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
CB&Q
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
|
1048
|
153906
|
86186
|
95
|
286896
|
186569
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
CNS
|
Chicago North Shore
|
1025
|
121011
|
66557
|
99
|
207935
|
149715
|
4
|
1
|
4460
|
1414
|
|
MP
|
Missouri Pacific
|
787
|
92128
|
52513
|
97
|
148793
|
90691
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
M&LR
|
Memphis & Little Rock
|
322
|
30709
|
17197
|
98
|
52537
|
19437
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
228
|
|
V&T
|
Vicksburg & Texas
|
510
|
44345
|
24390
|
99
|
98894
|
72841
|
2
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
|
WP
|
Western Pacific
|
651
|
91118
|
51027
|
95
|
136421
|
93454
|
6
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
|
UP
|
Union Pacific
|
360
|
33742
|
20245
|
94
|
63590
|
49107
|
2
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
|
KC&D
|
Kansas City & Denver
|
66
|
10419
|
7397
|
83
|
14963
|
10837
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
KP
|
Kansas Pacific
|
178
|
17596
|
11613
|
88
|
31603
|
22050
|
1
|
2
|
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)
|
Boston & Maine (B&M ):
|
|
B&M
(Double)
|
ME1
|
C1
|
GT
(Double)
|
C2
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AN]
|
|
New York Central (NYC ):
|
|
NYC
|
B&A
(Double)
|
HRL
(Double)
|
NY3
|
C4
(Double)
|
C5
(Double)
|
MC
|
|
PA11
|
MI5
(Double)
|
MS
|
C3
|
P&LE
(Double)
|
OH3
|
PA7
|
MI4
|
|
MN
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AOLCN]
|
|
Central New Jersey (CNJ ):
|
|
CNJ
(Double)
|
PA9
|
PA10
|
PA8
|
NY1
|
NY2
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AL]
|
|
Pennsylvania (PENN):
|
|
PENN
(Double)
|
C&A
(Double)
|
PA5
|
PA6
|
P&FW
|
PA1
(Double)
|
NYNH
|
MRLE
|
|
WV2
|
B&H
|
A&GW
|
ERIE
|
WV3
|
IN4
|
LV
|
IN8
|
C&EI
|
IL5
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AOLCM]
|
|
Reading (READ):
|
|
READ
|
PA2
|
PA3
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: A]
|
|
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):
|
|
B&O
(Double)
|
WV1
|
M&C
|
OH1
|
OH4
|
WBSH
(Double)
|
IN1
(Double)
|
IN10
(Double)
|
|
L&N
(Double)
|
IL6
(Double)
|
TN7
|
OH2
|
GM&O
(Double)
|
AL7
(Double)
|
|
AL5
(Double)
|
AL2
(Double)
|
MI2
|
MS1
|
|
Unbuilt:: IL3 |
[Regions: ADOLCMG]
|
|
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):
|
|
C&O
|
RF&P
(Double)
|
VC
|
VA4
|
VA6
|
TN1
|
TN4
|
N&C
|
A&T
|
KY10
|
|
KY8
|
O&M
|
KY11
|
|
Unbuilt:: KY9 |
[Regions: ADO]
|
|
Wilmington & Weldon (W&W ):
|
|
W&W
(Double)
|
N&W
(Double)
|
R&D
(Double)
|
VA1
(Double)
|
VA2
|
NC1
|
VA7
|
|
MD2
|
C&H
(Double)
|
NER
|
SC1
|
N&S
|
W&M
(Double)
|
NC2
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: A]
|
|
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):
|
|
SCL
|
S&A
|
GA1
|
GA4
|
FL3
|
FL4
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AD]
|
|
Savannah & Gulf (S&G ):
|
|
S&G
(Double)
|
GA6
|
GA7
|
AL1
|
A&WP
(Double)
|
AL3
|
TN10
|
MS6
|
TN12
|
|
SM
(Double)
|
NO&J
|
KY12
|
IL2
|
|
Unbuilt:: IL1 |
[Regions: ADMG]
|
|
Greenville & Columbia (G&C ):
|
|
G&C
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: ]
|
|
Grand Trunk Western (GTW ):
|
|
GTW
|
LS
(Double)
|
OH5
|
OH6
|
IN3
|
IN7
|
IL4
|
C&C
|
OH8
|
|
Unbuilt:: IN6 |
[Regions: OLCM]
|
|
Blue Ridge Line (BRL ):
|
|
BRL
|
TN2
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: D]
|
|
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W):
|
|
TP&W
(Double)
|
IN2
(Double)
|
MON
(Double)
|
IN9
(Double)
|
KY13
|
MI1
(Double)
|
|
COG
(Double)
|
GA8
(Double)
|
AL4
(Double)
|
MS3
|
TN13
|
MS2
(Double)
|
|
GA2
(Double)
|
OH7
|
IL8
|
|
Unbuilt:: TN14 |
[Regions: ADOLCMG]
|
|
Atlanta & Chattanooga (A&C ):
|
|
A&C
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: D]
|
|
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW):
|
|
C&NW
(Double)
|
WI4
(Double)
|
SP&P
(Double)
|
MN2
|
GN
|
ND5
|
|
Unbuilt:: MT1 |
[Regions: CW]
|
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):
|
|
CRIP
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: C]
|
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q):
|
|
CB&Q
(Double)
|
IA1
(Double)
|
MO8
|
KCS
|
IA3
|
SL&A
(Double)
|
MO1
|
IL11
|
|
Unbuilt:: IA5 |
[Regions: CMW]
|
|
Chicago North Shore (CNS ):
|
|
CNS
(Double)
|
M&SP
|
NP
|
MN3
|
ND3
|
|
Unbuilt:: ND4 |
[Regions: CW]
|
|
Missouri Pacific (MP ):
|
|
MP
|
KCN
|
ATSF
|
MO6
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: MW]
|
|
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR):
|
|
M&LR
|
AR3
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: M]
|
|
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T ):
|
|
V&T
|
TX5
|
TX6
|
|
Unbuilt:: TX15 |
[Regions: M]
|
|
Western Pacific (WP ):
|
|
WP
|
SP
(Double)
|
CP
(Double)
|
CA6
|
OR5
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: P]
|
|
Union Pacific (UP ):
|
|
UP
(Double)
|
NE2
|
|
Unbuilt:: NE3 |
[Regions: W]
|
|
Kansas City & Denver (KC&D):
|
|
KC&D
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: W]
|
|
Kansas Pacific (KP ):
|
|
KP
|
|
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
|
21
|
20
|
20
|
-1
|
1426
|
4210
|
0
|
|
2
|
1
|
|
NYC
|
37
|
31
|
26
|
-11
|
3610
|
12857
|
0
|
|
4
|
10
|
|
CNJ
|
24
|
23
|
23
|
-1
|
1177
|
4655
|
25
|
|
8
|
4
5
|
|
PENN
|
33
|
33
|
33
|
+0
|
2456
|
12058
|
97
|
|
2
|
|
|
READ
|
11
|
11
|
12
|
+1
|
739
|
2402
|
33
|
|
5
|
2
|
|
B&O
|
35
|
35
|
36
|
+1
|
2371
|
12059
|
69
|
|
1
|
|
|
C&O
|
24
|
20
|
16
|
-8
|
2620
|
8930
|
0
|
11
|
11
|
1
|
|
W&W
|
22
|
24
|
26
|
+4
|
3895
|
10027
|
138
|
|
5
|
8
|
|
SCL
|
23
|
21
|
19
|
-4
|
1624
|
4748
|
69
|
9
|
9
|
1
5
|
|
S&G
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
+2
|
2822
|
14826
|
54
|
2
|
2
|
8
|
|
G&C
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
+2
|
159
|
470
|
0
|
|
5
|
|
|
GTW
|
44
|
37
|
30
|
-14
|
1958
|
5486
|
34
|
2
|
10
|
11
|
|
BRL
|
27
|
25
|
23
|
-4
|
373
|
1895
|
25
|
9
|
9
|
1
2
5
|
|
TP&W
|
31
|
32
|
33
|
+2
|
2574
|
10580
|
115
|
5
|
5
|
8
|
|
A&C
|
25
|
23
|
22
|
-3
|
189
|
671
|
14
|
|
5
|
1
|
|
C&NW
|
71
|
66
|
62
|
-9
|
2284
|
7285
|
250
|
4
|
4
|
5
10
|
|
CRIP
|
0
|
0
|
14
|
+14
|
0
|
675
|
75
|
10
|
10
|
|
|
CB&Q
|
37
|
42
|
43
|
+6
|
377
|
5078
|
162
|
10
|
10
|
5
|
|
CNS
|
35
|
30
|
25
|
-10
|
1296
|
5028
|
97
|
5
|
5
|
|
|
MP
|
27
|
32
|
37
|
+10
|
584
|
3684
|
251
|
1
|
1
|
4
5
|
|
M&LR
|
32
|
27
|
22
|
-10
|
443
|
1538
|
72
|
|
6
|
1
4
5
|
|
V&T
|
43
|
42
|
42
|
-1
|
447
|
2495
|
55
|
|
2
|
5
|
|
WP
|
63
|
66
|
70
|
+7
|
1370
|
3219
|
36
|
1
|
1
|
4
5
|
|
UP
|
38
|
46
|
55
|
+17
|
683
|
1780
|
20
|
6
|
6
|
1
10
|
|
KC&D
|
0
|
0
|
14
|
+14
|
0
|
297
|
33
|
|
7
|
|
|
KP
|
13
|
16
|
20
|
+7
|
364
|
823
|
67
|
|
2
|
1
5
|
Private Companies Available for Purchase
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
|
FW&C
|
570
|
IC
|
925
|
CASL
|
925
|
FEC
|
1495
|
SLSF
|
1195
|
SV
|
750
|
SL
|
750
|
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