Continental Rails II
Game # 10 - Turn # 18
Headline News 1875 to 1876
WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS
1875: Gold discovered in the Black Hills of Dakota Territory!
1876: Gen. Custer massacred by Sioux Indians on banks of Little Big Horn River.
Railroad News
Private Companies Purchased: Comte Verlin bought CASL for $2600, William Palmer bought CT for $1250, Hannibal Kimball bought LR&S for $5163, Hannibal Kimball bought H&S for $7126.
PCs Merged: SV merges into WP, T&P merges into V&T.
PCs Incorporated: FEC, LP&W.
New Engines Acquired: B&M bought Pacific 4-6-2, SCL bought Consolidation 2-8-0.
New Technologies Acquired: NYC bought refrigerated cars, CNJ bought refrigerated cars, PENN bought refrigerated cars, B&O bought automatic brakes, B&O bought refrigerated cars, W&W bought Pullman sleepers, SCL bought block signal system, G&C bought block signal system, GTW bought refrigerated cars, IC bought refrigerated cars, C&NW bought refrigerated cars, CRIP bought automatic brakes, CB&Q bought refrigerated cars, MP bought automatic brakes, MP bought refrigerated cars, V&T bought refrigerated cars, L&A bought refrigerated cars, WP bought refrigerated cars, UP bought refrigerated cars, GW bought refrigerated cars, KP bought Pullman sleepers, SL bought refrigerated cars.
RoWs built: MI3 by NYC, SC2 by G&C, IN5 by TP&W, MT3 by C&NW, IA8 by CRIP, OK5 by CB&Q, MT7 by CNS, CO2 by MP, AR4 by M&LR, TX11 by V&T, UT6 by WP, NE1 by UP, MO3 by KC&D.
Double Tracked Lines: NYC doubled C3, TP&W doubled OH7, C&NW doubled MN2, CNS doubled MN3.
New RoWs acquired: G&C got SC3, TP&W got TN8, CRIP got MN4, KC&D got MO7, V&T got TX9, MP got CO9, CB&Q got NM5, WP got UT1, C&NW got ID3, CNS got ID5.
Inadequate brakes on SCL locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $5772.
Rate Wars: READ declares rate war on PENN, reduces rates by 50%
Stock splits: Les actions of KC&D se divisent à 3 pour 1.
New Private Companies Available: TR, FW&D, C&S, CW.
Jim Fisk dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $12345., Comte Verlin, John Forbes, Byron Kilbourn, William Palmer
Engineering advances permit building steel bridges at lower cost with greater safety.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Good to Great.
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, automatic brakes, refrigerated cars, steel bridges
Top Victory Points
The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
|
Robber Baron
|
John Forbes (2)
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
Jay Gould (8)
|
|
Rail Mogul
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
John Forbes (2)
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
William Palmer (10)
|
|
Rail Builder
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
John Forbes (2)
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
William Palmer (10)
|
|
Rail Magnate
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
John Forbes (2)
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
Byron Kilbourn (11)
|
|
Rail Prodigal
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
John Forbes (2)
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
William Palmer (10)
|
|
Rail Baron
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
John Forbes (2)
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
William Palmer (10)
|
Player Summary
|
|
|
President of
|
PCs owned
|
|
Player #
|
Tycoon name
|
RR 1
|
RR 2
|
PC 1
|
PC 2
|
|
5
|
Hannibal Kimball |
CNS
|
TP&W
|
LR&S
|
H&S
|
|
1
|
Comte Verlin |
MP
|
WP
|
CASL
|
....
|
|
4
|
Jim Fisk |
NYC
|
C&NW
|
....
|
....
|
|
10
|
William Palmer |
CRIP
|
CB&Q
|
....
|
CT
|
|
2
|
John Forbes |
GTW
|
V&T
|
....
|
....
|
|
8
|
Jay Gould |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
6
|
Edward Harriman |
UP
|
M&LR
|
FW&C
|
....
|
|
11
|
Byron Kilbourn |
C&O
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
12
|
Cyrus Holliday |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
15
|
J. Pierpont Morgan |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
3
|
J. Edgar Thompson |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
7
|
Jim Hill |
KC&D
|
G&C
|
....
|
....
|
|
14
|
William Ogden |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
13
|
Thomas Scott |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
9
|
Erastus Corning |
....
|
SCL
|
....
|
....
|
Railroad Summary
|
RR
|
Name
|
Tracks
|
Revenues
|
Expense
|
Efficiency
|
Bonds
|
Loans
|
Profit / share
|
Dividend / share
|
Grant
|
Land
|
|
B&M
|
Boston & Maine
|
842
|
117566
|
71715
|
93
|
270889
|
108229
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
NYC
|
New York Central
|
2770
|
552335
|
287212
|
99
|
909391
|
401266
|
12
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
|
CNJ
|
Central New Jersey
|
936
|
136561
|
75109
|
99
|
266132
|
14365
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
PENN
|
Pennsylvania
|
2430
|
448157
|
265694
|
96
|
724784
|
91027
|
10
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
|
READ
|
Reading
|
288
|
38689
|
32934
|
99
|
74120
|
887
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
B&O
|
Baltimore & Ohio
|
2533
|
536738
|
279103
|
99
|
782936
|
175991
|
15
|
6
|
0
|
5
|
|
C&O
|
Chesapeake & Ohio
|
2026
|
288301
|
172979
|
91
|
641872
|
101124
|
6
|
3
|
0
|
89
|
|
W&W
|
Wilmington & Weldon
|
2031
|
276603
|
143834
|
99
|
624724
|
178818
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
SCL
|
Sea Coast Line
|
962
|
134640
|
80783
|
94
|
280769
|
7696
|
7
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
G&C
|
Greenville & Columbia
|
204
|
23378
|
14728
|
91
|
56445
|
25127
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
GTW
|
Grand Trunk Western
|
2996
|
575826
|
299429
|
99
|
925431
|
400440
|
8
|
5
|
0
|
59
|
|
BRL
|
Blue Ridge Line
|
384
|
37539
|
25152
|
87
|
99610
|
1505
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
TP&W
|
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw
|
2526
|
540054
|
286227
|
98
|
660963
|
439568
|
13
|
9
|
0
|
47
|
|
A&C
|
Atlanta & Chattanooga
|
137
|
16983
|
10869
|
90
|
40956
|
11220
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
IC
|
Illinois Central
|
185
|
25241
|
16154
|
90
|
40769
|
22770
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
|
C&NW
|
Chicago & Northwestern
|
2497
|
308732
|
160541
|
99
|
585234
|
394488
|
5
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
|
CRIP
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific
|
423
|
55307
|
30419
|
99
|
111793
|
70657
|
5
|
20
|
0
|
0
|
|
CB&Q
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
|
1755
|
247793
|
138764
|
95
|
559379
|
339336
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
FEC
|
Florida East Coast
|
299
|
27806
|
19464
|
84
|
67703
|
41497
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
CNS
|
Chicago North Shore
|
1838
|
256259
|
133254
|
99
|
405242
|
281008
|
7
|
4
|
0
|
1487
|
|
MP
|
Missouri Pacific
|
1174
|
145472
|
75646
|
99
|
253551
|
154183
|
6
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
|
M&LR
|
Memphis & Little Rock
|
641
|
74629
|
41045
|
99
|
135706
|
64167
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
35
|
|
V&T
|
Vicksburg & Texas
|
1281
|
128504
|
70676
|
99
|
280977
|
176153
|
3
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
|
L&A
|
Louisiana & Arkansas
|
90
|
18362
|
11201
|
93
|
22417
|
12971
|
10
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
|
WP
|
Western Pacific
|
1448
|
196561
|
102211
|
99
|
346712
|
214941
|
7
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
|
UP
|
Union Pacific
|
1236
|
135031
|
74267
|
99
|
282528
|
171021
|
4
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
|
MKT
|
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
|
326
|
35909
|
22264
|
92
|
68837
|
38896
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
GW
|
Great Western
|
140
|
20581
|
12966
|
91
|
30514
|
19015
|
6
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
|
KC&D
|
Kansas City & Denver
|
349
|
49979
|
27488
|
99
|
89281
|
53983
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
KP
|
Kansas Pacific
|
178
|
18719
|
11044
|
95
|
36672
|
20468
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
SL
|
Soo Line
|
150
|
17308
|
11077
|
90
|
30635
|
18737
|
3
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
LP&W
|
Levenworth, Pawnee & Western
|
200
|
22979
|
15626
|
86
|
48824
|
29926
|
1
|
0
|
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
(Double)
|
B&A
(Double)
|
HRL
(Double)
|
NY3
|
C4
(Double)
|
C5
(Double)
|
|
MC
|
PA11
|
MI5
(Double)
|
MS
|
C3
(Double)
|
P&LE
(Double)
|
OH3
|
|
PA7
|
MI4
|
MN
|
MI3
|
|
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
|
IL3
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[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
|
KY9
|
TN15
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: ADOM]
|
|
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]
|
|
Greenville & Columbia (G&C ):
|
|
G&C
|
SC2
|
|
Unbuilt:: SC3 |
[Regions: ]
|
|
Grand Trunk Western (GTW ):
|
|
GTW
|
LS
(Double)
|
OH5
|
OH6
|
IN3
|
IN7
|
IL4
|
C&C
|
OH8
|
IN6
|
|
S&G
(Double)
|
GA6
|
GA7
|
AL1
|
A&WP
(Double)
|
AL3
|
TN10
|
MS6
|
|
TN12
|
SM
(Double)
|
NO&J
|
KY12
|
IL2
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: ADOLCMG]
|
|
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
(Double)
|
MS2
(Double)
|
|
GA2
(Double)
|
OH7
(Double)
|
IL8
(Double)
|
TN14
|
GA3
|
IN5
|
|
Unbuilt:: TN8 |
[Regions: ADOLCMG]
|
|
Atlanta & Chattanooga (A&C ):
|
|
A&C
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: D]
|
|
Illinois Central (IC ):
|
|
IC
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: C]
|
|
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW):
|
|
C&NW
(Double)
|
WI4
(Double)
|
SP&P
(Double)
|
MN2
(Double)
|
GN
(Double)
|
ND5
|
|
SP&D
(Double)
|
MT1
|
MT2
|
MT3
|
|
Unbuilt:: ID3 |
[Regions: CW]
|
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):
|
|
CRIP
|
IL13
|
IA8
|
|
Unbuilt:: MN4 |
[Regions: C]
|
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q):
|
|
CB&Q
(Double)
|
IA1
(Double)
|
MO8
|
KCS
|
IA3
|
SL&A
(Double)
|
MO1
|
IL11
|
|
IA5
|
OK6
|
OK5
|
|
Unbuilt:: NM5 |
[Regions: CMW]
|
|
Florida East Coast (FEC ):
|
|
FEC
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: ]
|
|
Chicago North Shore (CNS ):
|
|
CNS
(Double)
|
M&SP
(Double)
|
NP
(Double)
|
MN3
(Double)
|
ND3
|
ND4
|
MT6
|
|
MT7
|
|
Unbuilt:: ID5 |
[Regions: CWT]
|
|
Missouri Pacific (MP ):
|
|
MP
|
KCN
(Double)
|
ATSF
|
MO6
|
KS2
|
CO2
|
|
Unbuilt:: CO9 |
[Regions: MW]
|
|
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR):
|
|
M&LR
(Double)
|
AR3
|
SLSW
|
AR4
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: M]
|
|
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T ):
|
|
V&T
|
TX5
|
TX6
|
TX15
|
T&P
|
TX11
|
|
Unbuilt:: TX9 |
[Regions: MS]
|
|
Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A ):
|
|
L&A
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: G]
|
|
Western Pacific (WP ):
|
|
WP
(Double)
|
SP
(Double)
|
CP
(Double)
|
CA6
|
OR5
|
NV1
|
UT7
|
SV
|
|
UT6
|
|
Unbuilt:: UT1 |
[Regions: TP]
|
|
Union Pacific (UP ):
|
|
UP
(Double)
|
NE2
(Double)
|
NE3
|
IA6
|
NE1
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: WT]
|
|
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT ):
|
|
MKT
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: M]
|
|
Great Western (GW ):
|
|
GW
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: G]
|
|
Kansas City & Denver (KC&D):
|
|
KC&D
|
MO3
|
|
Unbuilt:: MO7 |
[Regions: MW]
|
|
Kansas Pacific (KP ):
|
|
KP
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: W]
|
|
Soo Line (SL ):
|
|
SL
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: N]
|
|
Levenworth, Pawnee & Western (LP&W):
|
|
LP&W
|
|
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
|
24
|
26
|
28
|
+4
|
1542
|
4210
|
0
|
|
2
|
1
|
|
NYC
|
52
|
66
|
81
|
+29
|
2213
|
13757
|
100
|
4
|
4
|
1
5
10
|
|
CNJ
|
27
|
29
|
32
|
+5
|
1131
|
4665
|
15
|
|
8
|
4
5
|
|
PENN
|
32
|
34
|
37
|
+5
|
2374
|
12082
|
73
|
|
2
|
|
|
READ
|
12
|
14
|
16
|
+4
|
671
|
1440
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
B&O
|
37
|
36
|
36
|
-1
|
4073
|
12603
|
70
|
|
1
|
|
|
C&O
|
26
|
28
|
31
|
+5
|
2253
|
10130
|
0
|
11
|
11
|
1
10
|
|
W&W
|
28
|
30
|
32
|
+4
|
2599
|
10106
|
59
|
|
5
|
8
|
|
SCL
|
20
|
22
|
25
|
+5
|
1383
|
4787
|
30
|
9
|
9
|
1
5
|
|
G&C
|
32
|
37
|
42
|
+10
|
136
|
965
|
55
|
7
|
7
|
5
|
|
GTW
|
30
|
31
|
33
|
+3
|
5829
|
20816
|
144
|
2
|
2
|
10
|
|
BRL
|
40
|
39
|
38
|
-2
|
922
|
1920
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
TP&W
|
39
|
46
|
53
|
+14
|
3620
|
12492
|
138
|
5
|
5
|
8
|
|
A&C
|
24
|
26
|
28
|
+4
|
183
|
678
|
7
|
|
5
|
1
|
|
IC
|
14
|
17
|
20
|
+6
|
369
|
856
|
69
|
|
1
|
5
|
|
C&NW
|
52
|
55
|
58
|
+6
|
5642
|
12345
|
140
|
4
|
4
|
5
10
|
|
CRIP
|
67
|
81
|
96
|
+29
|
239
|
2015
|
100
|
10
|
10
|
1
|
|
CB&Q
|
36
|
42
|
48
|
+12
|
1805
|
8617
|
158
|
10
|
10
|
5
|
|
FEC
|
0
|
0
|
16
|
+16
|
0
|
1346
|
149
|
|
7
|
|
|
CNS
|
29
|
31
|
34
|
+5
|
2967
|
9007
|
183
|
5
|
5
|
|
|
MP
|
37
|
44
|
52
|
+15
|
1333
|
5838
|
32
|
1
|
1
|
4
5
|
|
M&LR
|
28
|
42
|
56
|
+28
|
538
|
3123
|
82
|
6
|
6
|
1
2
4
5
|
|
V&T
|
44
|
47
|
51
|
+7
|
1252
|
6133
|
272
|
2
|
2
|
4
5
|
|
L&A
|
14
|
16
|
19
|
+5
|
175
|
416
|
34
|
|
5
|
|
|
WP
|
44
|
45
|
46
|
+2
|
1033
|
7060
|
180
|
1
|
1
|
4
5
|
|
UP
|
78
|
55
|
32
|
-46
|
2850
|
6000
|
180
|
6
|
6
|
1
10
|
|
MKT
|
25
|
34
|
43
|
+18
|
483
|
1507
|
123
|
|
1
|
4
5
|
|
GW
|
14
|
17
|
20
|
+6
|
290
|
647
|
53
|
|
5
|
|
|
KC&D
|
63
|
99
|
45
|
+72
|
81
|
4812
|
423
|
7
|
7
|
1
5
|
|
KP
|
40
|
38
|
37
|
-3
|
153
|
851
|
39
|
|
2
|
6
10
|
|
SL
|
14
|
20
|
27
|
+13
|
331
|
693
|
57
|
|
7
|
|
|
LP&W
|
0
|
0
|
16
|
+16
|
0
|
900
|
100
|
|
1
|
|
Private Companies Available for Purchase
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
|
SLSF
|
1195
|
TR
|
420
|
FW&D
|
975
|
C&S
|
580
|
CW
|
835
|
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