Continental Rails II

Game # 10 - Turn # 21

Headline News 1881 to 1882

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1881: Thomas Edison announces invention of electric light.
1882: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral leaves 3 dead, 2 wounded.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: John Forbes bought DRGW for $1000, John Forbes bought DP for $1000, Hannibal Kimball bought M&W for $7136.

PCs Merged: SA&H merges into TR, H&S merges into LR&S.

PCs Incorporated: C&S, SLSF.

New Engines Acquired: C&O bought Pacific 4-6-2.

New Technologies Acquired: B&M bought automatic couplers, C&O bought automatic brakes, SCL bought Pullman sleepers, A&C bought Pullman sleepers, MKT bought steel bridges, KP bought steel bridges.

RoWs built: KY3 by TP&W, C9 by C&NW, SD2 by CRIP, NM7 by CB&Q, C10 by CNS, OK4 by MP, AZ2 by V&T.

Double Tracked Lines: NYC doubled MC, GTW doubled C&C, C&NW doubled WA1, CNS doubled WA2, V&T doubled T&P.

New RoWs acquired: CNS got WI6, CRIP got MN6, LR&S got TX3, V&T got AZ3, CB&Q got AZ5, C&NW got WA6, B&O got PA4.

Inadequate brakes on B&M locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $12630.

Old C&O wooden bridges inadequate for new locomotives. Repairs cost $22286.

Old CRIP wooden bridges inadequate for new locomotives. Repairs cost $20579.

Rate Wars: READ declares rate war on PENN, reduces rates by 50%

Insolvent RRs: B&M.

Bankrupt RRs: READ.

Stock splits: Les actions of NYC se divisent à 2 pour 1.

Cornered stocks: NYC, KP.

New railroad Presidents: Jay Gould of W&W, Hannibal Kimball of TP&W.

New Private Companies Available: A&P.

Comte Verlin dispose d'un réseau transcontinental.

Jim Fisk dispose d'un réseau transcontinental.

Hannibal Kimball dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $37123., Jim Fisk, John Forbes, William Palmer

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Panic to Mild Depression.
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

Tycoon Announcements:

10 William Palmer will this be the last turn or not??

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Comte Verlin (1) John Forbes (2) Hannibal Kimball (5) Jim Fisk (4) William Palmer (10)
Rail Mogul Hannibal Kimball (5) Comte Verlin (1) John Forbes (2) William Palmer (10) Jim Fisk (4)
Rail Builder Hannibal Kimball (5) Comte Verlin (1) Jim Fisk (4) John Forbes (2) 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) Comte Verlin (1) John Forbes (2) 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 B&O .... ....
5 Hannibal Kimball CNS TP&W M&W ....
4 Jim Fisk NYC C&NW .... ....
10 William Palmer CRIP CB&Q .... ....
2 John Forbes GTW V&T DRGW DP
8 Jay Gould CNJ W&W .... ....
6 Edward Harriman UP M&LR FW&C ....
3 J. Edgar Thompson .... .... .... ....
11 Byron Kilbourn C&O .... .... ....
14 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
15 J. Pierpont Morgan .... .... .... ....
7 Jim Hill KC&D G&C .... ....
13 Thomas Scott .... .... .... ....
12 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
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   86166   48253   98   293774   80600   1   0   0   0  
NYC New York Central 2770   416171   216408   99   981855   434062   5   6   0   0  
CNJ Central New Jersey 936   100734   55403   99   244186   3744   6   7   0   0  
PENN Pennsylvania 2430   325058   189488   97   700437   8748   7   2   0   0  
READ Reading 288   28057   23890   99   81533   2200   -1   0   0   0  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 2533   390422   218636   95   835623   39642   9   30   0   1  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 2026   212441   125341   92   693576   24456   4   2   0   10  
W&W Wilmington & Weldon 2031   203789   105971   99   668471   54324   4   1   0   0  
SCL Sea Coast Line 962   98861   54373   99   279785   3848   5   3   0   0  
G&C Greenville & Columbia 396   35329   19431   99   123899   31604   1   4   0   0  
GTW Grand Trunk Western 2996   426369   221711   99   1000210   283517   4   4   0   6  
BRL Blue Ridge Line 384   27206   18228   87   105142   2150   1   0   0   0  
TP&W Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw 2926   452029   239575   98   816949   502824   5   0   0   7  
A&C Atlanta & Chattanooga 137   12422   7577   93   44172   8085   1   0   0   0  
IC Illinois Central 185   19030   11037   96   45550   16194   3   3   0   0  
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 3160   359092   201090   95   803690   525404   1   13   0   200  
CRIP Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 1583   115206   59907   99   403052   250623   -1   5   0   0  
CB&Q Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 2437   232325   120808   99   808751   486564   -2   6   0   0  
CASL Chicago, Alton & St. Louis 185   19030   11989   91   56303   21644   0   3   0   0  
FEC Florida East Coast 299   19134   11098   96   76326   35680   -2   0   0   0  
CNS Chicago North Shore 2538   302899   157506   99   605992   397098   3   16   0   1235  
MP Missouri Pacific 3659   392903   259318   85   936905   561257   -1   1   0   0  
M&LR Memphis & Little Rock 641   55069   30288   99   149808   27751   3   1   0   4  
V&T Vicksburg & Texas 1975   167537   87119   99   481402   290543   0   9   0   0  
L&A Louisiana & Arkansas 90   13542   7854   96   24838   6845   7   6   0   0  
UP Union Pacific 1403   114921   64356   98   359741   121076   1   4   0   0  
MKT Missouri, Kansas & Texas 326   25607   15620   93   76869   33704   -1   1   0   0  
SLSF St Louis & San Francisco 239   20258   14383   83   26799   26801   -1   0   0   0  
GW Great Western 140   15186   8808   96   34067   12039   3   3   0   0  
KC&D Kansas City & Denver 742   73073   37998   99   220421   59173   1   0   0   0  
KP Kansas Pacific 178   13984   7691   99   41115   13882   1   1   0   0  
SL Soo Line 150   12432   7211   96   34844   13595   1   1   0   0  
TR Texas Road 303   28315   18971   87   51358   37231   0   8   0   0  
LP&W Levenworth, Pawnee & Western 200   17440   9941   97   54196   20402   1   2   0   0  
LR&S Little Rock & Shreveport 442   33241   20277   93   88235   61818   -2   4   3720   0  
FW&D Ft Worth & Denver 195   15437   10343   87   51932   23833   -3   4   0   0  
C&S Colorado & Southern 116   11194   7276   89   13599   13601   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  (Double) PA11  (Double) 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:: PA4 [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 SC3 SC4
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ]
Grand Trunk Western (GTW ):   GTW LS  (Double) OH5 OH6 IN3 IN7 IL4 C&C  (Double) 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  (Double) GA3 IN5  (Double)
TN8 KY14 KY3
Unbuilt:: none [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 ID3  (Double) WA1  (Double) C9
Unbuilt:: WA6 [Regions: CWTPN]
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):   CRIP IL13 IA8 MN4 SD1 SD2
Unbuilt:: MN6 [Regions: C]
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q):   CB&Q  (Double) IA1  (Double) MO8 KCS IA3 SL&A  (Double) MO1 IL11
IA5 OK6 OK5 NM5 NM6 NM7
Unbuilt:: AZ5 [Regions: CMW]
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL):   CASL
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]
Florida East Coast (FEC ):   FEC
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ]
Chicago North Shore (CNS ):   CNS  (Double) M&SP  (Double) NP  (Double) MN3  (Double) ND3 ND4 MT6  (Double)
MT7  (Double) ID5 WA2  (Double) C10
Unbuilt:: WI6 [Regions: CWTPN]
Missouri Pacific (MP ):   MP KCN  (Double) ATSF MO6 KS2 CO2 CO9 OK7 WP  (Double)
SP  (Double) CP  (Double) CA6 OR5 NV1 UT7 SV UT6
UT1 OK4
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MWSTP]
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  (Double) TX11 CT TX9 AZ1 AZ2
Unbuilt:: AZ3 [Regions: MST]
Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A ):   L&A
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: G]
Union Pacific (UP ):   UP  (Double) NE2  (Double) NE3 IA6 NE1 CW
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: WT]
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT ):   MKT
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF):   SLSF
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
Great Western (GW ):   GW
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: G]
Kansas City & Denver (KC&D):   KC&D  (Double) MO3 MO7 IA4
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MW]
Kansas Pacific (KP ):   KP
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: W]
Soo Line (SL ):   SL
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: N]
Texas Road (TR ):   TR SA&H
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: S]
Levenworth, Pawnee & Western (LP&W):   LP&W
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: W]
Little Rock & Shreveport (LR&S):   LR&S H&S
Unbuilt:: TX3 [Regions: S]
Ft Worth & Denver (FW&D):   FW&D
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: S]
Colorado & Southern (C&S ):   C&S
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: T]

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 25   23   21   -4  1325   4210   0     5   1     2    
NYC 94   97   50   +6  3092   27714   0   4   4   10    
CNJ 28   36   45   +17  1318   4671   9   8   8   1     4     5    
PENN 30   37   45   +15  2157   12113   42     2   5    
READ 15   14   14   -1  605   1440   0      
B&O 43   59   75   +32  2582   12628   45   1   1   5    
C&O 35   32   29   -6  1558   10130   0   11   1   5     10    
W&W 27   31   35   +8  3077   10139   26   8   5   1    
SCL 24   23   23   -1  1237   4803   14   9   9   1     5    
G&C 41   34   28   -13  627   1898   82   7   7   2     5    
GTW 70   53   37   -33  2867   20960   0   2   2   5     10    
BRL 36   31   27   -9  691   1920   0     5  
TP&W 53   63   74   +21  3399   14503   127   5   5   8     10    
A&C 20   18   17   -3  201   681   4     5   1    
IC 20   19   18   -2  244   886   39     1   2     5    
C&NW 47   62   77   +30  3544   15657   143   4   4   10    
CRIP 58   50   43   -15  4418   10552   228   10   10   1    
CB&Q 68   56   44   -24  2415   12026   159   10   10   5    
CASL 21   21   21   +0  247   856   69     1   2    
FEC 24   20   17   -7  442   1411   84     7   5    
CNS 33   36   39   +6  4186   12614   76   5   5  
MP 60   64   68   +8  3551   18213   82   1   1   4     5    
M&LR 31   28   26   -5  434   3158   47   6   6   1     2     4     5    
V&T 56   49   43   -13  3101   9815   60   2   2   4     5    
L&A 32   37   42   +10  125   430   20     5   1     4    
UP 22   25   28   +6  1649   6817   198   6   6   1     2     4     10    
MKT 16   18   21   +5  423   1577   53     4   1     2     5    
SLSF 0   0   10   +10  0   1076   119     1  
GW 30   34   38   +8  187   670   30     5   1     4    
KC&D 22   29   37   +15  2250   6815   385   7   7   1     5     10    
KP 77   88   99   +22  175   872   18     2   1     4     5     6     10    
SL 72   49   27   -45  132   717   33     7   1     4     5     10    
TR 17   19   21   +4  136   1374   141     4  
LP&W 38   27   17   -21  364   943   57     4   1     10    
LR&S 17   19   22   +5  386   2094   116     5  
FW&D 17   18   20   +3  338   902   73     2   5    
C&S 0   0   10   +10  0   522   58     1  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

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