Continental Rails II - Club DE
Game # 11 - Turn # 19
Headline News 1877 to 1878
WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS
1877: Bell's new telephone invention is the hit of the Philadelphia Exposition.
1878: Mark Twain publishes new novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Railroad News
Private Companies Purchased: Vanderbilt bought TR for $2156, Edward Harriman bought SA&H for $13146, Scrooge McDuck bought C&S for $580.
PCs Merged: FW&D merges into M&LR.
PCs Incorporated: FW&C.
New Engines Acquired: ERIE bought Atlantic 4-4-2, PENN bought Pacific 4-6-2.
New Technologies Acquired: PENN bought Pullman sleepers, READ bought automatic brakes, P&FW bought coal burning engines, WBSH bought automatic brakes, A&T bought Pullman sleepers, A&T bought automatic brakes, GM&O bought Pullman sleepers, SM bought automatic brakes, MN bought automatic brakes, IC bought automatic brakes, CRIP bought Pullman sleepers, CB&Q bought automatic couplers, CASL bought Pullman sleepers, MP bought Grand Station, MP bought automatic brakes, M&LR bought automatic brakes, L&A bought automatic brakes, SLSF bought automatic brakes, GW bought Pullman sleepers, GW bought automatic brakes, SP bought automatic couplers, SP bought Pullman sleepers, SP bought automatic brakes, GN bought automatic brakes, KP bought automatic brakes, KCS bought Grand Station, KCS bought automatic brakes.
RoWs built: IA10 by CRIP, MN2 by M&SP, OK6 by MP, M3 by M&LR, CA7 by CP, TX3 by GW, CA4 by SP, WA1 by GN, MO7 by KP.
PENN doubled B&M, A&T doubled NY3, MP doubled KCN.
New RoWs acquired: P&FW got MD2, CRIP got MN4, KCS got IA6, MP got OK4, M&LR got AZ1, SP got CA3, GN got C10, GW got M1.
RR Mergers: SP merges into M&SP.
Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost ERIE $12416.
Inadequate brakes on PENN locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $35970.
Inadequate brakes on P&FW locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $12177.
Inadequate brakes on WP locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $13160.
Bankrupt RRs: C&O, N&W, FEC.
Loan Recalls: Scrooge McDuck.
Stock splits: PENN splits 2 for 1, WBSH splits 3 for 1.
Cornered stocks: PENN, WBSH.
New railroad Presidents: Erastus Corning of ERIE, Maggy of C&O, Vanderbilt of C&H, Vanderbilt of GM&O.
New Private Companies Available: H&S, CW.
Florian has a Transcontinental system.
Florian dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $181211. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Erastus Corning, Edward Harriman, Sun-E Storm, Maggy, Vanderbilt
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Recession to 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, automatic brakes
Top Victory Points
The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
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Robber Baron
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Florian (4)
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Edward Harriman (9)
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Maggy (7)
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Erastus Corning (10)
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Sun-E Storm (2)
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Rail Mogul
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Florian (4)
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Maggy (7)
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Edward Harriman (9)
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Erastus Corning (10)
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Vanderbilt (3)
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Rail Builder
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Edward Harriman (9)
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Erastus Corning (10)
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Florian (4)
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Maggy (7)
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Vanderbilt (3)
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Rail Magnate
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Edward Harriman (9)
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Florian (4)
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Erastus Corning (10)
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Scrooge McDuck (8)
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Maggy (7)
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Rail Prodigal
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Florian (4)
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Edward Harriman (9)
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Maggy (7)
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Erastus Corning (10)
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Sun-E Storm (2)
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Rail Baron
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Florian (4)
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Edward Harriman (9)
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Erastus Corning (10)
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Maggy (7)
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Vanderbilt (3)
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Player Summary
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President of
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PCs owned
|
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Player #
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Tycoon name
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RR 1
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RR 2
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PC 1
|
PC 2
|
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4
|
Florian |
GN
|
WBSH
|
....
|
....
|
|
10
|
Erastus Corning |
M&SP
|
ERIE
|
....
|
....
|
|
7
|
Maggy |
P&FW
|
C&O
|
....
|
....
|
|
9
|
Edward Harriman |
A&T
|
MP
|
CT
|
SA&H
|
|
2
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Sun-E Storm |
KCS
|
CRIP
|
....
|
....
|
|
3
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Vanderbilt |
C&H
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GM&O
|
....
|
TR
|
|
1
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George R. Obberbaron |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
11
|
Dan Drew |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
15
|
Thomas Durant |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
8
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Scrooge McDuck |
GW
|
....
|
....
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C&S
|
|
14
|
Leland Stanford |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
12
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Hannibal Kimball |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
5
|
Jim Hill |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
13
|
Collis Huntington |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
6
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Jay Gould |
SLSW
|
....
|
....
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SL
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Railroad Summary
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RR
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Name
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Tracks
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Revenues
|
Expense
|
Efficiency
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Bonds
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Loans
|
Profit / share
|
Dividend / share
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Grant
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Land
|
|
ERIE
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Erie Lackawanna
|
1552
|
198415
|
142859
|
79
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373536
|
7388
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
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PENN
|
Pennsylvania
|
3270
|
609892
|
365934
|
91
|
1033046
|
459149
|
7
|
9
|
0
|
1
|
|
READ
|
Reading
|
104
|
18685
|
12145
|
89
|
23290
|
14365
|
6
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
|
C&O
|
Chesapeake & Ohio
|
865
|
79361
|
65869
|
71
|
214286
|
21033
|
-1
|
0
|
0
|
19
|
|
N&W
|
Norfolk & Western
|
4675
|
614877
|
534943
|
64
|
1136211
|
44507
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
C&H
|
Charleston & Hamburg
|
1143
|
133222
|
89258
|
87
|
335351
|
183319
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
|
P&FW
|
Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne
|
1107
|
143075
|
80122
|
98
|
316870
|
146957
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
WBSH
|
Wabash Line
|
2964
|
520221
|
270513
|
99
|
1058108
|
70488
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
|
A&T
|
Alabama & Tennessee
|
3045
|
606156
|
327324
|
97
|
903569
|
559497
|
3
|
4
|
0
|
8
|
|
GM&O
|
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
|
464
|
50784
|
28946
|
97
|
118946
|
14704
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
|
SM
|
Southern Mississippi
|
44
|
8037
|
4420
|
99
|
7336
|
180
|
14
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
|
MN
|
Michigan Northern
|
102
|
14053
|
8432
|
94
|
20365
|
12834
|
5
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
FW&C
|
Ft. Wayne & Chicago
|
114
|
17152
|
11320
|
88
|
22791
|
17909
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
C&C
|
Cincinnati & Chicago
|
202
|
23286
|
15136
|
89
|
39276
|
23617
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
IC
|
Illinois Central
|
185
|
22256
|
15134
|
86
|
35679
|
24013
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
CRIP
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific
|
497
|
51833
|
29545
|
97
|
88374
|
67375
|
3
|
0
|
450
|
723
|
|
CB&Q
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
|
190
|
22478
|
13262
|
95
|
31132
|
16734
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
CASL
|
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis
|
453
|
55632
|
32822
|
95
|
121394
|
35277
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
72
|
|
FEC
|
Florida East Coast
|
409
|
32432
|
20432
|
91
|
104832
|
50682
|
-1
|
0
|
0
|
38
|
|
M&SP
|
Milwaukee & St. Paul
|
4424
|
541162
|
438343
|
70
|
912516
|
639617
|
-1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
MP
|
Missouri Pacific
|
1591
|
179383
|
96866
|
97
|
298864
|
186657
|
3
|
4
|
1650
|
2852
|
|
M&LR
|
Memphis & Little Rock
|
1809
|
201394
|
104725
|
99
|
342900
|
176040
|
4
|
9
|
1878
|
892
|
|
L&A
|
Louisiana & Arkansas
|
90
|
15581
|
10595
|
86
|
20005
|
9203
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
CP
|
Central Pacific
|
2380
|
240071
|
132040
|
96
|
539208
|
331588
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1462
|
|
WP
|
Western Pacific
|
940
|
101583
|
55871
|
99
|
193419
|
138020
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
827
|
|
MKT
|
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
|
326
|
30006
|
18604
|
92
|
59544
|
34355
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
SLSF
|
St Louis & San Francisco
|
239
|
25089
|
15555
|
92
|
43164
|
28922
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
SLSW
|
St Louis & Southwestern
|
155
|
18410
|
11414
|
92
|
30995
|
18554
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
GW
|
Great Western
|
734
|
75787
|
41682
|
99
|
128849
|
98917
|
3
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
GN
|
Great Northern
|
2507
|
293128
|
152427
|
99
|
562281
|
372141
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
1568
|
|
KP
|
Kansas Pacific
|
989
|
98861
|
54374
|
99
|
206020
|
94004
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
435
|
|
KCS
|
Kansas City Southern
|
298
|
33497
|
17419
|
99
|
58489
|
41499
|
4
|
1
|
270
|
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)
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Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):
|
|
ERIE
|
NY2
|
LS
|
PA8
|
OH3
|
MI1
|
MS
|
MC
|
MI5
|
OH6
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: ALC]
|
|
Pennsylvania (PENN):
|
|
PENN
(Double)
|
LV
(Double)
|
PA5
|
C&A
(Double)
|
PA6
|
CNJ
(Double)
|
GT
(Double)
|
|
B&M
(Double)
|
C2
|
C3
|
HRL
(Double)
|
NY1
|
PA9
|
PA10
|
PA1
(Double)
|
|
B&O
(Double)
|
WV1
|
M&C
|
IN4
(Double)
|
IN7
|
IL4
|
IL1
(Double)
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AOLCMN]
|
|
Reading (READ):
|
|
READ
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: A]
|
|
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):
|
|
C&O
|
VA2
|
MD1
|
SC5
|
TN2
|
TN3
|
KY4
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: A]
|
|
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):
|
|
N&W
(Double)
|
RF&P
(Double)
|
R&D
(Double)
|
N&S
|
VA1
(Double)
|
VC
|
W&W
|
|
VA7
|
NC2
|
VA4
|
VA6
|
TN1
|
TN4
|
VA5
|
NO&J
(Double)
|
MS6
|
|
COG
(Double)
|
GA2
(Double)
|
A&C
|
GA3
|
BRL
(Double)
|
TN6
|
G&C
|
|
TN9
|
TN10
|
TN13
|
N&C
|
L&N
|
TN8
|
KY12
|
IL2
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: ADOMG]
|
|
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ):
|
|
C&H
|
SC4
|
SC1
|
GA4
|
FL4
|
FL5
|
FL6
|
AL8
|
AL6
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AG]
|
|
Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne (P&FW):
|
|
P&FW
|
OH2
|
TP&W
|
OH5
|
IN1
|
MI2
(Double)
|
C5
|
PA7
|
|
Unbuilt:: MD2 |
[Regions: OLCN]
|
|
Wabash Line (WBSH):
|
|
WBSH
(Double)
|
IN6
|
MON
(Double)
|
IN10
|
KY13
|
IL8
(Double)
|
SCL
(Double)
|
|
S&G
(Double)
|
S&A
(Double)
|
NER
|
W&M
|
GA1
|
A&WP
|
GA8
(Double)
|
|
AL4
|
MS2
|
AL3
|
TN12
|
MS4
|
TN14
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: ADOCMG]
|
|
Alabama & Tennessee (A&T ):
|
|
A&T
|
AL5
|
TN5
|
AL7
|
P&LE
(Double)
|
MRLE
|
OH4
|
NYC
(Double)
|
B&A
(Double)
|
|
NY3
(Double)
|
PA11
(Double)
|
C4
(Double)
|
IN3
|
C&EI
(Double)
|
GTW
|
|
IN9
|
B&H
(Double)
|
A&GW
|
O&M
|
KY7
|
NYNH
(Double)
|
IL6
(Double)
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: ADOLCMGN]
|
|
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O):
|
|
GM&O
|
MS3
|
MS1
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: G]
|
|
Southern Mississippi (SM ):
|
|
SM
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: M]
|
|
Michigan Northern (MN ):
|
|
MN
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: L]
|
|
Ft. Wayne & Chicago (FW&C):
|
|
FW&C
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: C]
|
|
Cincinnati & Chicago (C&C ):
|
|
C&C
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: C]
|
|
Illinois Central (IC ):
|
|
IC
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: C]
|
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):
|
|
CRIP
|
IA7
|
IA10
|
|
Unbuilt:: MN4 |
[Regions: C]
|
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q):
|
|
CB&Q
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: C]
|
|
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL):
|
|
CASL
|
SL&A
|
MO1
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: CM]
|
|
Florida East Coast (FEC ):
|
|
FEC
|
GA5
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: ]
|
|
Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP):
|
|
M&SP
(Double)
|
CNS
(Double)
|
SP&P
(Double)
|
ND1
(Double)
|
ND2
|
NP
(Double)
|
|
MT6
(Double)
|
ID1
|
ID2
|
MN2
|
SP
(Double)
|
CA5
|
OR8
|
OR7
|
|
OR1
|
OR3
|
CA4
|
|
Unbuilt:: CA3 |
[Regions: CWTP]
|
|
Missouri Pacific (MP ):
|
|
MP
(Double)
|
KCN
(Double)
|
MO6
|
KC&D
|
KS4
|
ATSF
|
OK6
|
|
Unbuilt:: OK4 |
[Regions: MW]
|
|
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR):
|
|
M&LR
(Double)
|
AR4
|
OK1
|
T&P
(Double)
|
TX12
|
TX11
|
V&T
(Double)
|
TX10
|
|
FW&D
|
M3
|
|
Unbuilt:: AZ1 |
[Regions: MSX]
|
|
Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A ):
|
|
L&A
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: G]
|
|
Central Pacific (CP ):
|
|
CP
(Double)
|
NV2
|
UT7
|
UT6
|
UT2
|
UT1
|
UP
|
NE1
|
CO7
|
WY1
|
|
IA5
|
CA7
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: WTP]
|
|
Western Pacific (WP ):
|
|
WP
(Double)
|
SV
(Double)
|
NV1
(Double)
|
UT8
|
UT5
|
UT3
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: TP]
|
|
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT ):
|
|
MKT
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: M]
|
|
St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF):
|
|
SLSF
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: M]
|
|
St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW):
|
|
SLSW
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: M]
|
|
Great Western (GW ):
|
|
GW
|
LA1
|
TX1
|
TX3
|
|
Unbuilt:: M1 |
[Regions: GS]
|
|
Great Northern (GN ):
|
|
GN
|
ND5
|
SP&D
|
MT1
|
MT9
|
MT5
|
ID5
|
C&NW
(Double)
|
WI4
|
MN3
|
|
WA1
|
|
Unbuilt:: C10 |
[Regions: CWTP]
|
|
Kansas Pacific (KP ):
|
|
KP
|
MO3
|
KS3
|
MO7
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: MW]
|
|
Kansas City Southern (KCS ):
|
|
KCS
|
LP&W
|
|
Unbuilt:: IA6 |
[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
|
|
ERIE
|
32
|
36
|
41
|
+9
|
2274
|
7731
|
29
|
10
|
10
|
7
9
|
|
PENN
|
61
|
89
|
59
|
+57
|
2329
|
32726
|
0
|
|
4
|
7
9
|
|
READ
|
13
|
15
|
17
|
+4
|
205
|
481
|
39
|
|
4
|
9
|
|
C&O
|
20
|
22
|
24
|
+4
|
1746
|
4325
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
|
|
N&W
|
17
|
17
|
17
|
+0
|
11233
|
23375
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
C&H
|
21
|
26
|
31
|
+10
|
2107
|
5721
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
7
|
|
P&FW
|
26
|
29
|
32
|
+6
|
1627
|
5535
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
9
|
|
WBSH
|
37
|
80
|
41
|
+86
|
3026
|
177924
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
7
10
|
|
A&T
|
27
|
27
|
27
|
+0
|
6670
|
45696
|
0
|
9
|
9
|
4
7
|
|
GM&O
|
24
|
31
|
39
|
+15
|
601
|
2250
|
70
|
3
|
3
|
7
9
|
|
SM
|
38
|
38
|
39
|
+1
|
36
|
215
|
5
|
|
10
|
2
4
9
|
|
MN
|
13
|
15
|
17
|
+4
|
180
|
471
|
39
|
|
7
|
2
|
|
FW&C
|
0
|
0
|
13
|
+13
|
0
|
513
|
57
|
|
4
|
|
|
C&C
|
16
|
19
|
22
|
+6
|
282
|
934
|
76
|
|
2
|
4
|
|
IC
|
13
|
16
|
20
|
+7
|
385
|
856
|
69
|
|
3
|
4
9
|
|
CRIP
|
17
|
17
|
18
|
+1
|
457
|
2416
|
69
|
2
|
2
|
9
|
|
CB&Q
|
18
|
18
|
19
|
+1
|
249
|
926
|
24
|
|
2
|
4
9
|
|
CASL
|
31
|
37
|
44
|
+13
|
482
|
2226
|
39
|
|
9
|
2
4
7
|
|
FEC
|
13
|
13
|
14
|
+1
|
663
|
2045
|
0
|
|
3
|
|
|
M&SP
|
40
|
28
|
19
|
-21
|
38147
|
73229
|
371
|
10
|
10
|
|
|
MP
|
24
|
24
|
24
|
+0
|
1038
|
12073
|
127
|
9
|
9
|
2
4
7
10
|
|
M&LR
|
49
|
44
|
40
|
-9
|
3022
|
11828
|
102
|
|
3
|
4
9
|
|
L&A
|
21
|
21
|
21
|
+0
|
129
|
435
|
15
|
|
4
|
2
9
|
|
CP
|
69
|
56
|
44
|
-25
|
4431
|
13401
|
314
|
|
7
|
|
|
WP
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
+2
|
1401
|
4682
|
18
|
|
9
|
|
|
MKT
|
16
|
19
|
23
|
+7
|
454
|
1577
|
53
|
|
10
|
2
4
9
|
|
SLSF
|
13
|
15
|
17
|
+4
|
481
|
1105
|
90
|
|
10
|
4
|
|
SLSW
|
16
|
21
|
26
|
+10
|
280
|
717
|
58
|
6
|
6
|
9
|
|
GW
|
69
|
53
|
38
|
-31
|
696
|
3484
|
186
|
8
|
8
|
4
9
|
|
GN
|
27
|
26
|
25
|
-2
|
3028
|
12381
|
154
|
4
|
4
|
|
|
KP
|
32
|
31
|
30
|
-2
|
891
|
4822
|
123
|
|
3
|
10
|
|
KCS
|
48
|
52
|
56
|
+8
|
625
|
1490
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
3
7
9
|
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CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
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CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
|
H&S
|
1160
|
CW
|
835
|
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