Continental Rails II - Club DE
Game # 11 - Turn # 20
Headline News 1879 to 1880
WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS
1879: Wyatt Earp arrives in Tombstone, Arizona.
1880: Missouri Governor offers $10,000 reward for capture of Jesse James.
Railroad News
Private Companies Purchased: Vanderbilt bought H&S for $15432, Erastus Corning bought CW for $9876.
New Technologies Acquired: ERIE bought block signal system, P&FW bought Grand Station, P&FW bought block signal system, P&FW bought automatic couplers, P&FW bought Pullman sleepers, P&FW bought automatic brakes, GM&O bought automatic brakes, C&C bought automatic brakes, CRIP bought automatic brakes, CB&Q bought Pullman sleepers, CASL bought automatic brakes, CP bought automatic brakes, SLSW bought automatic brakes.
RoWs built: MD2 by P&FW, MN4 by CRIP, CA3 by M&SP, OK4 by MP, AZ1 by M&LR, M1 by GW, C10 by GN, IA6 by KCS.
A&T doubled A&GW, M&SP doubled CA4, MP doubled MO6.
New RoWs acquired: C&O got SC3, C&H got GA7, ERIE got OH7, WBSH got AL1, CRIP got MN5, KCS got NE2, MP got TX4, GN got MT4, M&SP got M4.
RR Mergers: C&H merges into GM&O.
Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost ERIE $12416.
C&O railway workers demand safety improvements. Wildcat strike costs $6920.
Inadequate signal system slows N&W rail service: mail contracts worth $60775 cancelled.
Inadequate brakes on FEC locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $2454.
Inadequate brakes on WP locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $5640.
Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost MKT $3912.
Guerre tarifaire: WBSH declares rate war on A&T, reduces rates by 50%.
Reorganized RRs: N&W, FEC.
Loan Recalls: Erastus Corning.
Cornered stocks: PENN.
New railroad Presidents: Florian of PENN, Vanderbilt of M&LR.
New Private Companies Available: LR&S, DRGW, DP, A&P, M&W.
Florian has a Transcontinental system.
Erastus Corning has a Transcontinental system.
Florian dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $250000. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Edward Harriman, Erastus Corning, Sun-E Storm, Maggy, Vanderbilt
Invention of refrigerated freight cars permits shipment of perishable cargos long distances.
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, automatic brakes, refrigerated cars
Tycoon Announcements:
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Sun-E Storm
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the end comes near...;-p
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Top Victory Points
The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
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
|
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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Maggy (7)
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Florian (4)
|
Vanderbilt (3)
|
Rail Magnate
|
Edward Harriman (9)
|
Florian (4)
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Erastus Corning (10)
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Maggy (7)
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Scrooge McDuck (8)
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Rail Prodigal
|
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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Sun-E Storm (2)
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Rail Baron
|
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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Vanderbilt (3)
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Player Summary
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President of
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PCs owned
|
Player #
|
Tycoon name
|
RR 1
|
RR 2
|
PC 1
|
PC 2
|
4
|
Florian |
GN
|
PENN
|
....
|
....
|
9
|
Edward Harriman |
A&T
|
MP
|
CT
|
SA&H
|
7
|
Maggy |
P&FW
|
C&O
|
....
|
....
|
2
|
Sun-E Storm |
KCS
|
CRIP
|
....
|
....
|
3
|
Vanderbilt |
M&LR
|
GM&O
|
H&S
|
TR
|
10
|
Erastus Corning |
M&SP
|
ERIE
|
....
|
CW
|
1
|
George R. Obberbaron |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
8
|
Scrooge McDuck |
GW
|
....
|
....
|
C&S
|
11
|
Dan Drew |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
15
|
Thomas Durant |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
14
|
Leland Stanford |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
12
|
Hannibal Kimball |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
6
|
Jay Gould |
SLSW
|
....
|
....
|
SL
|
13
|
Collis Huntington |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
5
|
Jim Hill |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
Railroad Summary
RR
|
Name
|
Tracks
|
Revenues
|
Expense
|
Efficiency
|
Bonds
|
Loans
|
Profit / share
|
Dividend / share
|
Grant
|
Land
|
ERIE
|
Erie Lackawanna
|
1552  
|
209034  
|
142143  
|
83  
|
409418  
|
24274  
|
5  
|
0  
|
0  
|
1  
|
PENN
|
Pennsylvania
|
3270  
|
640759  
|
371640  
|
93  
|
1055282  
|
466352  
|
4  
|
0  
|
0  
|
1  
|
READ
|
Reading
|
104  
|
19668  
|
12588  
|
90  
|
24351  
|
13162  
|
8  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
C&O
|
Chesapeake & Ohio
|
865  
|
84329  
|
69993  
|
71  
|
220168  
|
23801  
|
-1  
|
0  
|
0  
|
11  
|
N&W
|
Norfolk & Western
|
4675  
|
643451  
|
559804  
|
64  
|
1168750  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
1  
|
P&FW
|
Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne
|
1259  
|
189134  
|
100242  
|
98  
|
358397  
|
175120  
|
7  
|
1  
|
0  
|
1  
|
WBSH
|
Wabash Line
|
2964  
|
516863  
|
284967  
|
99  
|
1078263  
|
79973  
|
0  
|
1  
|
0  
|
1  
|
A&T
|
Alabama & Tennessee
|
3045  
|
608870  
|
348011  
|
97  
|
928416  
|
571190  
|
2  
|
3  
|
0  
|
4  
|
GM&O
|
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
|
1607  
|
201430  
|
138988  
|
85  
|
549523  
|
199805  
|
0  
|
1  
|
774  
|
3  
|
SM
|
Southern Mississippi
|
44  
|
8403  
|
4622  
|
99  
|
6935  
|
155  
|
15  
|
6  
|
0  
|
0  
|
MN
|
Michigan Northern
|
102  
|
14594  
|
8610  
|
95  
|
21197  
|
12320  
|
6  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
FW&C
|
Ft. Wayne & Chicago
|
114  
|
18277  
|
11697  
|
90  
|
23799  
|
15556  
|
6  
|
6  
|
0  
|
0  
|
C&C
|
Cincinnati & Chicago
|
202  
|
24643  
|
15525  
|
91  
|
41336  
|
23186  
|
4  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
IC
|
Illinois Central
|
185  
|
23067  
|
16608  
|
82  
|
37189  
|
23105  
|
1  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
CRIP
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific
|
647  
|
68559  
|
38393  
|
98  
|
122480  
|
71134  
|
4  
|
4  
|
0  
|
587  
|
CB&Q
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
|
190  
|
24032  
|
13218  
|
99  
|
32941  
|
15156  
|
7  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
CASL
|
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis
|
453  
|
60186  
|
34908  
|
96  
|
125399  
|
30550  
|
6  
|
0  
|
0  
|
43  
|
FEC
|
Florida East Coast
|
409  
|
34067  
|
21462  
|
91  
|
102250  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
21  
|
M&SP
|
Milwaukee & St. Paul
|
4675  
|
609621  
|
524273  
|
65  
|
994029  
|
689492  
|
-1  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
MP
|
Missouri Pacific
|
1756  
|
226613  
|
124635  
|
96  
|
347069  
|
217726  
|
4  
|
4  
|
0  
|
2476  
|
M&LR
|
Memphis & Little Rock
|
2122  
|
241915  
|
125797  
|
99  
|
414384  
|
216588  
|
4  
|
0  
|
0  
|
1385  
|
L&A
|
Louisiana & Arkansas
|
90  
|
16518  
|
10902  
|
88  
|
20862  
|
7354  
|
7  
|
1  
|
0  
|
0  
|
CP
|
Central Pacific
|
2380  
|
257358  
|
141547  
|
96  
|
555392  
|
304869  
|
3  
|
0  
|
0  
|
877  
|
WP
|
Western Pacific
|
940  
|
106710  
|
58690  
|
99  
|
201089  
|
136185  
|
4  
|
0  
|
0  
|
496  
|
MKT
|
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
|
326  
|
31161  
|
18073  
|
96  
|
61761  
|
32276  
|
3  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
SLSF
|
St Louis & San Francisco
|
239  
|
25944  
|
15566  
|
94  
|
45277  
|
27475  
|
3  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
SLSW
|
St Louis & Southwestern
|
155  
|
19883  
|
11930  
|
94  
|
32365  
|
17645  
|
5  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
GW
|
Great Western
|
950  
|
105553  
|
60165  
|
97  
|
173662  
|
93650  
|
5  
|
4  
|
0  
|
0  
|
GN
|
Great Northern
|
2660  
|
346407  
|
180132  
|
99  
|
615625  
|
406447  
|
6  
|
4  
|
0  
|
784  
|
KP
|
Kansas Pacific
|
989  
|
103797  
|
57088  
|
99  
|
212073  
|
73628  
|
5  
|
1  
|
0  
|
239  
|
KCS
|
Kansas City Southern
|
433  
|
49724  
|
25856  
|
99  
|
88933  
|
62775  
|
5  
|
4  
|
0  
|
148  
|
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)
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):
|
|
ERIE
|
NY2
|
LS
|
PA8
|
OH3
|
MI1
|
MS
|
MC
|
MI5
|
OH6
|
|
Unbuilt:: OH7 |
[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:: SC3 |
[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]
|
Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne (P&FW):
|
|
P&FW
|
OH2
|
TP&W
|
OH5
|
IN1
|
MI2
(Double)
|
C5
|
PA7
|
MD2
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AOLCN]
|
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:: AL1 |
[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
(Double)
|
O&M
|
KY7
|
NYNH
(Double)
|
IL6
(Double)
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: ADOLCMGN]
|
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O):
|
|
GM&O
|
MS3
|
MS1
|
C&H
|
SC4
|
SC1
|
GA4
|
FL4
|
FL5
|
FL6
|
AL8
|
|
AL6
|
|
Unbuilt:: GA7 |
[Regions: AG]
|
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
|
MN4
|
|
Unbuilt:: MN5 |
[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
(Double)
|
CA3
|
|
Unbuilt:: M4 |
[Regions: CWTP]
|
Missouri Pacific (MP ):
|
|
MP
(Double)
|
KCN
(Double)
|
MO6
(Double)
|
KC&D
|
KS4
|
ATSF
|
OK6
|
OK4
|
|
Unbuilt:: TX4 |
[Regions: MWS]
|
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR):
|
|
M&LR
(Double)
|
AR4
|
OK1
|
T&P
(Double)
|
TX12
|
TX11
|
V&T
(Double)
|
TX10
|
|
FW&D
|
M3
|
AZ1
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[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
|
M1
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: GSX]
|
Great Northern (GN ):
|
|
GN
|
ND5
|
SP&D
|
MT1
|
MT9
|
MT5
|
ID5
|
C&NW
(Double)
|
WI4
|
MN3
|
|
WA1
|
C10
|
|
Unbuilt:: MT4 |
[Regions: CWTPN]
|
Kansas Pacific (KP ):
|
|
KP
|
MO3
|
KS3
|
MO7
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: MW]
|
Kansas City Southern (KCS ):
|
|
KCS
|
LP&W
|
IA6
|
|
Unbuilt:: NE2 |
[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
|
41  
|
45  
|
49  
|
+8
|
2045  
|
7760  
|
0  
|
10  
|
10  
|
7  
9  
|
PENN
|
59  
|
67  
|
76  
|
+17
|
3407  
|
32726  
|
0  
|
4  
|
4  
|
7  
9  
|
READ
|
17  
|
18  
|
20  
|
+3
|
140  
|
481  
|
39  
|
|
4  
|
9  
|
C&O
|
24  
|
26  
|
29  
|
+5
|
1374  
|
4325  
|
0  
|
7  
|
7  
|
|
N&W
|
17  
|
17  
|
30  
|
+13
|
10764  
|
23375  
|
0  
|
|
|
|
P&FW
|
32  
|
30  
|
29  
|
-3
|
1261  
|
6219  
|
76  
|
7  
|
7  
|
9  
|
WBSH
|
41  
|
23  
|
5  
|
-36
|
107755  
|
177924  
|
0  
|
|
10  
|
4  
|
A&T
|
27  
|
26  
|
26  
|
-1
|
5716  
|
45696  
|
0  
|
9  
|
9  
|
4  
7  
|
GM&O
|
39  
|
36  
|
37  
|
-2
|
338  
|
8041  
|
0  
|
3  
|
3  
|
7  
|
SM
|
39  
|
40  
|
41  
|
+2
|
36  
|
215  
|
5  
|
|
10  
|
2  
4  
9  
|
MN
|
17  
|
21  
|
25  
|
+8
|
159  
|
471  
|
39  
|
|
7  
|
2  
9  
|
FW&C
|
13  
|
14  
|
15  
|
+2
|
193  
|
527  
|
43  
|
|
4  
|
|
C&C
|
22  
|
26  
|
30  
|
+8
|
254  
|
953  
|
57  
|
|
2  
|
4  
9  
|
IC
|
20  
|
23  
|
27  
|
+7
|
244  
|
856  
|
69  
|
|
3  
|
4  
9  
|
CRIP
|
18  
|
19  
|
20  
|
+2
|
791  
|
3160  
|
75  
|
2  
|
2  
|
9  
|
CB&Q
|
19  
|
19  
|
20  
|
+1
|
231  
|
932  
|
18  
|
|
2  
|
4  
9  
|
CASL
|
44  
|
40  
|
36  
|
-8
|
309  
|
2235  
|
30  
|
|
9  
|
2  
4  
7  
|
FEC
|
14  
|
14  
|
25  
|
+11
|
654  
|
2045  
|
0  
|
|
|
|
M&SP
|
19  
|
17  
|
16  
|
-3
|
20893  
|
74730  
|
125  
|
10  
|
10  
|
|
MP
|
24  
|
24  
|
24  
|
+0
|
1108  
|
12943  
|
82  
|
9  
|
9  
|
2  
4  
7  
10  
|
M&LR
|
40  
|
65  
|
91  
|
+51
|
2001  
|
13237  
|
258  
|
3  
|
3  
|
4  
7  
9  
|
L&A
|
21  
|
25  
|
29  
|
+8
|
134  
|
438  
|
12  
|
|
3  
|
2  
4  
9  
|
CP
|
44  
|
41  
|
38  
|
-6
|
5070  
|
13479  
|
236  
|
|
7  
|
10  
|
WP
|
28  
|
31  
|
35  
|
+7
|
1589  
|
4686  
|
14  
|
|
7  
|
9  
|
MKT
|
23  
|
22  
|
22  
|
-1
|
356  
|
1590  
|
40  
|
|
10  
|
2  
4  
9  
|
SLSF
|
17  
|
20  
|
24  
|
+7
|
359  
|
1105  
|
90  
|
|
10  
|
4  
9  
|
SLSW
|
26  
|
30  
|
34  
|
+8
|
183  
|
731  
|
44  
|
6  
|
6  
|
4  
9  
|
GW
|
38  
|
35  
|
33  
|
-5
|
911  
|
4456  
|
294  
|
8  
|
8  
|
4  
9  
|
GN
|
25  
|
34  
|
43  
|
+18
|
4466  
|
13224  
|
76  
|
4  
|
4  
|
9  
|
KP
|
30  
|
28  
|
27  
|
-3
|
2171  
|
4852  
|
93  
|
|
9  
|
10  
|
KCS
|
56  
|
52  
|
49  
|
-7
|
499  
|
2098  
|
67  
|
2  
|
2  
|
7  
9  
10  
|
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CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
LR&S
|
1050  
|
DRGW
|
580  
|
DP
|
530  
|
A&P
|
580  
|
M&W
|
985  
|
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