Continental Rails II
Game # 12 - Turn # 11
Headline News 1861 to 1862
WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS
1861: Pony Express carries mail from St. Louis to Sacramento in record time of 10 days.
1862: Telegraph line completed to California: Pony Express goes bankrupt.
Railroad News
Private Companies Purchased: Bill Bouquett bought W&M for $2001, Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo bought MN for $600, Thomas Durant bought CB&Q for $6000, J. Edgar Thompson bought M&SP for $21635, Jim Fisk bought WP for $31975, Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo bought SLSF for $3500.
PCs Merged: L&N merges into TP&W, N&C merges into G&C, IC merges into SCL, FEC merges into G&C.
PCs Incorporated: CNS, MS, CP.
New Engines Acquired: ERIE bought Atlantic 4-4-2, C&A bought Norris 4-2-0, LV bought Atlantic 4-4-2, RF&P bought Atlantic 4-4-2, N&W bought Atlantic 4-4-2, S&G bought Atlantic 4-4-2, G&C bought Atlantic 4-4-2, TP&W bought Atlantic 4-4-2, NO&J bought Atlantic 4-4-2, C&EI bought Atlantic 4-4-2, C&NW bought Atlantic 4-4-2, MP bought Atlantic 4-4-2.
New Technologies Acquired: C&O bought coal burning engines.
RoWs built: IL5 by ERIE, KY11 by PENN, KY3 by B&O, SC3 by C&O, IL4 by N&W, FL6 by G&C, MI2 by TP&W, OH8 by WBSH, MS4 by SM, IA7 by CRIP.
NYNH doubled PA10, ERIE doubled C3, PENN doubled MRLE, N&W doubled A&C, SCL doubled S&A, G&C doubled FL5, TP&W doubled IN6.
New RoWs acquired: C&O got PA4, WBSH got OH6, TP&W got IN10, B&O got KY5, PENN got KY10, G&C got KY14, SM got AL4, N&W got MS1, C&NW got WI4, CRIP got IA5, MP got MO8, ERIE got MI6.
RR Mergers: WBSH merges into SCL.
Inadequate signal system slows GT rail service: mail contracts worth $3619 cancelled.
Insolvent RRs: B&M, GT.
Loan Recalls: Jim Fisk, Bill Bouquett.
Stock splits: CRIP splits 3 for 1.
New railroad Presidents: Jim Fisk of LV, J. Edgar Thompson of RF&P, Bill Bouquett of NO&J, Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo of C&EI.
New Private Companies Available: CASL, MKT, SLSW, GN, NP, SP&P, KC&D, KP, ATSF.
J. Edgar Thompson dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $9876. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Thomas Scott, Jim Fisk, Sleeping Dog, Thomas Durant, Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo
Civil War begins: Railroads may not build a Right-of-Way this turn.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Panic to Normal.
Best locomotive available: Atlantic 4-4-2
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system
Tycoon Announcements:
4
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J. Pierpont Morgan
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this is my last turn. i have to quit. it's been fun.
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Top Victory Points
The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron
|
Thomas Scott (7)
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo (9)
|
Sleeping Dog (2)
|
Bill Bouquett (10)
|
Rail Mogul
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
Sleeping Dog (2)
|
Jim Fisk (1)
|
Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo (9)
|
Thomas Scott (7)
|
Rail Builder
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
Bill Bouquett (10)
|
J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
|
Sleeping Dog (2)
|
Thomas Scott (7)
|
Rail Magnate
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
|
Thomas Scott (7)
|
Bill Bouquett (10)
|
Sleeping Dog (2)
|
Rail Prodigal
|
Jim Fisk (1)
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
Thomas Scott (7)
|
Sleeping Dog (2)
|
J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
|
Rail Baron
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
Thomas Scott (7)
|
J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
|
Sleeping Dog (2)
|
Bill Bouquett (10)
|
Player Summary
|
|
President of
|
PCs owned
|
Player #
|
Tycoon name
|
RR 1
|
RR 2
|
PC 1
|
PC 2
|
3
|
J. Edgar Thompson |
RF&P
|
N&W
|
M&SP
|
....
|
7
|
Thomas Scott |
C&NW
|
ERIE
|
....
|
....
|
2
|
Sleeping Dog |
G&C
|
TP&W
|
....
|
....
|
10
|
Bill Bouquett |
SCL
|
NO&J
|
....
|
W&M
|
4
|
J. Pierpont Morgan |
NYC
|
GM&O
|
....
|
....
|
9
|
Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo |
C&EI
|
PENN
|
MN
|
SLSF
|
5
|
Leland Stanford |
S&G
|
GT
|
....
|
....
|
11
|
Thomas Durant |
B&O
|
C&O
|
SL&A
|
CB&Q
|
15
|
Cyrus Holliday |
C&A
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
13
|
William Ogden |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
14
|
Dan Drew |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
1
|
Jim Fisk |
LV
|
SM
|
....
|
WP
|
8
|
John Forbes |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
6
|
Milton Littlefield |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
12
|
William Palmer |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
Railroad Summary
RR
|
Name
|
Tracks
|
Revenues
|
Expense
|
Efficiency
|
Bonds
|
Loans
|
Profit / share
|
Dividend / share
|
Grant
|
Land
|
B&M
|
Boston & Maine
|
623  
|
59521  
|
44045  
|
83  
|
152844  
|
99161  
|
-4  
|
0  
|
0  
|
21  
|
GT
|
Grand Trunk
|
329  
|
31948  
|
24600  
|
83  
|
72020  
|
45636  
|
-3  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
NYC
|
New York Central
|
1618  
|
225531  
|
130808  
|
93  
|
367330  
|
233512  
|
4  
|
13  
|
0  
|
6  
|
NYNH
|
New York & New Haven
|
633  
|
80632  
|
45154  
|
95  
|
162302  
|
110039  
|
2  
|
2  
|
0  
|
0  
|
ERIE
|
Erie Lackawanna
|
2061  
|
278250  
|
144689  
|
99  
|
476561  
|
295053  
|
5  
|
4  
|
0  
|
637  
|
C&A
|
Camden & Amboy
|
380  
|
59996  
|
43797  
|
87  
|
85538  
|
64446  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
LV
|
Lehigh Valley
|
130  
|
16802  
|
9241  
|
99  
|
34365  
|
7904  
|
6  
|
8  
|
0  
|
0  
|
PENN
|
Pennsylvania
|
1388  
|
166835  
|
93428  
|
95  
|
324689  
|
206503  
|
2  
|
4  
|
0  
|
274  
|
B&O
|
Baltimore & Ohio
|
1288  
|
135772  
|
96399  
|
83  
|
280773  
|
171686  
|
-1  
|
0  
|
550  
|
376  
|
C&O
|
Chesapeake & Ohio
|
998  
|
87360  
|
59405  
|
89  
|
224551  
|
126642  
|
-2  
|
1  
|
445  
|
531  
|
RF&P
|
Richmond, Fred. & Potomac
|
656  
|
52468  
|
32530  
|
92  
|
136898  
|
53774  
|
0  
|
1  
|
0  
|
15  
|
N&W
|
Norfolk & Western
|
2693  
|
374628  
|
194807  
|
99  
|
646536  
|
429929  
|
5  
|
9  
|
0  
|
994  
|
SCL
|
Sea Coast Line
|
2112  
|
303714  
|
185264  
|
90  
|
568416  
|
314608  
|
3  
|
9  
|
500  
|
0  
|
S&G
|
Savannah & Gulf
|
282  
|
24099  
|
14459  
|
94  
|
57673  
|
22391  
|
1  
|
1  
|
0  
|
0  
|
P&LE
|
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
|
313  
|
33835  
|
19962  
|
95  
|
73719  
|
23295  
|
3  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
G&C
|
Greenville & Columbia
|
1945  
|
208008  
|
108163  
|
99  
|
453507  
|
63128  
|
6  
|
9  
|
155  
|
238  
|
TP&W
|
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw
|
768  
|
87916  
|
48353  
|
99  
|
179806  
|
74454  
|
4  
|
2  
|
0  
|
253  
|
GM&O
|
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
|
413  
|
32929  
|
18770  
|
94  
|
111265  
|
65175  
|
-1  
|
4  
|
0  
|
126  
|
NO&J
|
New Orleans & Jackson
|
507  
|
45913  
|
28007  
|
93  
|
145194  
|
63469  
|
-1  
|
1  
|
0  
|
0  
|
SM
|
Southern Mississippi
|
140  
|
14674  
|
9685  
|
88  
|
28450  
|
21540  
|
-1  
|
17  
|
0  
|
202  
|
MS
|
Michigan Southern
|
204  
|
16714  
|
11700  
|
84  
|
22899  
|
22901  
|
-1  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
C&EI
|
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
|
184  
|
18589  
|
11525  
|
92  
|
55855  
|
23416  
|
-1  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
C&NW
|
Chicago & Northwestern
|
120  
|
14462  
|
8677  
|
94  
|
38759  
|
18491  
|
0  
|
1  
|
0  
|
0  
|
CRIP
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific
|
358  
|
32382  
|
20400  
|
91  
|
73663  
|
52907  
|
-1  
|
20  
|
270  
|
0  
|
CNS
|
Chicago North Shore
|
85  
|
14260  
|
9126  
|
90  
|
12599  
|
12601  
|
6  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
MP
|
Missouri Pacific
|
283  
|
27352  
|
15044  
|
99  
|
84211  
|
48043  
|
-1  
|
9  
|
0  
|
0  
|
CP
|
Central Pacific
|
154  
|
14968  
|
10178  
|
86  
|
18299  
|
18301  
|
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
|
B&H
|
ME1
|
C1
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AN]
|
Grand Trunk (GT ):
|
|
GT
|
C2
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AN]
|
New York Central (NYC ):
|
|
NYC
(Double)
|
B&A
(Double)
|
HRL
(Double)
|
NY3
|
C4
|
C5
|
MC
|
MI1
|
|
MI5
(Double)
|
OH3
|
MI4
|
|
Unbuilt:: MI3 |
[Regions: ALCN]
|
New York & New Haven (NYNH):
|
|
NYNH
|
CNJ
(Double)
|
PA9
|
PA10
(Double)
|
PA8
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AL]
|
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):
|
|
ERIE
|
NY2
|
NY1
|
C3
(Double)
|
LS
(Double)
|
GTW
|
OH2
|
OH5
|
A&GW
(Double)
|
|
IN5
|
FW&C
(Double)
|
IN8
|
IL5
|
|
Unbuilt:: MI6 |
[Regions: AOLCMN]
|
Camden & Amboy (C&A ):
|
|
C&A
|
READ
|
PA1
|
PA3
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: A]
|
Lehigh Valley (LV ):
|
|
LV
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: A]
|
Pennsylvania (PENN):
|
|
PENN
(Double)
|
PA5
(Double)
|
PA6
(Double)
|
P&FW
(Double)
|
WV2
|
OH4
|
IN3
|
|
MRLE
(Double)
|
IN9
|
IL3
|
KY11
|
|
Unbuilt:: KY10 |
[Regions: AOL]
|
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):
|
|
B&O
|
WV1
|
PA7
|
M&C
|
OH1
|
PA2
|
OH7
|
IN1
|
KY3
|
|
Unbuilt:: KY5 |
[Regions: AOC]
|
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):
|
|
C&O
|
MD1
(Double)
|
VA2
|
SC5
|
NC2
|
NC1
|
VA1
|
SC3
|
|
Unbuilt:: PA4 |
[Regions: A]
|
Richmond, Fred. & Potomac (RF&P):
|
|
RF&P
|
MD2
|
VA7
|
VC
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: A]
|
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):
|
|
N&W
(Double)
|
R&D
(Double)
|
VA4
(Double)
|
N&S
(Double)
|
VA5
|
KY1
(Double)
|
|
W&W
(Double)
|
IN4
(Double)
|
KY2
|
MON
(Double)
|
KY6
|
IN7
|
COG
(Double)
|
|
A&WP
(Double)
|
A&C
(Double)
|
GA2
(Double)
|
AL6
|
TN5
|
AL7
|
IL4
|
|
Unbuilt:: MS1 |
[Regions: ADOCMG]
|
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):
|
|
SCL
(Double)
|
S&A
(Double)
|
NER
|
GA1
(Double)
|
GA8
(Double)
|
AL3
(Double)
|
|
TN10
(Double)
|
A&T
|
TN12
|
KY12
|
IL2
|
IC
|
WBSH
(Double)
|
O&M
|
|
OH8
|
|
Unbuilt:: OH6 |
[Regions: ADOCM]
|
Savannah & Gulf (S&G ):
|
|
S&G
|
GA6
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: A]
|
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE):
|
|
P&LE
|
PA11
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: OL]
|
Greenville & Columbia (G&C ):
|
|
G&C
|
C&H
(Double)
|
SC4
|
SC1
(Double)
|
GA4
(Double)
|
BRL
(Double)
|
TN2
|
|
FL4
|
FL5
(Double)
|
TN4
|
N&C
|
FEC
|
FL6
|
|
Unbuilt:: KY14 |
[Regions: ADG]
|
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W):
|
|
TP&W
|
C&C
|
IN2
|
IN6
(Double)
|
L&N
|
MI2
|
|
Unbuilt:: IN10 |
[Regions: OLC]
|
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O):
|
|
GM&O
(Double)
|
MS3
|
TN13
|
|
Unbuilt:: IL8 |
[Regions: G]
|
New Orleans & Jackson (NO&J):
|
|
NO&J
|
MS6
|
MS5
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: MG]
|
Southern Mississippi (SM ):
|
|
SM
|
MS4
|
|
Unbuilt:: AL4 |
[Regions: M]
|
Michigan Southern (MS ):
|
|
MS
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: L]
|
Chicago & Eastern Illinois (C&EI):
|
|
C&EI
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: C]
|
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW):
|
|
C&NW
|
|
Unbuilt:: WI4 |
[Regions: C]
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):
|
|
CRIP
|
IA7
|
|
Unbuilt:: IA5 |
[Regions: C]
|
Chicago North Shore (CNS ):
|
|
CNS
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: C]
|
Missouri Pacific (MP ):
|
|
MP
|
|
Unbuilt:: MO8 |
[Regions: MW]
|
Central Pacific (CP ):
|
|
CP
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: P]
|
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
|
28  
|
26  
|
25  
|
-3
|
1209  
|
3115  
|
0  
|
|
|
|
GT
|
18  
|
18  
|
19  
|
+1
|
551  
|
1604  
|
41  
|
5  
|
5  
|
7  
|
NYC
|
61  
|
60  
|
60  
|
-1
|
936  
|
8014  
|
113  
|
4  
|
4  
|
2  
3  
5  
7  
|
NYNH
|
36  
|
36  
|
36  
|
+0
|
768  
|
3165  
|
0  
|
|
9  
|
3  
4  
|
ERIE
|
48  
|
46  
|
44  
|
-4
|
2706  
|
10245  
|
60  
|
7  
|
7  
|
3  
10  
|
C&A
|
42  
|
48  
|
55  
|
+13
|
527  
|
1900  
|
0  
|
15  
|
3  
|
1  
2  
|
LV
|
41  
|
33  
|
26  
|
-15
|
245  
|
622  
|
28  
|
1  
|
1  
|
2  
3  
9  
|
PENN
|
51  
|
42  
|
34  
|
-17
|
1653  
|
9237  
|
42  
|
9  
|
9  
|
1  
3  
10  
11  
|
B&O
|
16  
|
17  
|
18  
|
+2
|
3291  
|
15556  
|
249  
|
11  
|
11  
|
5  
7  
|
C&O
|
34  
|
31  
|
28  
|
-6
|
1351  
|
4812  
|
178  
|
11  
|
11  
|
7  
|
RF&P
|
22  
|
22  
|
22  
|
+0
|
873  
|
3203  
|
77  
|
3  
|
3  
|
2  
4  
11  
|
N&W
|
35  
|
38  
|
42  
|
+7
|
2708  
|
13425  
|
60  
|
3  
|
3  
|
2  
|
SCL
|
98  
|
82  
|
61  
|
-37
|
2017  
|
10452  
|
143  
|
10  
|
10  
|
7  
9  
|
S&G
|
38  
|
35  
|
33  
|
-5
|
238  
|
1389  
|
21  
|
5  
|
5  
|
2  
3  
|
P&LE
|
20  
|
22  
|
24  
|
+4
|
381  
|
1565  
|
0  
|
|
4  
|
7  
10  
|
G&C
|
80  
|
60  
|
41  
|
-39
|
3483  
|
9456  
|
301  
|
2  
|
2  
|
3  
9  
|
TP&W
|
81  
|
52  
|
24  
|
-57
|
1696  
|
3662  
|
178  
|
2  
|
2  
|
1  
9  
|
GM&O
|
40  
|
34  
|
28  
|
-12
|
1395  
|
6063  
|
132  
|
4  
|
4  
|
1  
|
NO&J
|
36  
|
48  
|
61  
|
+25
|
801  
|
2439  
|
96  
|
10  
|
10  
|
4  
9  
|
SM
|
31  
|
45  
|
60  
|
+29
|
82  
|
652  
|
48  
|
1  
|
1  
|
|
MS
|
0  
|
0  
|
10  
|
+10
|
0  
|
918  
|
102  
|
|
10  
|
|
C&EI
|
27  
|
35  
|
44  
|
+17
|
240  
|
851  
|
69  
|
9  
|
11  
|
3  
|
C&NW
|
17  
|
21  
|
26  
|
+9
|
232  
|
600  
|
0  
|
7  
|
7  
|
|
CRIP
|
35  
|
70  
|
35  
|
+70
|
197  
|
5058  
|
312  
|
|
1  
|
|
CNS
|
0  
|
0  
|
10  
|
+10
|
0  
|
383  
|
42  
|
|
4  
|
|
MP
|
17  
|
20  
|
24  
|
+7
|
491  
|
1415  
|
0  
|
|
3  
|
2  
|
CP
|
0  
|
0  
|
10  
|
+10
|
0  
|
693  
|
77  
|
|
1  
|
|
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CF
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Price
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CF
|
Price
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CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CASL
|
925  
|
M&LR
|
660  
|
V&T
|
865  
|
L&A
|
450  
|
UP
|
525  
|
MKT
|
1630  
|
SLSW
|
775  
|
GW
|
700  
|
SP
|
450  
|
GN
|
1475  
|
NP
|
1405  
|
SP&P
|
1430  
|
KC&D
|
330  
|
KP
|
890  
|
ATSF
|
915  
|
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