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:
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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):
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Robber Baron
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Thomas Scott (7)
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J. Edgar Thompson (3)
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Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo (9)
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Sleeping Dog (2)
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Bill Bouquett (10)
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Rail Mogul
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J. Edgar Thompson (3)
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Sleeping Dog (2)
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Jim Fisk (1)
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Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo (9)
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Thomas Scott (7)
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Rail Builder
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J. Edgar Thompson (3)
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Bill Bouquett (10)
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J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
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Sleeping Dog (2)
|
Thomas Scott (7)
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Rail Magnate
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
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J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
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Thomas Scott (7)
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Bill Bouquett (10)
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Sleeping Dog (2)
|
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Rail Prodigal
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Jim Fisk (1)
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J. Edgar Thompson (3)
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Thomas Scott (7)
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Sleeping Dog (2)
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J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
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Rail Baron
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
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Thomas Scott (7)
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J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
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Sleeping Dog (2)
|
Bill Bouquett (10)
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Player Summary
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|
|
President of
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PCs owned
|
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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 |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
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Railroad Summary
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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)
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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
|
|
Private Companies Available for Purchase
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
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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