Continental Rails II - Club DE

Game # 13 - 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: Maggy bought DRGW for $35555, J. Pierpont Morgan bought A&P for $46852.

PCs Merged: CW merges into CP.

PCs Incorporated: SA&H.

New Engines Acquired: P&LE bought Pacific 4-6-2, IC bought Consolidation 2-8-0, CASL bought Pacific 4-6-2, M&LR bought Pacific 4-6-2, L&A bought Pacific 4-6-2, T&P bought Pacific 4-6-2.

New Technologies Acquired: B&H bought automatic couplers, C&EI bought automatic couplers, CASL bought automatic couplers, L&A bought Pullman sleepers, WP bought Pullman sleepers, MKT bought Pullman sleepers, SL bought Pullman sleepers, T&P bought Grand Station.

RoWs built: TN15 by COG, TN9 by MC, WI2 by CNS, WA2 by M&SP, MT5 by MP, NM1 by V&T, CA7 by CP, WA1 by GN, AZ2 by ATSF, LA6 by T&P, TX5 by CT.

SCL doubled AL7, COG doubled GA4, CP doubled CO9, WP doubled UP, KP doubled KS3, ATSF doubled AZ1, T&P doubled LA4.

New RoWs acquired: COG got IL9, MC got TN11, T&P got AR3, MP got MT10, V&T got NM2, ATSF got AZ3, CP got CA5, B&H got C1, M&SP got C10.

RR Mergers: L&A merges into T&P, CP merges into KP.

Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost N&W $3609.

Bankrupt RRs: N&W.

Stock splits: SCL splits 3 for 1, P&LE splits 3 for 1, GN splits 3 for 1.

Cornered stocks: C&A, SCL, P&LE, SM, SLSW, GW, GN.

New railroad Presidents: Gyro Gearloose of P&LE, Sun-E Storm of M&LR, J. Pierpont Morgan of SLSW.

New Private Companies Available: DP, M&W.

Cornelius Vanderbilt has a Transcontinental system.

Maggy has a Transcontinental system.

Cornelius Vanderbilt dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $237000. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Maggy, Darkwing, Thomas Scott, Sun-E Storm, Salvator, Louis McLane, Gyro Gearloose

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Improved.
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

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Louis McLane (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Maggy (8) MaldoNash (11) Darkwing (9)
Rail Mogul MaldoNash (11) Maggy (8) Thomas Scott (7) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Darkwing (9)
Rail Builder Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Maggy (8) Louis McLane (10) Thomas Scott (7) Darkwing (9)
Rail Magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Thomas Scott (7) Maggy (8) Darkwing (9) Louis McLane (10)
Rail Prodigal Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) MaldoNash (11) Maggy (8) Thomas Scott (7) Darkwing (9)
Rail Baron Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Maggy (8) Thomas Scott (7) Louis McLane (10) Darkwing (9)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt SM GN .... ....
9 Darkwing B&H MC .... ....
7 Thomas Scott ATSF SCL .... ....
6 Gyro Gearloose KP P&LE C&S ....
8 Maggy COG WP DRGW ....
2 Salvator MP C&A .... ....
10 Louis McLane .... M&SP .... ....
11 MaldoNash .... NO&J .... ....
1 Sun-E Storm V&T M&LR .... ....
4 J. Pierpont Morgan SLSW T&P A&P ....
12 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
5 Derpendja von Rense .... .... .... NYNH
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
B&H Boston & Hartford 391   54410   32102   95   141148   42002   1   1   1392   3  
C&A Camden & Amboy 2285   384374   238312   89   645324   418747   5   4   0   1  
N&W Norfolk & Western 401   50279   37207   83   136758   10836   1   0   0   5  
SCL Sea Coast Line 2925   606513   315386   99   906262   518909   12   16   0   1  
COG Central of Georgia 1833   345357   179585   99   563111   81601   13   9   0   412  
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 1153   190971   101214   98   371684   72855   10   1   0   1  
MRLE Mad River & Lake Erie 3240   507232   294193   93   989994   498782   5   0   0   3  
MC Michigan Central 3347   665719   392773   92   1080009   519276   2   1   282   309  
NO&J New Orleans & Jackson 2911   523276   298267   94   908509   513658   5   0   0   29  
SM Southern Mississippi 2954   563905   293229   99   873638   337471   12   8   0   63  
C&EI Chicago & Eastern Illinois 410   58090   31949   99   126736   38556   7   0   0   0  
IC Illinois Central 305   44608   28103   91   95453   32366   4   0   0   0  
CASL Chicago, Alton & St. Louis 588   83327   47497   94   155802   71347   6   1   0   0  
FEC Florida East Coast 299   24502   15436   91   66186   1346   3   0   0   0  
CNS Chicago North Shore 973   152201   83710   99   229235   111096   8   0   0   301  
M&SP Milwaukee & St. Paul 2527   337021   181991   97   639724   403289   0   2   0   356  
MP Missouri Pacific 1935   228563   118852   99   491930   316243   4   4   0   0  
M&LR Memphis & Little Rock 1039   110474   66284   94   213767   133860   2   0   0   376  
V&T Vicksburg & Texas 2831   355866   185050   99   684642   189230   6   4   0   399  
WP Western Pacific 3408   487282   297242   90   890289   548032   1   1   0   635  
MKT Missouri, Kansas & Texas 647   75428   43749   96   175545   43588   1   0   0   112  
SLSF St Louis & San Francisco 239   25609   16134   91   76684   34624   0   0   0   0  
SLSW St Louis & Southwestern 418   47938   30201   91   123185   39293   2   0   0   44  
GW Great Western 140   19741   12437   91   51937   17148   3   2   0   0  
GN Great Northern 2902   396798   206336   99   716192   391334   3   5   0   615  
KP Kansas Pacific 2888   372527   197439   98   633219   448610   0   1   1580   1719  
ATSF Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 1879   207451   120323   93   366293   266001   2   4   2390   1822  
SV Sacramento Valley 150   19987   12392   92   30262   15766   5   0   0   0  
SL Soo Line 150   16317   10280   91   26441   15740   3   0   0   0  
T&P Texas & Pacific 1590   198421   111116   95   358799   216506   5   3   0   0  
CT Central Texas 396   36728   20935   97   76845   50659   3   0   0   0  
TR Texas Road 84   12320   7515   93   17641   10715   6   0   0   0  
H&S Houston & Shreveport 232   24659   15782   90   46828   28717   2   4   0   0  
FW&D Ft Worth & Denver 195   19595   13325   86   38934   22500   1   3   0   0  
SA&H San Antonio & Houston 219   22971   15391   87   47579   31721   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 & Hartford (B&H ):   B&H B&M ME1
Unbuilt:: C1 [Regions: A]
Camden & Amboy (C&A ):   C&A  (Double) CNJ  (Double) PA9 READ  (Double) PA1  (Double) PA10 PA8  (Double)
RF&P  (Double) C&O MD1  (Double) PA4  (Double) VA2  (Double) SC5
BRL TN2 VA4 VA5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADL]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W N&S VA3
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):   SCL  (Double) S&G  (Double) S&A  (Double) GA1  (Double) NER  (Double) GA8  (Double)
W&M AL3  (Double) W&W TN12 KY13 IL3 O&M  (Double) IL1  (Double)
A&T  (Double) N&C  (Double) AL5  (Double) AL7  (Double) IL8  (Double)
MS1  (Double)
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOCMG]
Central of Georgia (COG ):   COG  (Double) GA2  (Double) A&C  (Double) GA4  (Double) TN5  (Double) KY7
IN6 A&WP  (Double) AL6 FL6 KY8 MON KY9 TN15
Unbuilt:: IL9 [Regions: ADOCMG]
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE):   P&LE  (Double) LS  (Double) OH3 TP&W PA7  (Double) IN2  (Double) MD2
IN8 IL4
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AOLM]
Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE):   MRLE  (Double) GTW PA11  (Double) OH1 OH5 FW&C  (Double) MS  (Double)
WV3 KY1 R&D  (Double) VC VA7 WV4 IN4  (Double) KY2
NY2 C&H G&C SC1 SC2 NC1 VA1 NY1 SC3
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AOLC]
Michigan Central (MC ):   MC MN  (Double) MI6 NYC B&A  (Double) HRL  (Double) GT  (Double)
ERIE  (Double) NY3 C4  (Double) C5  (Double) C3  (Double) OH6
OH8 MI5  (Double) KY3 KY4 TN3 GM&O AL4 AL2 TN6
TN4 TN9
Unbuilt:: TN11 [Regions: ADOLCGN]
New Orleans & Jackson (NO&J):   NO&J  (Double) MS6 TN10  (Double) TN8 TN7 MS5 PENN  (Double) LV  (Double)
PA5 PA6 P&FW OH4 IN3 C&C  (Double) IN9 IL6 KY11
KY10 PA3 KY14 WV2 IL2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AOCMG]
Southern Mississippi (SM ):   SM  (Double) MS4 MS3 MS2  (Double) B&O WV1 M&C PA2  (Double)
A&GW  (Double) OH7  (Double) WBSH  (Double) IN1  (Double) IN10  (Double)
L&N  (Double) KY12 TN13 IL7  (Double) OH2 MI1 KY5 MS7  (Double)
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AOLCMG]
Chicago & Eastern Illinois (C&EI):   C&EI IN7 IN5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: OC]
Illinois Central (IC ):   IC IL5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CM]
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL):   CASL SL&A MO1 MO9
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CMW]
Florida East Coast (FEC ):   FEC
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ]
Chicago North Shore (CNS ):   CNS  (Double) WI5 WI6  (Double) C6 MN1 WI2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CWN]
Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP):   M&SP  (Double) SP&P NP ND1 WI1  (Double) ND2 MT6 MT7 ID5
WA2
Unbuilt:: C10 [Regions: CWTP]
Missouri Pacific (MP ):   MP  (Double) KC&D  (Double) KS4 CO5 CO8 WY2 WY3 MT4 MT5
Unbuilt:: MT10 [Regions: MWT]
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR):   M&LR  (Double) AR4 OK2 OK1 MO5 TX4
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MS]
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T ):   V&T  (Double) TX2 AR8 OK3 TX3 CB&Q IA1 MO8 MO6 OK6
OK5 M1 NM1
Unbuilt:: NM2 [Regions: CMWSX]
Western Pacific (WP ):   WP  (Double) SP NV1 UT7 UT5 CA4 UP  (Double) NE1 CO7
WY1 UT2 CA3 CRIP IA7 IA6 IA3 MO2 M4
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CMWTPX]
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT ):   MKT KCS MO7
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MW]
St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF):   SLSF
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW):   SLSW AR1 AR2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
Great Western (GW ):   GW
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: G]
Great Northern (GN ):   GN ND5 SP&D  (Double) MT1 MN3  (Double) MT2 MT3 C&NW  (Double)
WI4 MN2 C7 ID3 WA1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CWTPN]
Kansas Pacific (KP ):   KP  (Double) MO3  (Double) KS3  (Double) CO2 CP  (Double) NV2 UT8
UT6 UT1 CO9  (Double) UT9 CW CA7
Unbuilt:: CA5 [Regions: MWTP]
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF):   ATSF  (Double) KCN  (Double) OK8 NM5 LP&W  (Double) NM3 AZ1  (Double)
AZ2
Unbuilt:: AZ3 [Regions: WT]
Sacramento Valley (SV ):   SV
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: P]
Soo Line (SL ):   SL
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: N]
Texas & Pacific (T&P ):   T&P  (Double) LR&S  (Double) TX12 LA4  (Double) LA6 L&A  (Double) LA2
TX1 LA1
Unbuilt:: AR3 [Regions: GS]
Central Texas (CT ):   CT TX5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: S]
Texas Road (TR ):   TR
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: S]
Houston & Shreveport (H&S ):   H&S
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: S]
Ft Worth & Denver (FW&D):   FW&D
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: S]
San Antonio & Houston (SA&H):   SA&H
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: S]

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&H 36   30   24   -12  1028   5780   0   9   5   1     3     8    
C&A 34   51   68   +34  1080   11425   0   2   2   3     6     7     8     11    
N&W 22   22   22   +0  367   2005   0     11   7     8     9    
SCL 64   92   40   +56  2161   43980   0   7   7   8     11    
COG 82   74   66   -16  747   9110   55   8   8   3    
P&LE 72   97   40   +48  655   17274   21   6   6   3     8     9     11    
MRLE 14   19   25   +11  8069   17586   0     7   11    
MC 7   11   15   +8  24523   54828   80   9   9   11    
NO&J 34   43   52   +18  8563   21992   0   11   11   3     8    
SM 44   44   44   +0  877   14810   0   3   3   2     6     8     9    
C&EI 23   23   24   +1  324   2034   16     11   1     7     8    
IC 30   37   44   +14  341   1525   0     4   6     8     9     11    
CASL 19   20   21   +2  1067   2891   49     8  
FEC 19   22   26   +7  651   1495   0     11   8    
CNS 54   64   74   +20  1243   4820   45     11   7     8    
M&SP 26   32   39   +13  22579   82396   154   10   10  
MP 37   45   54   +17  1868   9616   59   2   2   3     8     9     11    
M&LR 29   28   27   -2  1162   5770   85   1   11   7     8    
V&T 43   52   62   +19  2383   15629   126   1   6   8     9    
WP 45   39   34   -11  9592   38855   0   8   8  
MKT 10   11   13   +3  3652   12737   203     8   1     7    
SLSF 52   55   58   +6  105   1195   0     1   4     7     8     9    
SLSW 68   83   99   +31  255   2058   32   4   4   1     7     11    
GW 26   26   27   +1  53   700   0     1   4     7     10     11    
GN 71   116   54   +91  7008   90768   462   3   3   2     6     9    
KP 65   44   4   -61  2769   147532   128   6   6   11    
ATSF 92   77   62   -30  3526   12568   1392   7   7  
SV 18   19   20   +2  205   707   43     7   11    
SL 15   18   21   +6  283   717   33     11   9    
T&P 49   57   63   +14  1668   7844   106   4   4   1    
CT 22   26   31   +9  264   1867   113     11   9    
TR 18   19   21   +3  116   388   32     9   11    
H&S 14   16   19   +5  477   1073   87     11   1    
FW&D 14   17   21   +7  381   902   73     11   1     4    
SA&H 0   0   15   +15  0   986   109     7  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
DP 530   M&W 985  

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