Continental Rails II - Club DE

Game # 13 - Turn # 22

Headline News 1883 to 1884

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1883: Rockefeller establishes Standard Oil Trust.
1884: Missouri Governor offers $10,000 reward for capture of Jesse James.

Railroad News

PCs Incorporated: A&P, DP.

New Engines Acquired: B&H bought Pacific 4-6-2, GW bought Consolidation 2-8-0.

New Technologies Acquired: C&A bought automatic brakes, COG bought automatic brakes, P&LE bought automatic brakes, MRLE bought automatic brakes, MC bought automatic brakes, SM bought automatic brakes, C&EI bought automatic brakes, IC bought block signal system, CASL bought automatic brakes, CNS bought automatic brakes, MP bought automatic brakes, WP bought automatic brakes, MKT bought automatic brakes, SLSW bought Pullman sleepers, GN bought automatic brakes, KP bought automatic brakes, ATSF bought automatic brakes, SV bought automatic brakes, SL bought automatic brakes, T&P bought automatic brakes, CT bought automatic brakes, TR bought automatic brakes, H&S bought automatic brakes, FW&D bought automatic brakes, SA&H bought automatic brakes, C&S bought automatic brakes, DRGW bought automatic brakes.

RoWs built: FL5 by COG, MI2 by P&LE, WA3 by M&SP, ID4 by MP, AR7 by SLSW, CA1 by ATSF, TX11 by T&P.

P&LE doubled OH3, MKT doubled KCS, KP doubled CO2, ATSF doubled NM3.

New RoWs acquired: SL got WI8, CNS got MN5, T&P got TX9, ATSF got CA2, MP got C9.

RR Mergers: MKT merges into ATSF, SLSW merges into T&P, FW&D merges into V&T.

Inadequate brakes on B&H locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $7476.

Inadequate brakes on N&W locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $5213.

Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost SLSF $1912.

Insolvent RRs: SLSF.

Loan Recalls: Thomas Scott.

Stock splits: GN splits 4 for 1.

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

New railroad Presidents: Thomas Scott of SCL, MaldoNash of MRLE, MaldoNash of CASL, Sun-E Storm of SV, J. Pierpont Morgan of A&P.

Cornelius Vanderbilt has a Transcontinental system.

Gyro Gearloose has a Transcontinental system.

Maggy has a Transcontinental system.

Darkwing dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $333333. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Gyro Gearloose, Thomas Scott, Salvator, MaldoNash, Sun-E Storm, Cornelius Vanderbilt

Invention of refrigerated freight cars permits shipment of perishable cargos long distances.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Normal to 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, automatic brakes, refrigerated cars

FINAL VICTORY POINTS

Robber Baron Rail Mogul Rail Builder Rail Magnate Rail Prodigal Rail Baron
67 Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) 303 MaldoNash (11) 51 Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) 167 Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) 116 Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) 467 Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
66 Louis McLane (10) 280 Maggy (8) 50 Maggy (8) 142 Maggy (8) 96 MaldoNash (11) 436 Maggy (8)
55 Maggy (8) 245 Thomas Scott (7) 47 Louis McLane (10) 120 Thomas Scott (7) 92 Maggy (8) 368 Thomas Scott (7)
50 Darkwing (9) 205 Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) 43 Thomas Scott (7) 119 Darkwing (9) 81 Thomas Scott (7) 342 Darkwing (9)
45 MaldoNash (11) 190 Darkwing (9) 34 Darkwing (9) 111 Louis McLane (10) 81 Darkwing (9) 340 Louis McLane (10)
43 Thomas Scott (7) 155 Gyro Gearloose (6) 18 Gyro Gearloose (6) 70 J. Pierpont Morgan (4) 48 Sun-E Storm (1) 298 MaldoNash (11)
33 Gyro Gearloose (6) 149 Louis McLane (10) 14 Sun-E Storm (1) 62 Gyro Gearloose (6) 41 Louis McLane (10) 187 Gyro Gearloose (6)
29 Sun-E Storm (1) 137 Sun-E Storm (1) 11 J. Pierpont Morgan (4) 57 MaldoNash (11) 25 Salvator (2) 181 Sun-E Storm (1)
26 Salvator (2) 122 Salvator (2) 8 Salvator (2) 46 Salvator (2) 18 Gyro Gearloose (6) 141 Salvator (2)
21 J. Pierpont Morgan (4) 108 J. Pierpont Morgan (4) 8 MaldoNash (11) 43 Sun-E Storm (1) 2 J. Pierpont Morgan (4) 129 J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
21 Derpendja von Rense (5) 20 Derpendja von Rense (5) 0 Derpendja von Rense (5) 6 Derpendja von Rense (5) 0 Derpendja von Rense (5) 40 Derpendja von Rense (5)
21 William Palmer (12) 0 William Palmer (12) 0 William Palmer (12) 0 William Palmer (12) 0 William Palmer (12) 31 William Palmer (12)
21 William Ogden (13) 0 William Ogden (13) 0 William Ogden (13) 0 William Ogden (13) 0 William Ogden (13) 31 William Ogden (13)
21 Dan Drew (14) 0 Dan Drew (14) 0 Dan Drew (14) 0 Dan Drew (14) 0 Dan Drew (14) 31 Dan Drew (14)
21 Cyrus Holliday (15) 0 Cyrus Holliday (15) 0 Cyrus Holliday (15) 0 Cyrus Holliday (15) 0 Cyrus Holliday (15) 31 Cyrus Holliday (15)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt SM GN .... ....
9 Darkwing SL MC .... ....
6 Gyro Gearloose KP P&LE .... ....
2 Salvator MP C&A .... ....
11 MaldoNash MRLE CASL .... ....
8 Maggy COG WP .... ....
10 Louis McLane .... M&SP .... ....
7 Thomas Scott ATSF SCL .... ....
4 J. Pierpont Morgan A&P T&P .... M&W
1 Sun-E Storm V&T SV .... ....
12 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
5 Derpendja von Rense .... .... .... NYNH
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
B&H Boston & Hartford 623   75840   41712   99   197166   68518   2   0   0   383  
C&A Camden & Amboy 2285   370791   241016   86   664518   426973   3   4   0   1  
N&W Norfolk & Western 401   47826   35391   83   113291   1540   2   0   0   1  
SCL Sea Coast Line 2925   585706   304566   99   948616   528192   3   0   0   1  
COG Central of Georgia 2267   401976   213047   98   684635   159596   11   16   0   124  
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 1211   204405   106291   99   406367   92724   3   4   0   0  
MRLE Mad River & Lake Erie 3240   490570   294340   91   1039177   408631   4   1   0   1  
MC Michigan Central 3441   686756   425789   89   1157412   559795   2   3   0   146  
NO&J New Orleans & Jackson 2911   501424   260741   99   960907   536946   5   5   0   7  
SM Southern Mississippi 2954   547049   289935   98   914403   355786   10   16   0   17  
C&EI Chicago & Eastern Illinois 410   55354   30445   99   131828   24795   6   1   0   0  
IC Illinois Central 305   43150   25027   96   99662   24936   6   0   0   0  
CASL Chicago, Alton & St. Louis 588   80196   44911   95   163529   56958   6   1   0   0  
FEC Florida East Coast 299   22946   14227   92   68688   1148   2   0   0   0  
CNS Chicago North Shore 973   145592   80075   99   243343   76416   8   15   0   83  
M&SP Milwaukee & St. Paul 2826   378924   197040   99   755891   433114   1   0   0   89  
MP Missouri Pacific 2192   248203   129065   99   582693   369866   3   4   0   0  
V&T Vicksburg & Texas 4282   545444   425446   73   1131238   279444   0   2   0   209  
WP Western Pacific 3408   475011   304006   87   918916   560301   1   1   0   192  
SLSF St Louis & San Francisco 239   24856   15659   91   80647   35065   0   0   0   0  
GW Great Western 140   18528   11302   93   54353   14547   3   0   0   0  
GN Great Northern 2902   383818   199587   99   756240   409326   0   1   0   166  
KP Kansas Pacific 3204   400984   228561   94   767417   525893   0   0   604   817  
ATSF Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 2786   322744   174281   97   689067   386651   2   9   0   2468  
SV Sacramento Valley 150   19620   11183   97   33055   10621   7   1   0   0  
SL Soo Line 150   15442   10192   88   27701   15081   2   7   0   0  
T&P Texas & Pacific 2739   326455   173020   98   674527   374094   4   6   0   12  
CT Central Texas 396   37481   22114   95   81494   33115   3   1   0   0  
TR Texas Road 84   12006   7084   95   18743   6796   7   3   0   0  
H&S Houston & Shreveport 232   23937   14841   92   50670   24801   2   0   0   0  
SA&H San Antonio & Houston 219   23301   13515   96   52419   24644   3   1   0   0  
C&S Colorado & Southern 116   14671   9096   92   27860   15408   3   1   0   0  
DRGW Denver & Rio Grande Western 116   14369   8765   93   27702   15175   3   5   0   0  
DP Denver Pacific 106   13441   9005   87   21923   15877   2   0   0   0  
A&P Atlantic & Pacific 116   10992   6925   91   21923   15877   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 C1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AN]
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  (Double) 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  (Double) KY9 TN15
IL9 FL5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOCMG]
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE):   P&LE  (Double) LS  (Double) OH3  (Double) TP&W  (Double) PA7  (Double) IN2  (Double)
MD2 IN8 IL4 MI2
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 TN11
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOLCMGN]
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:: MN5 [Regions: CWN]
Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP):   M&SP  (Double) SP&P NP ND1 WI1  (Double) ND2 MT6 MT7 ID5
WA2 C10 WA3
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CWTPN]
Missouri Pacific (MP ):   MP  (Double) KC&D  (Double) KS4 CO5 CO8 WY2 WY3 MT4 MT5
MT10 ID4
Unbuilt:: C9 [Regions: MWT]
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T ):   V&T  (Double) TX2 AR8 OK3 TX3 CB&Q IA1 MO8 MO6 OK6
OK5 M1 NM1 NM2 M&LR  (Double) AR4 OK2 OK1 MO5
TX4 FW&D
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CMWSTX]
Western Pacific (WP ):   WP  (Double) SP  (Double) NV1 UT7 UT5 CA4 UP  (Double) NE1
CO7 WY1 UT2 CA3 CRIP IA7 IA6 IA3 MO2 M4
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CMWTPX]
St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF):   SLSF
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  (Double) CP  (Double) NV2
UT8 UT6 UT1 CO9  (Double) UT9 CW  (Double) CA7 CA5
Unbuilt:: OR8 [Regions: MWTP]
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF):   ATSF  (Double) KCN  (Double) OK8 NM5 LP&W  (Double) NM3  (Double) AZ1  (Double)
AZ2  (Double) AZ3 CA1 MKT KCS  (Double)
Unbuilt:: CA2 [Regions: MWT]
Sacramento Valley (SV ):   SV
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: P]
Soo Line (SL ):   SL
Unbuilt:: WI8 [Regions: N]
Texas & Pacific (T&P ):   T&P  (Double) LR&S  (Double) TX12 LA4  (Double) LA6 L&A  (Double) LA2
TX1  (Double) LA1 AR3 TX11 SLSW AR1 AR2 AR7
Unbuilt:: TX9 [Regions: MGS]
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]
San Antonio & Houston (SA&H):   SA&H
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: S]
Colorado & Southern (C&S ):   C&S
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: T]
Denver & Rio Grande Western (DRGW):   DRGW
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: T]
Denver Pacific (DP ):   DP
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: T]
Atlantic & Pacific (A&P ):   A&P
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: T]

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 47   43   39   -8  777   6853   87     5   1     3     8     9    
C&A 50   37   25   -25  1627   11425   0   2   2   3     6     7     8     11    
N&W 25   28   31   +6  937   2005   0     11  
SCL 9   11   14   +5  11861   43980   0   7   7   11    
COG 39   58   77   +38  2251   11118   217   8   8   3    
P&LE 34   39   45   +11  1220   17556   29   6   6   3     9     11    
MRLE 45   39   34   -11  3255   17586   0   11   3   6     7    
MC 36   48   61   +25  7907   55378   0   9   9   3     6     7     11    
NO&J 46   44   42   -4  4989   21992   0     11   3     8    
SM 41   43   45   +4  1131   14810   0   3   3   2     6     8     9    
C&EI 23   29   36   +13  413   2041   9     11   1     7     8    
IC 23   31   39   +16  244   1525   0     4   6     8     9     11    
CASL 32   38   44   +12  858   2912   28   11   8   3     7    
FEC 24   28   32   +8  573   1495   0     7   8     11    
CNS 52   51   51   -1  1052   4865   0     11   7     8    
M&SP 57   48   40   -17  19272   83915   130   10   10  
MP 39   49   60   +21  1785   10926   34   2   2   3     6     8     9     11    
V&T 45   36   28   -17  5420   23670   0   1   1   6     8    
WP 23   23   24   +1  10969   38855   0   8   8  
SLSF 55   39   23   -32  326   2390   0     1   4     7     8     9     11    
GW 26   26   26   +0  53   700   0     1   4     7     10     11    
GN 92   146   50   +108  11177   364920   0   3   3   2     6     9    
KP 9   12   16   +7  44876   149240   0   6   6   3     11    
ATSF 48   46   34   -14  4059   29193   122   7   7  
SV 27   35   44   +17  222   725   25   1   1   7     11    
SL 31   42   53   +22  190   750   0   9   9   10     11    
T&P 86   82   76   -10  2220   15515   270   4   4   1     11    
CT 38   43   49   +11  470   1916   64     4   9     11    
TR 28   28   29   +1  100   402   18     9   3     11    
H&S 30   30   31   +1  230   1094   66     11   1     9    
SA&H 30   44   59   +29  286   1033   62     7   1     4     11    
C&S 15   19   23   +8  235   536   44     6   1     11    
DRGW 15   19   23   +8  245   536   44     8  
DP 0   0   14   +14  0   477   53     6  
A&P 0   0   14   +14  0   522   58   4   4  

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