Continental Rails II - Club DE

Game # 14 - Turn # 19

Headline News 1877 to 1878

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1877: Bell's new telephone invention is the hit of the Philadelphia Exposition.
1878: Mark Twain publishes new novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Salvator bought CT for $10001, Darkwing bought TR for $3333, Salvator bought SA&H for $10001.

PCs Incorporated: SLSW, GW, LR&S, SL, H&S.

New Engines Acquired: GT bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, ERIE bought Atlantic 4-4-2, C&A bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, PENN bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, B&O bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, C&O bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, N&W bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, S&A bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, WBSH bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, MC bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SM bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, C&C bought Atlantic 4-4-2, C&NW bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CRIP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CB&Q bought Prairie 2-6-2, FEC bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, M&SP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, V&T bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, L&A bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, WP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, UP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SL&A bought Prairie 2-6-2, KC&D bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, KCS bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SV bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, T&P bought Chesapeake 4-6-0.

New Technologies Acquired: NYC bought automatic couplers, N&W bought automatic couplers, MC bought steel rails, KC&D bought automatic couplers.

RoWs built: KY14 by GM&O, ND3 by C&NW, ID5 by M&SP, TX8 by V&T, LA5 by L&A, ID1 by UP.

RoWs abandoned: CO1 was abandoned by CRIP, CO3 was abandoned by WP.

NYC doubled PA11, N&W doubled IL2, M&SP doubled SP&P, UP doubled CA7.

New RoWs acquired: NYC got OH8, N&W got TN9, C&NW got ND4, CRIP got OK7, V&T got TX11, UP got CA4, SV got CA10, M&SP got WA1.

RR Mergers: WP merges into CRIP.

New railroad Presidents: Salvator of C&A.

New Private Companies Available: C&S, DRGW, DP.

Gyro Gearloose has a Transcontinental system.

B dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $55500. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Darkwing, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Salvator

Pullman's sleeping car design favored by for long distance travel, improves revenues.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Great.
Best locomotive available: Consolidation 2-8-0
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 Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) B (10) Gyro Gearloose (12) Darkwing (5) Vanderbilt (9)
Rail Mogul B (10) Darkwing (5) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Gyro Gearloose (12) Salvator (2)
Rail Builder Darkwing (5) B (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Gyro Gearloose (12) Salvator (2)
Rail Magnate B (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Salvator (2) Darkwing (5) Gyro Gearloose (12)
Rail Prodigal B (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Darkwing (5) Gyro Gearloose (12) Salvator (2)
Rail Baron B (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Darkwing (5) Gyro Gearloose (12) Salvator (2)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt C&O C&NW .... ....
12 Gyro Gearloose N&W UP .... ....
10 B NYC M&SP CASL ....
5 Darkwing V&T SV .... TR
2 Salvator C&A CRIP CT SA&H
1 Sun-E Storm S&A SM .... M&LR
7 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
8 McPenguin .... .... .... ....
13 Heckenspecht .... CB&Q MKT ....
15 Calypso .... .... .... ....
11 Salvatore Petrillo .... .... .... ....
6 Mr. Winterbottom .... .... .... ....
14 Louis McLane .... .... .... ....
4 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
9 Vanderbilt .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 329   45185   24852   99   62647   941   10   3   0   0  
NYC New York Central 1622   281095   179900   87   617572   126777   6   8   816   3  
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 1064   140869   85930   90   348016   110977   4   0   0   0  
C&A Camden & Amboy 2645   628131   326628   99   811290   366371   16   7   0   6  
PENN Pennsylvania 1035   197306   108517   99   273803   3498   14   1   0   0  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 2645   502843   261480   99   727388   64979   14   6   0   2  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 2898   608130   316229   99   939667   411406   13   9   0   5  
N&W Norfolk & Western 2597   465485   242052   99   835851   239881   11   4   0   3  
S&A Savannah & Augusta 1254   192213   99950   99   380654   4239   11   2   0   0  
WBSH Wabash Line 114   20329   11791   96   24458   12952   11   1   0   0  
MC Michigan Central 152   25268   15919   91   35182   553   9   1   0   0  
GM&O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 2947   625656   350366   95   795547   480746   12   0   0   27  
SM Southern Mississippi 227   38061   21694   97   54544   3223   11   3   0   0  
C&C Cincinnati & Chicago 304   46408   29237   91   75001   31423   6   0   0   0  
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 875   106465   61750   96   235817   103266   4   4   3122   776  
CRIP Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 3300   526828   305562   93   713319   506003   6   9   0   1137  
CB&Q Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 360   46224   27735   94   98110   14741   6   0   0   0  
FEC Florida East Coast 299   28176   18878   87   64158   36287   1   2   0   0  
M&SP Milwaukee & St. Paul 2702   360418   191023   98   578516   396400   1   0   0   940  
V&T Vicksburg & Texas 1706   197463   102680   99   430850   277015   5   9   1926   630  
L&A Louisiana & Arkansas 1096   151708   84956   98   260127   149756   7   3   0   381  
UP Union Pacific 2808   407923   212120   99   602182   435854   8   7   0   1412  
SL&A St Louis & Alton 99   19722   12228   92   36149   13575   8   0   0   0  
SLSF St Louis & San Francisco 239   29836   17902   94   45410   25632   6   0   0   0  
SLSW St Louis & Southwestern 155   21591   14250   88   44159   24841   3   0   0   0  
GW Great Western 140   21203   14842   84   40559   22816   2   0   0   0  
KC&D Kansas City & Denver 66   12277   6875   98   23304   7416   10   1   0   0  
KCS Kansas City Southern 98   14738   8106   99   15265   6039   11   4   0   0  
SV Sacramento Valley 269   34727   19099   99   45122   24723   7   4   1410   144  
SL Soo Line 150   18095   12305   86   40319   22681   1   0   0   0  
T&P Texas & Pacific 224   26709   15491   96   35027   21257   6   0   0   0  
LR&S Little Rock & Shreveport 210   20653   12805   92   53519   30106   2   0   0   0  
H&S Houston & Shreveport 232   26141   16992   89   61679   34696   2   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)
Grand Trunk (GT ):   GT C2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AN]
New York Central (NYC ):   NYC  (Double) NY3  (Double) PA11  (Double) OH3 TP&W OH5 MI6 B&A
B&M MI5 ME1
Unbuilt:: OH8 [Regions: ALC]
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):   ERIE NY2 LS GTW PA8 NY1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AL]
Camden & Amboy (C&A ):   C&A  (Double) NYNH  (Double) PA1  (Double) B&H  (Double) MD1 HRL  (Double)
C3 MD2 PA7 VA7 MRLE  (Double) P&LE  (Double) OH2 PA4
MI1 MS  (Double) FW&C  (Double) OH6 IN3 IN8 IL3 IL6
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AOLCMN]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN LV  (Double) PA9 CNJ PA10 C4 C5 MN
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ALN]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O WV1 PA2  (Double) OH1 OH4 IN1  (Double) IN2 IN6  (Double)
IN10 COG BRL A&WP  (Double) A&C AL6 N&C AL7 L&N  (Double)
GA2 AL8 MS4
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOCG]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):   C&O VA4 VA5 KY1 IN5  (Double) MON  (Double) IN7 SCL  (Double)
NER  (Double) GA4  (Double) C&H  (Double) FL4 FL5 FL6 W&W
W&M VA1  (Double) G&C VA3  (Double) AL5 IL5  (Double)
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOCMG]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W  (Double) R&D  (Double) RF&P  (Double) N&S  (Double) VA2  (Double) VC  (Double)
SC5  (Double) TN2 TN4 TN5 KY7 TN6 O&M  (Double) IL2  (Double)
IC  (Double) IL4 AL2
Unbuilt:: TN9 [Regions: ADOCM]
Savannah & Augusta (S&A ):   S&A GA1 S&G GA8 AL3 A&T TN10 TN13 TN8
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADM]
Wabash Line (WBSH):   WBSH
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: O]
Michigan Central (MC ):   MC  (Double)
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: L]
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O):   GM&O  (Double) MS3 TN12 M&C A&GW  (Double) IN4  (Double) C&EI  (Double)
P&FW  (Double) IN9 KY13 READ  (Double) PA5 PA6  (Double) WV2
PA3  (Double) IL7  (Double) AL4 MS1  (Double) TN14 AL1  (Double)
KY14
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOCMG]
Southern Mississippi (SM ):   SM NO&J
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MG]
Cincinnati & Chicago (C&C ):   C&C OH7
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: OC]
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW):   C&NW WI4 NP ND3
Unbuilt:: ND4 [Regions: CW]
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):   CRIP  (Double) IA7 MO7 KP ATSF  (Double) MO3 KS3 LP&W CO2
WP  (Double) SP  (Double) NV1 UT8 UT6 UT1 CO9
Unbuilt:: OK7 [Regions: CMWTP]
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q):   CB&Q IA4
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]
Florida East Coast (FEC ):   FEC
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ]
Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP):   M&SP  (Double) CNS  (Double) SP&P  (Double) MN2 GN SP&D  (Double) ND1
ND2 MT6 MT7 ID5
Unbuilt:: WA1 [Regions: CWT]
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T ):   V&T TX5 TX2 TX6 TX7 M2 TX8
Unbuilt:: TX11 [Regions: MSX]
Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A ):   L&A LA2 TX1 TX3 M1 LA5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MGSX]
Union Pacific (UP ):   UP  (Double) IA5 KCN  (Double) NE1 MP  (Double) CO7 WY1  (Double)
UT4 CP  (Double) NV2 UT7  (Double) UT5  (Double) CA7  (Double)
ID1
Unbuilt:: CA4 [Regions: MWTP]
St Louis & Alton (SL&A):   SL&A
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
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: G]
Kansas City & Denver (KC&D):   KC&D
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: W]
Kansas City Southern (KCS ):   KCS
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: W]
Sacramento Valley (SV ):   SV CA9
Unbuilt:: CA10 [Regions: P]
Soo Line (SL ):   SL
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: N]
Texas & Pacific (T&P ):   T&P
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: S]
Little Rock & Shreveport (LR&S):   LR&S
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ]
Houston & Shreveport (H&S ):   H&S
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
GT 37   38   40   +3  542   1645   0     5   10    
NYC 40   50   60   +20  3454   8117   0   10   10   3    
ERIE 23   28   34   +11  1836   5308   12     13   2     5    
C&A 68   57   47   -21  3644   13132   93   2   2   3     10    
PENN 38   45   53   +15  2076   5133   47     3   10    
B&O 45   39   34   -11  1718   13217   16     5   3    
C&O 39   41   44   +5  2338   14503   0   3   3   5     8    
N&W 35   44   53   +18  3515   12989   0   12   12   3     10    
S&A 51   54   57   +6  2381   6252   18   1   1   3     5     13    
WBSH 17   20   23   +6  181   527   43     5  
MC 36   37   38   +2  373   760   0      
GM&O 29   37   45   +16  4746   14658   77     10  
SM 31   33   35   +4  280   1108   27   1   1   5     8    
C&C 23   28   34   +11  485   1502   18     13   3     5    
C&NW 62   68   75   +13  813   4278   97   3   3   2     5     10     12    
CRIP 57   49   50   -7  2103   21330   0   2   2   3     12    
CB&Q 20   22   24   +4  161   1773   27   13   12   5     10    
FEC 15   17   19   +4  511   1383   112     5  
M&SP 21   23   25   +4  17021   62631   119   10   10   3    
V&T 30   32   35   +5  1583   8271   259   5   5   10    
L&A 36   37   39   +3  1616   5299   181     5  
UP 76   72   68   -8  3394   13909   131   12   12   3     5    
SL&A 24   29   34   +10  157   479   16     10   5    
SLSF 17   21   25   +8  476   1105   90     3   5    
SLSW 0   0   17   +17  0   698   77     12  
GW 0   0   17   +17  0   630   70     12  
KC&D 24   29   34   +10  130   318   12     10   5    
KCS 20   22   25   +5  152   469   21     10   5    
SV 27   32   38   +11  495   1345   0   5   5   12    
SL 0   0   17   +17  0   675   75     3  
T&P 25   30   36   +11  286   1072   48     5   3     10    
LR&S 0   0   17   +17  0   945   105     10  
H&S 0   0   17   +17  0   1044   116     3  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
FW&D 975   C&S 580   CW 835   DRGW 580   DP 530  
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