Continental Rails II
Game # 19 - Turn # 15
Headline News 1869 to 1870
WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS
1869: The Cincinnati Red Stockings organized as first professional baseball team.
1870: New Bessemer steel process reduces price of steel from $300 to $35 per ton!
Railroad News
Private Companies Purchased: B bought SV for $21476, Thomas Durant bought SL for $6500, Jim Hill bought T&P for $17049.
PCs Merged: KC&D merges into CB&Q, SP&P merges into C&NW, SP&D merges into C&NW.
New Engines Acquired: GT bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CNJ bought Consolidation 2-8-0, PENN bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, C&H bought Consolidation 2-8-0, P&LE bought Consolidation 2-8-0, WBSH bought Consolidation 2-8-0, MC bought Consolidation 2-8-0, C&NW bought Consolidation 2-8-0, CRIP bought Consolidation 2-8-0, CB&Q bought Consolidation 2-8-0, CASL bought Consolidation 2-8-0, MP bought Consolidation 2-8-0, M&LR bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CP bought Consolidation 2-8-0, WP bought Consolidation 2-8-0, UP bought Consolidation 2-8-0, SLSF bought Consolidation 2-8-0, GW bought Consolidation 2-8-0, SP bought Consolidation 2-8-0, GN bought Consolidation 2-8-0, KP bought Consolidation 2-8-0.
New Technologies Acquired: GT bought steel rails, CRIP bought Grand Station, CRIP bought block signal system, CB&Q bought Grand Station, MP bought Grand Station, M&LR bought block signal system, V&T bought block signal system, UP bought block signal system.
RoWs built: GA3 by READ, TN3 by N&W, KY10 by SCL, ND4 by C&NW, NE2 by CRIP, MO3 by CB&Q, MO8 by CASL, WI8 by CNS, OK8 by MP, LA2 by L&A, UT7 by CP, NV1 by WP, CO7 by UP, KS1 by MKT, OK1 by SLSF, AR3 by SLSW, CA4 by SP, MT1 by GN, KS3 by KP.
WBSH doubled O&M, CASL doubled CASL, CNS doubled M&SP, MP doubled MO6, SLSF doubled SLSF.
New RoWs acquired: READ got GA5, MC got MI5, C&H got KY7, SLSW got AR1, GW got LA1, CRIP got NE3, MKT got KS2, CB&Q got KS4, L&A got TX1, V&T got TX2, SLSF got TX12, GN got MT2, C&NW got MT6, UP got WY1, KP got CO2, MP got NM4, CP got UT6, WP got UT8, SP got CA3.
RR Mergers: MC merges into B&O, CNS merges into GN.
Inadequate signal system slows CNJ rail service: mail contracts worth $24219 cancelled.
Stock splits: L&A splits 2 for 1.
Cornered stocks: V&T.
New railroad Presidents: Cornelius Vanderbilt of NYC, B of P&LE, Cyrus Holliday of M&LR.
Cornelius Vanderbilt dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $13917. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Henry Farham, B, Stepp, Frederik Conrad
Cornelius Vanderbilt dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $4079. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Henry Farham, B, Frederik Conrad
Invention of automatic couplers facilitates operations, improves safety.
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
Tycoon Announcements:
5
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Griffes d’argent
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cbetq a des intérêts stratégiques avec cp. construisons l\'un vers l\'autre
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Top Victory Points
The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron
|
Jim Hill (8)
|
Jay Gould (7)
|
B (1)
|
Casey Jones (2)
|
Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
|
Rail Mogul
|
Casey Jones (2)
|
Jay Gould (7)
|
B (1)
|
Frederik Conrad (4)
|
Thomas Durant (11)
|
Rail Builder
|
B (1)
|
Frederik Conrad (4)
|
Casey Jones (2)
|
Jay Gould (7)
|
Railroad Bill (9)
|
Rail Magnate
|
B (1)
|
Jay Gould (7)
|
Casey Jones (2)
|
Railroad Bill (9)
|
Henry Farham (6)
|
Rail Prodigal
|
Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
|
B (1)
|
Henry Farham (6)
|
Stepp (10)
|
Frederik Conrad (4)
|
Rail Baron
|
B (1)
|
Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
|
Jay Gould (7)
|
Casey Jones (2)
|
Frederik Conrad (4)
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Player Summary
|
|
President of
|
PCs owned
|
Player #
|
Tycoon name
|
RR 1
|
RR 2
|
PC 1
|
PC 2
|
8
|
Jim Hill |
CASL
|
CP
|
KCN
|
T&P
|
7
|
Jay Gould |
WBSH
|
KP
|
....
|
....
|
2
|
Casey Jones |
CNJ
|
C&NW
|
....
|
....
|
11
|
Thomas Durant |
UP
|
WP
|
SL
|
....
|
5
|
Griffes d’argent |
CRIP
|
CB&Q
|
....
|
....
|
3
|
Cornelius Vanderbilt |
NYC
|
GN
|
....
|
....
|
4
|
Frederik Conrad |
SP
|
SLSF
|
....
|
....
|
1
|
B |
P&LE
|
MP
|
SV
|
....
|
9
|
Railroad Bill |
B&O
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
15
|
Cyrus Holliday |
READ
|
M&LR
|
....
|
....
|
6
|
Henry Farham |
L&A
|
MKT
|
....
|
....
|
10
|
Stepp |
V&T
|
GW
|
....
|
....
|
13
|
William Ogden |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
14
|
Dan Drew |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
12
|
William Palmer |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
Railroad Summary
RR
|
Name
|
Tracks
|
Revenues
|
Expense
|
Efficiency
|
Bonds
|
Loans
|
Profit / share
|
Dividend / share
|
Grant
|
Land
|
GT
|
Grand Trunk
|
952
|
114051
|
63868
|
95
|
191485
|
4265
|
8
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
NYC
|
New York Central
|
2081
|
398391
|
254971
|
87
|
672856
|
389392
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
CNJ
|
Central New Jersey
|
1863
|
293425
|
158448
|
97
|
557565
|
303105
|
6
|
5
|
0
|
68
|
PENN
|
Pennsylvania
|
2310
|
405619
|
231204
|
94
|
637790
|
359311
|
8
|
2
|
0
|
23
|
READ
|
Reading
|
2023
|
302551
|
181530
|
91
|
438192
|
106518
|
8
|
8
|
0
|
38
|
B&O
|
Baltimore & Ohio
|
1206
|
142169
|
82457
|
93
|
316969
|
141017
|
3
|
4
|
0
|
34
|
N&W
|
Norfolk & Western
|
2408
|
330290
|
224598
|
83
|
714453
|
416963
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
31
|
C&H
|
Charleston & Hamburg
|
1649
|
262241
|
149476
|
94
|
455485
|
276174
|
6
|
7
|
0
|
19
|
SCL
|
Sea Coast Line
|
2630
|
367157
|
249666
|
83
|
640118
|
438055
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
84
|
P&LE
|
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
|
2999
|
477767
|
248440
|
99
|
811140
|
449074
|
8
|
2
|
0
|
171
|
WBSH
|
Wabash Line
|
2928
|
550266
|
286140
|
99
|
679282
|
457546
|
11
|
9
|
0
|
65
|
A&T
|
Alabama & Tennessee
|
381
|
36683
|
26045
|
83
|
68288
|
51186
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
23
|
C&NW
|
Chicago & Northwestern
|
1757
|
174517
|
90749
|
99
|
357625
|
266508
|
3
|
12
|
2470
|
2935
|
CRIP
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific
|
748
|
80247
|
45740
|
94
|
131508
|
66013
|
5
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
CB&Q
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
|
932
|
117611
|
62334
|
98
|
179448
|
78975
|
7
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
CASL
|
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis
|
588
|
86296
|
45737
|
98
|
111520
|
83216
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
864
|
MP
|
Missouri Pacific
|
957
|
99519
|
51750
|
99
|
171720
|
124918
|
4
|
4
|
1140
|
2235
|
M&LR
|
Memphis & Little Rock
|
296
|
28087
|
16853
|
94
|
51737
|
19850
|
4
|
9
|
0
|
320
|
V&T
|
Vicksburg & Texas
|
173
|
16757
|
10557
|
91
|
38257
|
20792
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
L&A
|
Louisiana & Arkansas
|
278
|
33137
|
19551
|
95
|
60854
|
42135
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
CP
|
Central Pacific
|
513
|
46254
|
25440
|
96
|
99824
|
72037
|
2
|
0
|
1477
|
1086
|
WP
|
Western Pacific
|
393
|
36554
|
21567
|
95
|
78460
|
55888
|
1
|
2
|
1850
|
1380
|
UP
|
Union Pacific
|
507
|
40153
|
24092
|
94
|
85534
|
33773
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
774
|
MKT
|
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
|
580
|
61052
|
34190
|
95
|
125742
|
89576
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
SLSF
|
St Louis & San Francisco
|
740
|
78039
|
46043
|
95
|
143613
|
103646
|
3
|
9
|
2180
|
1589
|
SLSW
|
St Louis & Southwestern
|
345
|
34252
|
21579
|
91
|
70936
|
46545
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
GW
|
Great Western
|
140
|
18710
|
10852
|
96
|
32603
|
18573
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
SP
|
Southern Pacific
|
513
|
54771
|
30124
|
99
|
103376
|
74284
|
4
|
9
|
2008
|
0
|
GN
|
Great Northern
|
1742
|
186608
|
100768
|
97
|
388507
|
274966
|
3
|
16
|
1300
|
3084
|
KP
|
Kansas Pacific
|
483
|
38582
|
22377
|
96
|
91633
|
65375
|
1
|
4
|
640
|
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
|
B&M
|
B&H
|
ME1
|
C1
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: AN]
|
New York Central (NYC )
|
|
NYC
|
HRL
(Double)
|
C&A
(Double)
|
NYNH
(Double)
|
NY3
|
B&A
(Double)
|
C3
|
|
C4
|
C5
(Double)
|
MI1
(Double)
|
PA11
|
TP&W
|
C&C
(Double)
|
IN3
|
|
PA2
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: ALCN]
|
Central New Jersey (CNJ )
|
|
CNJ
(Double)
|
ERIE
(Double)
|
PA9
|
PA10
|
NY1
|
LS
(Double)
|
OH3
|
OH5
|
|
FW&C
|
OH6
|
OH8
|
KY3
|
KY4
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: AOLC]
|
Pennsylvania (PENN)
|
|
PENN
(Double)
|
LV
(Double)
|
PA5
|
PA6
|
WV2
|
WV3
|
PA8
|
NY2
|
KY2
|
|
P&FW
(Double)
|
A&GW
|
IN5
(Double)
|
IN7
|
IC
(Double)
|
IL4
(Double)
|
|
IL2
|
KY5
|
PA3
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: AOLCM]
|
Reading (READ)
|
|
READ
(Double)
|
PA1
(Double)
|
MD1
(Double)
|
RF&P
(Double)
|
VA7
(Double)
|
VA1
(Double)
|
|
NC2
|
SC3
|
G&C
(Double)
|
TN2
|
TN4
|
BRL
(Double)
|
SC1
(Double)
|
|
GA2
|
PA4
|
GA3
|
|
|
Unbuilt: GA5 |
[Regions: AD]
|
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O )
|
|
B&O
|
WV1
|
OH1
|
OH2
|
MC
|
MN
(Double)
|
MS
|
MI6
|
MI2
|
|
|
Unbuilt: MI5 |
[Regions: AL]
|
Norfolk & Western (N&W )
|
|
N&W
|
N&S
|
R&D
|
W&W
|
VA4
|
VA5
|
KY1
|
IN4
|
IN8
|
M&C
|
OH7
(Double)
|
|
IN1
|
IL5
(Double)
|
IL3
|
VA6
|
TN1
|
TN3
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: AOCM]
|
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H )
|
|
C&H
(Double)
|
NER
(Double)
|
W&M
|
SC4
(Double)
|
GA1
(Double)
|
GA8
(Double)
|
|
AL3
|
TN10
(Double)
|
TN12
|
KY13
|
IN10
(Double)
|
IL7
|
|
|
Unbuilt: KY7 |
[Regions: ADOM]
|
Sea Coast Line (SCL )
|
|
SCL
(Double)
|
GA4
(Double)
|
FL4
|
FL5
|
FL6
|
AL5
(Double)
|
AL2
(Double)
|
|
FEC
|
TN7
|
FL3
|
SM
(Double)
|
NO&J
|
MS6
|
TN9
|
MS7
|
TN8
|
|
KY10
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: ADMG]
|
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE)
|
|
P&LE
(Double)
|
MRLE
(Double)
|
GTW
(Double)
|
OH4
|
IN2
|
C&O
|
MD2
|
VC
|
|
PA7
(Double)
|
VA2
|
MON
(Double)
|
IN9
|
KY12
|
KY11
|
IL6
(Double)
|
|
GM&O
|
MS3
|
TN13
|
TN14
|
MS2
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: AOLCMG]
|
Wabash Line (WBSH)
|
|
WBSH
(Double)
|
O&M
(Double)
|
IN6
|
C&EI
(Double)
|
COG
(Double)
|
A&WP
(Double)
|
|
A&C
|
AL6
|
AL7
|
S&G
(Double)
|
S&A
(Double)
|
GA6
|
GA7
|
AL1
(Double)
|
|
AL4
|
MS1
(Double)
|
MS4
|
MS5
|
N&C
(Double)
|
KY14
|
IL8
(Double)
|
|
L&N
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: ADOCMG]
|
Alabama & Tennessee (A&T )
|
|
A&T
|
TN5
|
KY6
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: D]
|
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)
|
|
C&NW
|
WI4
|
NP
|
ND3
|
SP&P
|
SP&D
|
ND4
|
|
|
Unbuilt: MT6 |
[Regions: CW]
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)
|
|
CRIP
|
IA7
|
IA5
|
NE2
|
|
|
Unbuilt: NE3 |
[Regions: CW]
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)
|
|
CB&Q
|
IA4
|
MO7
|
KC&D
|
MO3
|
|
|
Unbuilt: KS4 |
[Regions: CMW]
|
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)
|
|
CASL
(Double)
|
SL&A
|
MO1
|
MO8
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: CMW]
|
Missouri Pacific (MP )
|
|
MP
|
ATSF
|
MO6
(Double)
|
OK8
|
|
|
Unbuilt: NM4 |
[Regions: MW]
|
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)
|
|
M&LR
|
AR4
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: M]
|
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T )
|
|
V&T
|
|
|
Unbuilt: TX2 |
[Regions: M]
|
Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A )
|
|
L&A
|
LA2
|
|
|
Unbuilt: TX1 |
[Regions: G]
|
Central Pacific (CP )
|
|
CP
|
NV2
|
UT7
|
|
|
Unbuilt: UT6 |
[Regions: P]
|
Western Pacific (WP )
|
|
WP
|
NV1
|
|
|
Unbuilt: UT8 |
[Regions: P]
|
Union Pacific (UP )
|
|
UP
|
NE1
|
CO7
|
|
|
Unbuilt: WY1 |
[Regions: W]
|
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT )
|
|
MKT
|
KCS
|
KS1
|
|
|
Unbuilt: KS2 |
[Regions: MW]
|
St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)
|
|
SLSF
(Double)
|
AR7
|
OK1
|
|
|
Unbuilt: TX12 |
[Regions: MS]
|
St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW)
|
|
SLSW
|
AR3
|
|
|
Unbuilt: AR1 |
[Regions: M]
|
Great Western (GW )
|
|
GW
|
|
|
Unbuilt: LA1 |
[Regions: G]
|
Southern Pacific (SP )
|
|
SP
|
CA4
|
|
|
Unbuilt: CA3 |
[Regions: P]
|
Great Northern (GN )
|
|
GN
|
ND5
|
MT1
|
CNS
(Double)
|
M&SP
(Double)
|
MN1
|
WI8
|
|
|
Unbuilt: MT2 |
[Regions: CW]
|
Kansas Pacific (KP )
|
|
KP
|
KS3
|
|
|
Unbuilt: CO2 |
[Regions: W]
|
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
|
31
|
32
|
33
|
+2
|
1393
|
4760
|
0
|
|
8
|
1
|
NYC
|
41
|
40
|
39
|
-2
|
1381
|
10365
|
47
|
3
|
3
|
1
2
7
|
CNJ
|
29
|
34
|
40
|
+11
|
2674
|
9315
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
PENN
|
32
|
31
|
31
|
-1
|
3866
|
11522
|
33
|
|
6
|
7
|
READ
|
64
|
77
|
91
|
+27
|
1301
|
10039
|
76
|
15
|
5
|
11
|
B&O
|
17
|
18
|
25
|
+8
|
814
|
6038
|
0
|
9
|
9
|
5
|
N&W
|
17
|
18
|
20
|
+3
|
3997
|
11929
|
115
|
|
9
|
|
C&H
|
29
|
34
|
39
|
+10
|
1591
|
8251
|
0
|
|
4
|
1
6
8
|
SCL
|
28
|
27
|
27
|
-1
|
4622
|
13066
|
91
|
|
10
|
|
P&LE
|
34
|
33
|
32
|
-2
|
3024
|
14919
|
76
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
WBSH
|
45
|
47
|
50
|
+5
|
1855
|
14640
|
0
|
7
|
8
|
|
A&T
|
18
|
21
|
25
|
+7
|
660
|
1905
|
0
|
|
2
|
1
7
|
C&NW
|
59
|
68
|
78
|
+19
|
1435
|
8344
|
441
|
2
|
2
|
|
CRIP
|
51
|
57
|
64
|
+13
|
308
|
3613
|
127
|
5
|
11
|
3
4
9
|
CB&Q
|
48
|
61
|
75
|
+27
|
548
|
4486
|
174
|
5
|
5
|
2
8
11
|
CASL
|
40
|
37
|
35
|
-5
|
382
|
2789
|
151
|
8
|
8
|
1
7
|
MP
|
34
|
34
|
34
|
+0
|
484
|
4589
|
196
|
1
|
1
|
2
7
|
M&LR
|
25
|
29
|
34
|
+9
|
289
|
1418
|
62
|
15
|
11
|
1
3
|
V&T
|
49
|
66
|
83
|
+34
|
274
|
865
|
0
|
10
|
10
|
1
5
6
9
|
L&A
|
91
|
97
|
51
|
+11
|
111
|
2592
|
188
|
6
|
9
|
2
8
|
CP
|
22
|
31
|
40
|
+18
|
588
|
2473
|
92
|
8
|
8
|
7
|
WP
|
30
|
54
|
78
|
+48
|
187
|
1840
|
125
|
11
|
11
|
|
UP
|
50
|
62
|
74
|
+24
|
2759
|
7908
|
72
|
11
|
11
|
2
3
|
MKT
|
28
|
33
|
38
|
+10
|
740
|
2822
|
78
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
SLSF
|
28
|
37
|
46
|
+18
|
739
|
3560
|
140
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
SLSW
|
26
|
26
|
26
|
+0
|
188
|
1630
|
95
|
|
15
|
6
7
|
GW
|
31
|
59
|
87
|
+56
|
183
|
700
|
0
|
10
|
10
|
|
SP
|
28
|
47
|
67
|
+39
|
133
|
2354
|
211
|
4
|
4
|
|
GN
|
51
|
55
|
52
|
+1
|
510
|
8370
|
340
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
KP
|
26
|
40
|
55
|
+29
|
226
|
2263
|
152
|
7
|
7
|
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