Continental Rails II SdH 2012

Game # 20 - Turn # 13

Headline News 1865 to 1866

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1865: Nevada admitted into Union as newest state.
1866: Prussia unifies north German states by defeating Austria in 7 Weeks War

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: J. Edgar Thompson bought IC for $1000, Edward Harriman bought WP for $3800, Jim Fisk bought KC&D for $800, Leland Stanford bought ATSF for $4146.

PCs Incorporated: M&LR, SLSF, UP.

New Engines Acquired: GT bought Prairie 2-6-2, NYC bought Prairie 2-6-2, PENN bought Prairie 2-6-2, B&O bought Prairie 2-6-2, C&O bought Prairie 2-6-2, N&W bought Prairie 2-6-2, NER bought Prairie 2-6-2, C&H bought Prairie 2-6-2, SCL bought Prairie 2-6-2, COG bought Prairie 2-6-2, P&FW bought Prairie 2-6-2, TP&W bought Prairie 2-6-2, NO&J bought Prairie 2-6-2, SM bought Prairie 2-6-2, O&M bought Prairie 2-6-2, CRIP bought Prairie 2-6-2, MP bought Prairie 2-6-2, CP bought Prairie 2-6-2, SL&A bought Prairie 2-6-2, SP bought Prairie 2-6-2.

New Technologies Acquired: COG bought block signal system.

PENN doubled PA10, READ doubled PA6, SCL doubled BRL.

New RoWs acquired: TP&W got IN8, CRIP got IA7, MP got MO7, CP got NV2, SP got CA4.

New railroad Presidents: J. Edgar Thompson of B&O, Jim Fisk of C&NW, Edward Harriman of UP.

New Private Companies Available: KCS, SP&D.

Edward Harriman et Jim Fisk dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1010. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: William Palmer

Civil War ends: Railroads may resume building Right-of-Ways.

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Normal to Good.
Best locomotive available: Chesapeake 4-6-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Jim Fisk (1) Jay Gould (9) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Edward Harriman (2) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Mogul Jim Fisk (1) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Edward Harriman (2) Leland Stanford (5) William Palmer (12)
Rail Builder Jim Fisk (1) Jay Gould (9) Leland Stanford (5) Thomas Scott (7) Edward Harriman (2)
Rail Magnate Jay Gould (9) Jim Fisk (1) Leland Stanford (5) Thomas Scott (7) Edward Harriman (2)
Rail Prodigal Jim Fisk (1) Edward Harriman (2) William Palmer (12) J. Edgar Thompson (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
Rail Baron Jim Fisk (1) Jay Gould (9) Edward Harriman (2) Leland Stanford (5) J. Edgar Thompson (3)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
1 Jim Fisk SCL C&NW KC&D NP
9 Jay Gould NYC .... .... ....
3 J. Edgar Thompson PENN B&O MON IC
2 Edward Harriman UP CRIP .... WP
5 Leland Stanford SP CP ATSF ....
12 William Palmer .... MS M&SP ....
6 Karl Von Backenheime SM W&M .... ....
7 Thomas Scott .... O&M .... ....
11 Thomas Durant P&FW SL&A .... MKT
10 Hannibal Kimball V&T .... L&A GW
4 J. Pierpont Morgan C&H CASL .... ....
8 John Forbes .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 329 38889 21388 99 72881 6016 7 2 0 0
NYC New York Central 2729 439369 237258 97 726003 23837 11 2 0 0
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 287 28474 16800 95 73098 48510 1 0 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 938 208277 112469 97 247493 67665 15 9 0 34
READ Reading 1498 246671 138137 95 398852 31070 10 9 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 1340 185647 102106 99 321757 19350 9 1 0 19
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 949 95313 56235 95 224830 89232 3 0 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 1596 257340 133819 99 347364 6500 12 1 0 1
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 1689 181908 103686 94 400659 278997 2 0 0 0
NER Northeastern Line 989 139423 72499 99 254241 97493 8 2 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 321 49046 26975 99 75862 1027 10 4 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 2847 559019 313054 95 678240 62440 13 9 0 151
COG Central of Georgia 238 31089 17099 99 53175 19495 7 2 0 0
P&FW Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne 473 45333 24027 98 99518 68165 3 3 0 0
TP&W Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw 312 39801 22687 97 74996 46945 4 4 0 0
NO&J New Orleans & Jackson 323 51940 28567 99 78846 34400 8 0 0 0
SM Southern Mississippi 44 8374 4689 98 12564 8676 8 0 0 0
MS Michigan Southern 318 41704 24606 95 81591 30516 5 6 0 0
O&M Ohio & Mississippi 165 18976 11575 93 36680 14045 4 0 0 0
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 120 18312 10804 95 30573 12281 7 7 0 0
CRIP Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 150 20340 11187 99 37889 20387 5 2 0 0
CASL Chicago, Alton & St. Louis 185 22946 15374 87 36996 23103 3 0 0 0
MP Missouri Pacific 283 32718 18976 96 64842 44810 3 1 0 0
M&LR Memphis & Little Rock 132 14837 9347 91 26447 19153 2 0 0 0
V&T Vicksburg & Texas 173 16982 11208 88 32824 20706 1 0 0 0
CP Central Pacific 154 19511 11316 96 35506 24784 4 0 0 0
UP Union Pacific 105 10930 7432 86 20531 14869 1 0 0 0
SL&A St Louis & Alton 99 17021 11234 88 23814 17076 4 2 0 0
SLSF St Louis & San Francisco 239 23924 15790 88 46631 33769 1 0 0 0
SP Southern Pacific 90 18559 10764 96 24017 17083 9 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 HRL  (Double) NY3 B&A B&M B&H C3 C4 C5 MN
MC LS P&LE MRLE OH3 OH5 MI5 MI4
Unbuilt: none [Regions: AOLCN]
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE) ERIE
Unbuilt: none [Regions: A]
Pennsylvania (PENN) PENN  (Double) C&A  (Double) CNJ  (Double) PA1  (Double) NYNH  (Double) PA3  (Double)
PA9  (Double) PA10  (Double)
Unbuilt: none [Regions: AL]
Reading (READ) READ  (Double) PA5  (Double) PA6  (Double) PA4  (Double) LV PA2  (Double)
PA8 NY2 PA11 GTW NY1 MI2
Unbuilt: none [Regions: AOL]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ) B&O MD1  (Double) RF&P  (Double) WV1 R&D OH1 OH4 M&C IN4
C&C
Unbuilt: none [Regions: AOC]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ) C&O VC MD2 PA7 VA2
Unbuilt: none [Regions: AO]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ) N&W  (Double) VA3  (Double) VA4  (Double) N&S VA5 KY1  (Double) IN5  (Double)
C&EI  (Double) IN7 IL4  (Double) IN6
Unbuilt: IL2 [Regions: AOCM]
Wilmington & Manchester (W&M ) W&M W&W NC1 NC2 SC5 VA1 G&C TN2 TN4 N&C A&C
TN6 TN7
Unbuilt: KY14 [Regions: AD]
Northeastern Line (NER ) NER  (Double) SC2 SC1  (Double) GA4  (Double) FL4 FL5 FL6
Unbuilt: AL8 [Regions: AG]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ) C&H  (Double) SC4 SC3  (Double)
Unbuilt: none [Regions: A]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ) SCL  (Double) S&A  (Double) S&G  (Double) GA1  (Double) GA8  (Double) AL4
BRL  (Double) GM&O  (Double) AL3  (Double) TN10 TN8 A&T L&N  (Double)
KY10 WBSH  (Double) A&GW  (Double) OH8  (Double) IN1  (Double) OH2
KY8
Unbuilt: MI1 [Regions: ADOCMG]
Central of Georgia (COG ) COG A&WP
Unbuilt: GA2 [Regions: D]
Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne (P&FW) P&FW WV2 WV3
Unbuilt: WV4 [Regions: O]
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W) TP&W OH7 IN2  (Double)
Unbuilt: IN8 [Regions: O]
New Orleans & Jackson (NO&J) NO&J  (Double) MS4 MS5
Unbuilt: MS6 [Regions: MG]
Southern Mississippi (SM ) SM
Unbuilt: MS7 [Regions: M]
Michigan Southern (MS ) MS FW&C
Unbuilt: OH6 [Regions: LC]
Ohio & Mississippi (O&M ) O&M
Unbuilt: none [Regions: O]
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW) C&NW
Unbuilt: WI4 [Regions: C]
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP) CRIP
Unbuilt: IA7 [Regions: C]
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL) CASL
Unbuilt: none [Regions: C]
Missouri Pacific (MP ) MP
Unbuilt: MO7 [Regions: MW]
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR) M&LR
Unbuilt: none [Regions: M]
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T ) V&T
Unbuilt: none [Regions: M]
Central Pacific (CP ) CP
Unbuilt: NV2 [Regions: P]
Union Pacific (UP ) UP
Unbuilt: none [Regions: W]
St Louis & Alton (SL&A) SL&A
Unbuilt: none [Regions: M]
St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) SLSF
Unbuilt: none [Regions: M]
Southern Pacific (SP ) SP
Unbuilt: CA4 [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
GT 24 29 34 +10  551 1614 31   2 1 3
NYC 49 47 46 -3  2651 13567 85 9 9 3
ERIE 55 48 42 -13  360 1435 0   12
PENN 30 36 42 +12  1538 4695 0 3 3
READ 34 36 38 +4  1915 7490 0   2
B&O 31 37 44 +13  1599 6577 131 3 3 1 7
C&O 17 18 20 +3  1360 4643 102   11 1 5
N&W 39 40 42 +3  1888 7984 0   5 3
W&M 32 32 33 +1  1999 8445 0 6 6 5
NER 26 27 29 +3  1228 4945 0   5 12
C&H 28 30 32 +4  339 1611 0 4 4 10
SCL 53 58 64 +11  3198 14242 0 1 1
COG 29 30 32 +3  171 1190 0   10 1 12
P&FW 21 23 25 +4  731 2365 0 11 11 12
TP&W 19 21 24 +5  538 1560 0   3 12
NO&J 34 35 37 +3  342 1615 0   2 1
SM 22 24 26 +4  78 220 0 6 6
MS 39 58 78 +39  376 1590 0 12 12 2 11
O&M 20 21 23 +3  182 804 21 7 7 3 12
C&NW 38 63 88 +50  135 600 0 1 1 3 12
CRIP 36 43 51 +15  116 750 0 2 2 1 12
CASL 17 19 21 +4  267 856 69 4 4 12
MP 14 18 23 +9  572 1415 0   1
M&LR 0 0 14 +14  0 594 66   6
V&T 17 19 21 +4  234 800 65 10 10 12
CP 14 20 26 +12  318 770 0 5 5
UP 0 0 14 +14  0 473 52 2 2
SL&A 14 16 18 +4  160 495 0 11 11
SLSF 0 0 14 +14  0 1076 119   6
SP 14 19 25 +11  190 450 0 5 5

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
CB&Q 950 FEC 1495 CNS 425 SLSW 775 GN 1475 SP&P 1430 KP 890
KCS 490 KCN 1115 SP&D 750

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