1871: Wild Bill Hickok made Marshal of Abilene. Shoots two men and one policeman.
1872: Buffalo Bill Cody makes first stage appearance in Chicago. Broadway next!
Railroad News
Private Companies Purchased: Jim Fisk bought CNS for $1100, Edward Harriman bought KP for $3111, Leland Stanford bought T&P for $1125, Thomas Durant bought CT for $2000.
PCs Merged: SV merges into CP, SP&D merges into C&NW.
New RoWs acquired: W&M got IL8, P&FW got KY4, PENN got KY12, SL&A got IA1, SLSF got AR7, C&NW got ND4, ATSF got OK8, UP got WY1, SP got AZ2.
RR Mergers: UP merges into CRIP.
Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost ERIE $3157.
Insolvent RRs: ERIE.
New railroad Presidents: J. Edgar Thompson of N&W, Jay Gould of W&M, William Palmer of MP, Hannibal Kimball of L&A, Leland Stanford of CP, Karl Von Backenheime of GN.
New Private Companies Available: TR, LR&S.
Jim Fisk dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $2000. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: William Palmer, Edward Harriman
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Normal to Good.
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
Jim Fisk (1)
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Jay Gould (9)
Edward Harriman (2)
Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Mogul
Jim Fisk (1)
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
William Palmer (12)
Edward Harriman (2)
Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Builder
Jim Fisk (1)
Leland Stanford (5)
Jay Gould (9)
Thomas Scott (7)
Edward Harriman (2)
Rail Magnate
Jim Fisk (1)
Jay Gould (9)
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Leland Stanford (5)
Thomas Scott (7)
Rail Prodigal
Jim Fisk (1)
Edward Harriman (2)
William Palmer (12)
Leland Stanford (5)
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Rail Baron
Jim Fisk (1)
Jay Gould (9)
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Edward Harriman (2)
Leland Stanford (5)
Player Summary
President of
PCs owned
Player #
Tycoon name
RR 1
RR 2
PC 1
PC 2
1
Jim Fisk
SCL
C&NW
....
CNS
3
J. Edgar Thompson
PENN
N&W
....
....
5
Leland Stanford
SP
CP
....
T&P
9
Jay Gould
NYC
W&M
....
....
2
Edward Harriman
....
CRIP
KP
WP
12
William Palmer
MP
MS
....
....
7
Thomas Scott
....
O&M
....
....
11
Thomas Durant
P&FW
SL&A
CT
MKT
6
Karl Von Backenheime
SLSF
GN
....
....
10
Hannibal Kimball
V&T
L&A
....
....
8
John Forbes
....
....
....
....
4
J. Pierpont Morgan
C&H
CASL
....
....
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
39245
22370
97
69030
948
7
1
0
0
NYC
New York Central
2729
446665
232267
99
629436
8733
12
5
0
0
ERIE
Erie Lackawanna
287
27915
18703
87
80348
48110
-1
0
0
0
PENN
Pennsylvania
2591
507031
278867
96
698489
124646
13
16
0
7
READ
Reading
1498
251341
140751
95
404708
5752
11
1
0
0
C&O
Chesapeake & Ohio
949
94068
51738
99
247341
61079
4
0
0
0
N&W
Norfolk & Western
1705
274858
142927
99
306309
7093
13
8
0
0
W&M
Wilmington & Manchester
1954
226572
145006
87
512943
340723
1
3
0
0
NER
Northeastern Line
1107
151895
78984
99
309902
50495
8
1
0
0
C&H
Charleston & Hamburg
321
49879
28431
97
65207
822
10
2
0
0
SCL
Sea Coast Line
2965
625131
325066
99
787605
8539
16
14
0
19
COG
Central of Georgia
410
56199
31471
98
105371
17826
8
1
0
0
P&FW
Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne
757
75760
42425
95
180939
118409
2
3
0
0
TP&W
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw
717
112411
58454
99
187442
112603
8
4
0
0
NO&J
New Orleans & Jackson
603
78266
44612
97
153317
31251
7
2
0
0
SM
Southern Mississippi
255
30807
18176
95
68309
25951
4
0
0
0
MS
Michigan Southern
598
85392
50381
95
183126
92151
1
3
0
0
O&M
Ohio & Mississippi
165
18654
10819
96
41208
7541
5
1
0
0
IC
Illinois Central
185
23427
15462
88
50845
24303
2
0
0
0
C&NW
Chicago & Northwestern
1296
154544
81908
98
293259
53499
7
5
0
0
CRIP
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific
1223
143753
79063
99
298375
151647
4
4
3872
780
CB&Q
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
190
22797
16414
82
38975
28225
0
0
0
0
CASL
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis
185
23187
14840
90
41395
19071
3
0
0
0
FEC
Florida East Coast
299
24501
17396
83
54287
39313
-1
0
0
0
M&SP
Milwaukee & St. Paul
612
58774
37028
91
147097
72106
1
0
0
0
MP
Missouri Pacific
572
69558
38256
99
148605
50521
5
0
0
0
M&LR
Memphis & Little Rock
296
28365
15884
95
59377
34667
3
6
0
0
V&T
Vicksburg & Texas
173
16757
10724
90
37678
18680
1
0
0
0
L&A
Louisiana & Arkansas
90
15991
10714
87
21575
15625
5
0
0
0
CP
Central Pacific
729
71500
45045
91
164927
77649
2
4
0
0
SL&A
St Louis & Alton
353
44181
24741
95
84621
57389
4
3
0
0
SLSF
St Louis & San Francisco
239
25788
14183
96
52970
27425
4
0
0
0
SLSW
St Louis & Southwestern
155
19581
12140
92
37460
20170
3
2
0
0
GW
Great Western
140
17891
11987
87
29405
21295
2
0
0
0
SP
Southern Pacific
1003
119379
62077
99
233871
111270
6
1
0
0
GN
Great Northern
295
23075
14999
89
53591
38809
0
0
0
0
ATSF
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
564
71131
39122
99
138138
91002
4
1
0
0
Railroad Lines:
Regions: A = Atlantic ; D = Deep South ; O = Ohio ; L = Great Lakes ; C = Central ; M = Mississippi ; G = Gulf ; W = Midwest ; S = Southwest ; T = Mountain ; P = Pacific ; N = Canada ; X = Mexico