Continental Rails II SdH 2012

Game # 20 - Turn # 17

Headline News 1873 to 1874

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1873: Jesse James and his gang commit their first train robbery in Iowa.
1874: Rich silver strike found in Nevada.

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: J. Edgar Thompson bought SL for $1500, J. Edgar Thompson bought TR for $1500, Jim Fisk bought LR&S for $3802.
  • PCs Merged: KP merges into CRIP, WP merges into CP, CNS merges into M&SP.
  • New Engines Acquired: GT bought Pacific 4-6-2, NYC bought Pacific 4-6-2, PENN bought Pacific 4-6-2, READ bought Consolidation 2-8-0, N&W bought Pacific 4-6-2, NER bought Pacific 4-6-2, C&H bought Pacific 4-6-2, SCL bought Pacific 4-6-2, COG bought Pacific 4-6-2, P&FW bought Pacific 4-6-2, TP&W bought Pacific 4-6-2, NO&J bought Pacific 4-6-2, SM bought Consolidation 2-8-0, O&M bought Pacific 4-6-2, C&NW bought Pacific 4-6-2, CRIP bought Pacific 4-6-2, CB&Q bought Pacific 4-6-2, CASL bought Pacific 4-6-2, FEC bought Pacific 4-6-2, M&SP bought Pacific 4-6-2, MP bought Pacific 4-6-2, M&LR bought Pacific 4-6-2, L&A bought Pacific 4-6-2, SL&A bought Pacific 4-6-2, SLSF bought Pacific 4-6-2, GW bought Pacific 4-6-2, SP bought Pacific 4-6-2, GN bought Pacific 4-6-2, ATSF bought Pacific 4-6-2.
  • New Technologies Acquired: TP&W bought Pullman sleepers, MS bought Pullman sleepers, CRIP bought Grand Station, MP bought Pullman sleepers.
  • RoWs built: KY12 by PENN, IL8 by W&M, KY4 by P&FW, ND4 by C&NW, WY1 by CRIP, IA1 by SL&A, AR7 by SLSF, AZ2 by SP, OK8 by ATSF.
  • PENN doubled C&C, C&NW doubled SP&D, CP doubled SV, SL&A doubled SL&A.
  • New RoWs acquired: SL&A got IL12, P&FW got KY5, N&W got KY13, PENN got TN12, SLSF got MO5, GN got ND5, MP got KS4, C&NW got MT6, SP got AZ1, CRIP got UT2.
  • RR Mergers: CP merges into SP.
  • Inadequate signal system slows ERIE rail service: mail contracts worth $3157 cancelled.
  • Bankrupt RRs: ERIE.
  • New railroad Presidents: Edward Harriman of MS, William Palmer of M&SP, Leland Stanford of ATSF.
  • New Private Companies Available: H&S, FW&D.
  • 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
  • Invention of automatic brakes a major improvement in train safety.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Good 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.

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) William Palmer (12) Edward Harriman (2) 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 LR&S ....
3 J. Edgar Thompson PENN N&W SL TR
5 Leland Stanford SP ATSF .... T&P
9 Jay Gould NYC W&M .... ....
2 Edward Harriman MS CRIP .... ....
12 William Palmer MP M&SP .... ....
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 44476 25352 97 67487 1198 9 2 0 0
NYC New York Central 2729 488522 254032 99 563362 9169 14 7 0 0
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 287 30296 21510 83 83034 49155 -1 0 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 2751 592039 337464 94 754684 154911 14 16 0 3
READ Reading 1498 276489 154833 95 393037 5872 13 1 0 0
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 949 104093 61415 95 254174 49048 4 0 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 1705 303078 160631 98 318585 11867 14 16 0 0
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 2184 279929 190351 83 591655 381068 1 0 0 0
NER Northeastern Line 1107 168668 87707 99 319466 18403 10 4 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 321 54808 30144 99 62123 1258 12 2 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 2965 690236 365824 98 798057 7472 18 14 0 8
COG Central of Georgia 410 62141 34177 99 108028 10997 10 1 0 0
P&FW Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne 849 92484 52715 94 209149 134479 3 3 0 0
TP&W Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw 717 124898 64947 99 193121 102465 10 3 0 0
NO&J New Orleans & Jackson 603 86020 47311 99 157659 24302 9 3 0 0
SM Southern Mississippi 255 33944 20027 95 70512 23360 6 0 0 0
MS Michigan Southern 598 93573 58951 91 196043 97174 1 1 0 0
O&M Ohio & Mississippi 165 20874 12107 96 42634 6138 6 0 0 0
IC Illinois Central 185 25506 16579 89 52443 23733 3 0 0 0
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 1742 217258 112974 99 346472 64738 9 6 0 0
CRIP Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 1885 219352 114063 99 476885 199026 6 4 0 2326
CB&Q Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 190 26163 18576 83 40480 24491 3 4 0 0
CASL Chicago, Alton & St. Louis 185 25374 15478 93 42727 17581 6 0 0 0
FEC Florida East Coast 299 26523 16709 91 58377 34667 2 2 0 0
M&SP Milwaukee & St. Paul 697 88738 53242 94 179958 87187 4 0 0 0
MP Missouri Pacific 572 76078 41842 99 160960 55326 6 1 0 0
M&LR Memphis & Little Rock 296 30987 17353 95 61508 30595 4 1 0 0
V&T Vicksburg & Texas 173 18433 12350 87 39671 18837 2 0 0 0
L&A Louisiana & Arkansas 90 18041 11546 90 22547 12667 9 2 0 0
SL&A St Louis & Alton 483 69254 38090 96 120611 78879 6 3 0 0
SLSF St Louis & San Francisco 459 46794 24801 98 113923 64207 3 5 0 0
SLSW St Louis & Southwestern 155 21539 13570 91 38353 18795 5 0 0 0
GW Great Western 140 20181 12714 91 30816 18112 5 3 0 0
SP Southern Pacific 1995 259779 135084 99 500723 210502 7 4 0 0
GN Great Northern 295 26015 16129 92 57839 40461 1 5 0 0
ATSF Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 957 114405 62923 99 229621 121126 5 8 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 
  • Grand Trunk (GT)
  • New York Central (NYC)
  • Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
  • Reading (READ)
  • Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
  • Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)
  • Northeastern Line (NER)
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
  • Central of Georgia (COG)
  • Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne (P&FW)
  • Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W)
  • New Orleans & Jackson (NO&J)
  • Southern Mississippi (SM)
  • Michigan Southern (MS)
  • Ohio & Mississippi (O&M)
  • Illinois Central (IC)
  • Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)
  • Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)
  • Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)
  • Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)
  • Florida East Coast (FEC)
  • Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP)
  • Missouri Pacific (MP)
  • Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)
  • Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)
  • Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A)
  • St Louis & Alton (SL&A)
  • St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)
  • St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW)
  • Great Western (GW)
  • Southern Pacific (SP)
  • Great Northern (GN)
  • Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)

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 35 34 33 -2  397 1634 11   2 1 3
NYC 41 41 42 +1  4233 13604 48 9 9 2 3
ERIE 30 28 27 -3  292 1435 0   12 3
PENN 54 54 54 +0  2232 13688 80 3 3 7
READ 47 37 27 -20  3620 7490 0   2 1 3
C&O 24 28 33 +9  1425 4712 33   11 1 3 5
N&W 60 58 57 -3  1658 8529 0 3 3 1 5
W&M 36 36 36 +0  2577 10763 157 9 5
NER 43 41 39 -4  1191 5501 34   5 3 12
C&H 29 30 31 +2  268 1611 0 4 4 3 10
SCL 59 50 41 -18  4798 14832 0 1 1 2
COG 32 39 46 +14  455 2001 49   10 1 3 12
P&FW 35 33 32 -3  1034 4199 46 11 11 3 12
TP&W 34 34 35 +1  1033 3525 60   3 12
NO&J 45 38 31 -14  1072 2936 79   2 1 3
SM 24 24 25 +1  546 1215 60    
MS 37 45 54 +17  1191 7870 0 2 2 11 12
O&M 27 27 27 +0  192 818 7 7 7 3 12
IC 21 21 22 +1  299 873 52   3
C&NW 39 50 62 +23  1882 8487 223 1 1 3 12
CRIP 40 47 55 +15  1349 9094 331 2 2 1
CB&Q 14 15 16 +2  333 878 72   3
CASL 25 29 33 +8  307 902 23 4 4 3 12
FEC 14 14 15 +1  511 1383 112   3
M&SP 27 27 28 +1  839 3243 242 12 12 1
MP 39 37 35 -4  494 2860 0 12 1 3
M&LR 27 28 29 +2  436 1398 82   6 1
V&T 24 24 24 +0  255 844 21 10 10 12
L&A 14 15 17 +3  157 416 34 10 10
SL&A 33 41 49 +16  662 2350 65 11 11 1
SLSF 23 27 31 +8  387 2185 110 6 6 12
SLSW 18 19 20 +2  256 717 58   6
GW 14 15 16 +2  222 647 53   10
SP 88 68 74 -14  2016 9844 131 5 5 12
GN 14 16 19 +5  528 1475 0 6 6
ATSF 35 44 54 +19  994 4483 302 5 5 1

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
H&S Houston & Shreveport 1160
FW&D Ft Worth & Denver 975
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