Continental Rails II

Game # 24 - 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: Eugene de Segur bought H&S for $23828, Nicholas van Rijn bought FW&D for $52001, Nicolas Koechlin bought SA&H for $25252.
New Engines Acquired: N&W bought Pacific 4-6-2, SCL bought Pacific 4-6-2, C&NW bought Pacific 4-6-2, L&A bought Pacific 4-6-2, SP bought Pacific 4-6-2, KC&D bought Pacific 4-6-2, SL bought Pacific 4-6-2.
New Technologies Acquired: NYC bought refrigerated cars, PENN bought refrigerated cars, B&O bought refrigerated cars, C&O bought automatic brakes, SCL bought refrigerated cars, TP&W bought refrigerated cars, CASL bought refrigerated cars, MP bought Pullman sleepers, MP bought automatic brakes, L&A bought refrigerated cars, SLSW bought automatic brakes, SP bought refrigerated cars, KC&D bought refrigerated cars, SV bought refrigerated cars, SL bought refrigerated cars.
RoWs built: TN1 by B&O, MT3 by C&NW, WY2 by CRIP, AR8 by CB&Q, WA1 by M&SP, TX13 by MP, NM2 by M&LR, M2 by V&T, CO4 by MKT, OK4 by SLSF, M4 by SP, WY1 by KC&D.
NYC doubled GT, ERIE doubled MRLE, PENN doubled MC, C&H doubled SC3, N&C doubled N&C, C&NW doubled GN, M&SP doubled MT7, MP doubled M3, MKT doubled MKT, SP doubled CP.
New RoWs acquired: B&O got VA6, MP got IA4, CB&Q got MO2, L&A got AR5, V&T got TX8, CRIP got WY3, M&LR got CO3, SLSF got NM4, KC&D got UT4, C&NW got ID3, M&SP got C10, MKT got NV2.
RR Mergers: MP merges into SP.
Inadequate signal system slows BRL rail service: mail contracts worth $1665 cancelled.
Bankrupt Tycoons: William Ogden.
Loan Recalls: Cyrus Holliday.
Stock splits: ERIE splits 2 for 1, CNJ splits 3 for 1, COG splits 3 for 1, CB&Q splits 2 for 1, SV splits 2 for 1.
Cornered stocks: ERIE, CNJ, PENN, READ, B&O, P&FW, CB&Q, SL.
New railroad Presidents: Aubin Rioudu Frei of READ, Nicholas van Rijn of TP&W.
New Private Companies Available: CW, DRGW, DP.
J. Pierpont Morgan has a Transcontinental system.
Nicholas van Rijn dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $101010. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Aubin Rioudu Frei, Eugene de Segur, J. Pierpont Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Henry Farham, Pascu, Thomas Durant, Nicolas Koechlin
Engineering advances permit building steel bridges at lower cost with greater safety.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Improved 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, automatic brakes, refrigerated cars, steel bridges.

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):

Robber Baron	Aubin Rioudu Frei (2)	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)	Eugene de Segur (7)	Thomas Durant (11)	Nicholas van Rijn (3)
Rail Mogul	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)	Aubin Rioudu Frei (2)	Eugene de Segur (7)	Thomas Durant (11)	Nicholas van Rijn (3)
Rail Builder	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)	Aubin Rioudu Frei (2)	Henry Farham (10)	Cornelius Vanderbilt (5)	Nicholas van Rijn (3)
Rail Magnate	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)	Henry Farham (10)	Nicolas Koechlin (6)	Aubin Rioudu Frei (2)	Eugene de Segur (7)
Rail Prodigal	Nicholas van Rijn (3)	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)	Eugene de Segur (7)	Aubin Rioudu Frei (2)	Cornelius Vanderbilt (5)
Rail Baron	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)	Aubin Rioudu Frei (2)	Nicholas van Rijn (3)	Eugene de Segur (7)	Cornelius Vanderbilt (5)

Player Summary

		President of		PCs owned
Player #	Tycoon name	RR 1	RR 2	PC 1	PC 2
7	Eugene de Segur	ERIE	M&LR	H&S	....
2	Aubin Rioudu Frei	READ	P&FW	....	....
6	Nicolas Koechlin	B&O	L&A	TR	SA&H
11	Thomas Durant	C&NW	PENN	....	....
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	M&SP	C&H	....	....
5	Cornelius Vanderbilt	V&T	N&C	....	....
3	Nicholas van Rijn	TP&W	SP	....	FW&D
1	Pascu	SLSF	KC&D	....	....
10	Henry Farham	CB&Q	....	T&P	....
8	Henry B. Plant	NYC	....	....	....
13	William Ogden	....	....	....	....
12	William Palmer	....	....	....	....
9	CamilloN	....	....	....	....
14	Dan Drew	....	....	....	....
15	Cyrus Holliday	....	....	....	....

Railroad Summary

RR	Name	Tracks	Revenues	Expense	Efficiency	Bonds	Loans	Profit / share	Dividend / share	Grant	Land
NYC	New York Central	1499	260188	156113	91	623366	317187	4	4	0	0
ERIE	Erie Lackawanna	2646	487826	263426	97	814976	260221	5	4	0	3
CNJ	Central New Jersey	1152	202621	105364	99	415060	67849	5	1	0	2
PENN	Pennsylvania	2035	376285	199430	98	503937	5495	4	4	0	1
READ	Reading	831	189441	98509	99	137697	3490	1	0	0	0
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	2824	502712	261408	99	790391	431095	2	3	0	3
C&O	Chesapeake & Ohio	560	66727	39369	95	141446	1512	6	2	0	0
N&W	Norfolk & Western	1541	168857	92871	96	498542	116504	4	0	0	0
C&H	Charleston & Hamburg	2643	512589	266548	99	763476	462784	11	9	0	5
SCL	Sea Coast Line	1733	256326	135853	98	421927	6239	5	1	0	0
S&G	Savannah & Gulf	1200	163804	98283	91	395895	180039	3	0	0	2
COG	Central of Georgia	1200	200446	110245	96	322088	137190	9	0	0	8
P&FW	Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne	1338	244510	127147	99	367089	203475	3	2	0	0
BRL	Blue Ridge Line	185	19052	13527	83	52592	777	2	0	0	0
TP&W	Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw	823	109753	60363	99	209953	56020	7	1	0	2
N&C	Nashville & Chattanooga	2799	487362	258300	98	814371	341333	10	9	0	7
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	2061	224639	125799	95	484820	200450	2	2	0	2195
CRIP	Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific	1644	191948	99812	99	406951	66591	7	4	0	0
CB&Q	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	1058	119452	65698	99	243192	38765	1	1	0	1460
CASL	Chicago, Alton & St. Louis	595	78563	44781	97	151815	24908	3	0	0	0
M&SP	Milwaukee & St. Paul	2532	362945	188732	99	589304	379730	0	0	0	219
M&LR	Memphis & Little Rock	1785	192522	102035	98	401686	255925	2	6	0	1047
V&T	Vicksburg & Texas	1654	217879	113296	99	442753	260502	6	9	0	668
L&A	Louisiana & Arkansas	1320	161568	87248	97	363708	220508	2	5	0	778
MKT	Missouri, Kansas & Texas	2804	325335	169174	99	689323	208947	3	4	0	1078
SLSF	St Louis & San Francisco	1079	125699	65364	99	261531	162009	2	2	456	1228
SLSW	St Louis & Southwestern	155	20771	12047	96	41224	9875	6	1	0	0
SP	Southern Pacific	3550	493997	311218	88	1094686	627829	1	3	1190	1972
KC&D	Kansas City & Denver	1407	140973	84584	94	342536	216903	1	2	1340	2691
SV	Sacramento Valley	240	40273	22956	97	71322	32220	4	0	0	0
SP&D	St Paul & Duluth	150	18727	11236	94	40809	18728	4	0	0	0
SL	Soo Line	150	16726	10203	93	36470	15639	3	0	0	0
CT	Central Texas	169	18042	11908	88	37689	21409	1	4	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

New York Central (NYC)

NYC (Double) ; B&A (Double) ; HRL (Double) ; NY3 ; PA11 (Double) ; GT (Double) ; C2 ; C3 ; OH3

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ALN]

Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)

ERIE ; NY2 ; LS (Double) ; MRLE (Double) ; P&LE (Double) ; OH4 ; IN1 (Double) ; IN2 ; IN6 (Double) ; KY8 (Double) ; KY10 (Double) ; GM&O ; MS3 ; TN13 ; KY9 ; IL8 ; OH8 ; TN11

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AOLCMG]

Central New Jersey (CNJ)

CNJ (Double) ; NYNH (Double) ; PA8 (Double) ; NY1 (Double) ; B&H (Double) ; B&M (Double) ; ME1 ; C1 (Double)

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AN]

Pennsylvania (PENN)

PENN (Double) ; LV (Double) ; PA9 ; PA10 (Double) ; C4 (Double) ; C5 ; MC (Double) ; MS (Double) ; MI1 ; MI5 (Double) ; MI6 ; MN ; MI4 ; MI3

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ALCN]

Reading (READ)

READ (Double) ; C&A (Double) ; PA1 (Double) ; MD1 (Double) ; PA4 (Double) ; PA5 (Double) ; PA6 (Double) ; WV2

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AO]

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

B&O (Double) ; WV1 ; PA7 (Double) ; WV3 ; OH1 ; KY2 ; GTW (Double) ; OH2 (Double) ; OH5 (Double) ; FW&C (Double) ; KY5 (Double) ; PA2 (Double) ; O&M ; L&N (Double) ; IL7 (Double) ; IL2 ; PA3 (Double) ; KY14 ; TN15 ; KY4 ; TN3 ; TN1

Unbuilt: VA6

[Regions: AOLCM]

Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)

C&O (Double) ; VA4 ; VA2 ; VA3

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: A]

Norfolk & Western (N&W)

N&W (Double) ; RF&P (Double) ; N&S ; MD2 ; W&W ; NC2 ; SC5 ; TN2 ; W&M ; TN4 ; TN6

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: A]

Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)

C&H (Double) ; SC4 (Double) ; G&C (Double) ; GA1 (Double) ; GA8 (Double) ; AL3 (Double) ; TN12 ; AL5 (Double) ; FL6 (Double) ; SC2 (Double) ; M&C (Double) ; IN4 (Double) ; MON (Double) ; IN9 ; IL6 (Double) ; KY12 (Double) ; TN14 (Double) ; SC3 (Double) ; AL8 ; TN9

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ADOCMG]

Sea Coast Line (SCL)

SCL (Double) ; NER (Double) ; GA4 (Double) ; FL4 ; SC1 (Double) ; FEC (Double) ; FL5 ; NC1 ; VA1 ; FL2

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AG]

Savannah & Gulf (S&G)

S&G ; S&A ; GA6 ; GA7 ; AL1 ; AL4 ; MS2 ; AL2 ; TN7

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ADG]

Central of Georgia (COG)

COG (Double) ; A&WP (Double) ; GA2 (Double) ; AL6 ; AL7 (Double) ; MS1 (Double) ; GA3 ; GA5 ; FL3

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ADG]

Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne (P&FW)

P&FW (Double) ; A&GW (Double) ; WBSH (Double) ; IN5 (Double) ; C&EI (Double) ; IN8 ; IL4 (Double) ; IN10 (Double) ; KY11 ; KY7

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: OCM]

Blue Ridge Line (BRL)

BRL

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: D]

Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W)

TP&W ; IN3 ; IN7 ; IC ; IL3 ; MI2 ; KY13

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: LC]

Nashville & Chattanooga (N&C)

N&C (Double) ; A&C (Double) ; A&T (Double) ; TN8 ; MS6 ; TN5 ; SM (Double) ; NO&J (Double) ; MS4 ; KY6 ; R&D (Double) ; VC ; VA7 ; WV4 ; KY1 ; OH7 ; C&C (Double) ; OH6 ; KY3 ; MS7

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ADOCMG]

Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)

C&NW (Double) ; WI4 (Double) ; MN2 ; GN (Double) ; ND5 ; MT1 ; MT2 ; MT3

Unbuilt: ID3

[Regions: CW]

Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)

CRIP (Double) ; IA7 ; IA5 ; UP ; MO7 ; NE1 ; LP&W ; CO7 ; WY2

Unbuilt: WY3

[Regions: CW]

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)

CB&Q ; IA1 ; MO8 ; MO6 ; OK2 ; AR8

Unbuilt: MO2

[Regions: CW]

Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)

CASL ; SL&A ; MO1 ; IA3

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: CM]

Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP)

M&SP (Double) ; CNS (Double) ; NP (Double) ; ND3 ; SP&P (Double) ; ND4 ; MT6 (Double) ; MT7 (Double) ; ID5 ; WA1

Unbuilt: C10

[Regions: CWTP]

Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)

M&LR (Double) ; AR4 ; OK1 ; TX12 ; TX14 ; LR&S ; NM1 ; NM2

Unbuilt: CO3

[Regions: MST]

Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)

V&T (Double) ; TX5 ; TX4 ; TX6 ; GW (Double) ; LA1 ; TX1 ; LA6 ; TX7 ; M2

Unbuilt: TX8

[Regions: MGSX]

Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A)

L&A (Double) ; LA4 ; TX2 ; TX3 ; M1 ; AR6

Unbuilt: AR5

[Regions: GSX]

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT)

MKT (Double) ; KS1 ; KS2 ; CO2 ; CO9 (Double) ; OK7 ; WP (Double) ; NV1 ; UT7 ; UT6 ; UT1 (Double) ; UT5 ; CO4

Unbuilt: NV2

[Regions: MTP]

St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)

SLSF (Double) ; MO5 ; OK6 ; OK5 ; OK4

Unbuilt: NM4

[Regions: MS]

St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW)

SLSW

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: M]

Southern Pacific (SP)

SP (Double) ; CP (Double) ; CA4 ; CA3 ; AZ3 ; AZ2 ; AZ1 ; M4 ; MP (Double) ; ATSF ; KCN ; OK8 ; KCS ; NM5 ; NM6 ; NM8 ; M3 (Double) ; TX13

Unbuilt: IA4

[Regions: MWTPX]

Kansas City & Denver (KC&D)

KC&D ; KP ; KS4 ; CO5 ; CO8 ; WY1

Unbuilt: UT4

[Regions: WT]

Sacramento Valley (SV)

SV ; CA7

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: P]
St Paul & Duluth (SP&D)

SP&D

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: W]
Soo Line (SL)

SL

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: N]
Central Texas (CT)

CT

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
NYC	31	42	53	+22	3146	7502	0	8	8	3
ERIE	77	98	59	+41	3439	51886	94	7	7	6 10 11
CNJ	55	97	46	+83	1448	34560	0		7	2 4 5 6
PENN	35	39	43	+8	3162	30540	0	11	2	4 5
READ	40	38	37	-3	1097	41550	0	2	2	7 11
B&O	72	77	83	+11	1506	52062	65	6	6	1 3 7
C&O	44	42	41	-3	545	2795	5		11	2 3 4 7
N&W	35	34	33	-2	1643	7690	19		2	3 4 11
C&H	37	54	71	+34	4244	13221	0	4	4	6
SCL	57	40	24	-33	4890	17194	150		11	2 4
S&G	33	32	32	-1	1633	5987	13		3	4
COG	83	114	48	+61	994	18000	0		7	2 5 6
P&FW	51	70	89	+38	1010	20070	0	2	2	3 4 8 11
BRL	23	28	33	+10	492	925	0		4	10
TP&W	37	44	52	+15	784	4089	26	3	3	2 4 11
N&C	60	47	34	-26	3412	13995	0	5	5	3 4
C&NW	34	34	34	+0	1784	16270	140	11	2	4 7
CRIP	94	85	77	-17	2715	8110	110		5	4 7
CB&Q	43	80	58	+73	2935	37470	270	10	10	2 3 4 6 11
CASL	26	27	28	+2	767	5727	88		11	2 3 4 6
M&SP	19	12	6	-13	115161	167927	273	4	4	3 7
M&LR	53	60	68	+15	2543	14737	108	7	7	1 10
V&T	84	69	55	-29	1719	8110	160	5	5	3 7
L&A	63	79	95	+32	3027	12900	0	6	6	1 7
MKT	43	41	40	-3	5681	25551	49		2	1 11
SLSF	53	48	44	-9	1788	11283	82	1	1	3 5 7
SLSW	33	33	33	+0	92	760	15		7	2 4 6 11
SP	62	65	55	-7	4045	43070	90	3	3	1 8
KC&D	50	60	70	+20	1045	6793	242	1	1	3 6
SV	58	90	61	+64	378	4664	136		7	1 3 4 11
SP&D	22	32	42	+20	274	693	57		4	2
SL	64	80	96	+32	109	707	43		4	1 2 3 7 11
CT	15	20	26	+11	379	782	63		4

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF		Price
CW	Colorado Western	835
DRGW	Denver & Rio Grande Western	580
DP	Denver Pacific	530

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