Continental Rails II

Game # 24 - Turn # 21

Headline News 1881 to 1882

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1881: Thomas Edison announces invention of electric light.
1882: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral leaves 3 dead, 2 wounded.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Cornelius Vanderbilt bought C&S for $41793, Nicholas van Rijn bought A&P for $66601.
PCs Merged: DP merges into CRIP, TR merges into M&LR.
PCs Incorporated: CW, DRGW.
New Engines Acquired: S&G bought Pacific 4-6-2, BRL bought Pacific 4-6-2.
New Technologies Acquired: C&O bought steel bridges, N&W bought Pullman sleepers, BRL bought coal burning engines, BRL bought block signal system, BRL bought automatic couplers, BRL bought Pullman sleepers, BRL bought automatic brakes, BRL bought refrigerated cars, BRL bought steel bridges.
RoWs built: IL5 by TP&W, WA2 by C&NW, IL13 by CB&Q, WA6 by M&SP, AR3 by M&LR, TX11 by V&T, TX16 by L&A, AR2 by SLSF, IL12 by SP, ID2 by KC&D.
C&H doubled TN12, N&C doubled MS7, CRIP doubled LP&W, M&SP doubled C10, SP doubled AZ2.
New RoWs acquired: M&SP got WI2, KC&D got MO3, SLSF got AR1, M&LR got LA2, L&A got TX15, CRIP got MT4, MKT got UT9, C&NW got C9.
RR Mergers: FW&D merges into SP.
NYC bridge collapsed! Many passengers killed in plunge. Damages amount to $10493.
Inadequate brakes on S&G locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $13200.
Loan Recalls: Henry B. Plant.
Stock splits: TP&W splits 2 for 1, CT splits 2 for 1.
Cornered stocks: PENN, READ, B&O, TP&W, SL.
New railroad Presidents: Nicholas van Rijn of NYC, Aubin Rioudu Frei of PENN, Thomas Durant of READ, Nicholas van Rijn of TP&W, Aubin Rioudu Frei of C&NW, Henry Farham of CB&Q, Thomas Durant of MKT.
Aubin Rioudu Frei has a Transcontinental system.
J. Pierpont Morgan has a Transcontinental system.
Thomas Durant has a Transcontinental system.
Eugene de Segur dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $345678. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Cornelius Vanderbilt, Nicholas van Rijn, Aubin Rioudu Frei, J. Pierpont Morgan, Pascu, Henry Farham, Thomas Durant, Nicolas Koechlin
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Boom.
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)	Nicolas Koechlin (6)	Thomas Durant (11)
Rail Mogul	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)	Aubin Rioudu Frei (2)	Eugene de Segur (7)	Nicholas van Rijn (3)	Thomas Durant (11)
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)	Nicolas Koechlin (6)	Aubin Rioudu Frei (2)	Eugene de Segur (7)	Cornelius Vanderbilt (5)
Rail Prodigal	Nicholas van Rijn (3)	Eugene de Segur (7)	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)	Cornelius Vanderbilt (5)	Aubin Rioudu Frei (2)
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	....	....
6	Nicolas Koechlin	B&O	L&A	....	....
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	M&SP	C&H	....	....
1	Pascu	SLSF	KC&D	....	....
2	Aubin Rioudu Frei	PENN	C&NW	....	....
11	Thomas Durant	READ	MKT	....	....
5	Cornelius Vanderbilt	CRIP	N&C	....	C&S
3	Nicholas van Rijn	TP&W	NYC	A&P	....
10	Henry Farham	BRL	CB&Q	....	....
8	Henry B. Plant	....	....	....	....
12	William Palmer	....	....	....	....
15	Cyrus Holliday	....	....	....	....
13	William Ogden	....	....	....	....
9	CamilloN	....	....	....	....
14	Dan Drew	....	....	....	....

Railroad Summary

RR	Name	Tracks	Revenues	Expense	Efficiency	Bonds	Loans	Profit / share	Dividend / share	Grant	Land
NYC	New York Central	1499	295397	180192	90	656344	329179	3	0	0	0
ERIE	Erie Lackawanna	2646	557916	290115	99	861758	276943	3	3	0	0
CNJ	Central New Jersey	1152	229349	119261	99	438100	11612	0	0	0	0
PENN	Pennsylvania	2035	438249	227889	99	512771	4396	5	4	0	0
READ	Reading	2169	553199	287663	99	510547	178626	3	4	0	0
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	2975	593482	308611	99	867185	466891	1	1	0	0
C&O	Chesapeake & Ohio	560	75217	41370	99	138700	1478	9	1	0	0
N&W	Norfolk & Western	1541	195215	101512	99	522459	94652	7	0	0	0
C&H	Charleston & Hamburg	2643	594039	314840	98	802593	476527	14	16	0	1
SCL	Sea Coast Line	1733	291259	151455	99	399750	4991	6	1	0	0
S&G	Savannah & Gulf	1200	187063	114108	90	417303	160258	5	0	0	0
COG	Central of Georgia	1200	228434	123355	97	340664	92943	4	0	0	1
BRL	Blue Ridge Line	185	23506	12928	99	61028	3328	7	0	0	0
TP&W	Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw	943	167520	92137	99	264040	80469	11	0	0	0
N&C	Nashville & Chattanooga	2799	567008	294845	99	859826	357456	13	9	0	1
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	2438	367220	190955	99	631844	246635	6	4	0	384
CRIP	Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific	2082	294357	153065	99	544020	85766	5	9	2350	0
CB&Q	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	1551	233956	121658	99	391618	76754	2	0	0	292
CASL	Chicago, Alton & St. Louis	595	90062	51335	97	156476	1856	5	1	0	0
M&SP	Milwaukee & St. Paul	2875	515706	268166	99	723324	246180	1	0	0	30
M&LR	Memphis & Little Rock	2385	300753	156393	99	592771	356394	4	6	0	183
V&T	Vicksburg & Texas	2494	353671	187447	98	692113	396795	7	0	0	1016
L&A	Louisiana & Arkansas	1847	271788	146767	97	543672	317770	4	7	0	718
MKT	Missouri, Kansas & Texas	2978	393279	204506	99	772762	137777	4	4	0	129
SLSF	St Louis & San Francisco	1306	169569	91567	97	347047	32455	4	3	0	608
SLSW	St Louis & Southwestern	155	23738	13056	99	43977	5616	9	1	0	0
SP	Southern Pacific	4105	763173	572377	76	1409980	760560	0	2	0	569
KC&D	Kansas City & Denver	1776	201523	104791	99	476969	224406	5	2	0	1572
SV	Sacramento Valley	240	46516	25584	99	75056	20053	1	0	0	0
SP&D	St Paul & Duluth	150	21870	12028	99	43467	13655	8	1	0	0
SL	Soo Line	150	18998	10449	99	39032	12915	2	0	0	0
CT	Central Texas	169	20620	11753	97	40697	19055	6	0	0	0
CW	Colorado Western	167	22938	15827	85	50687	26113	2	0	0	0
DRGW	Denver & Rio Grande Western	116	17243	11725	86	35903	18497	3	0	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 (Double) ; 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 (Double) ; P&FW (Double) ; A&GW (Double) ; WBSH (Double) ; IN5 (Double) ; C&EI (Double) ; IN8 ; IL4 (Double) ; IN10 (Double) ; KY11 (Double) ; KY7

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AOCM]

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 ; VA6

Unbuilt: none

[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 (Double) ; AL5 (Double) ; FL6 (Double) ; SC2 (Double) ; M&C (Double) ; IN4 (Double) ; MON (Double) ; IN9 (Double) ; 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]

Blue Ridge Line (BRL)

BRL

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: D]

Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W)

TP&W ; IN3 ; IN7 ; IC (Double) ; IL3 ; MI2 ; KY13 ; IL5

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: LCM]

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 (Double)

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ADOCMG]

Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)

C&NW (Double) ; WI4 (Double) ; MN2 ; GN (Double) ; ND5 ; MT1 ; MT2 ; MT3 ; ID3 ; WA2

Unbuilt: C9

[Regions: CWTP]

Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)

CRIP (Double) ; IA7 ; IA5 ; UP ; MO7 ; NE1 ; LP&W (Double) ; CO7 ; WY2 ; WY3 ; DP

Unbuilt: MT4

[Regions: CWT]

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)

CB&Q ; IA1 ; MO8 ; MO6 ; OK2 ; AR8 ; T&P ; MO2 ; IL13

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: CMWS]

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 (Double) ; C10 (Double) ; WA6

Unbuilt: WI2

[Regions: CWTPN]

Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)

M&LR (Double) ; AR4 ; OK1 ; TX12 ; TX14 ; LR&S ; NM1 ; NM2 ; H&S ; CO3 ; TR ; AR3

Unbuilt: LA2

[Regions: MST]

Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)

V&T (Double) ; TX5 ; TX4 ; TX6 ; GW (Double) ; LA1 ; TX1 ; LA6 ; TX7 ; M2 (Double) ; TX8 ; TX11

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: MGSX]

Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A)

L&A (Double) ; LA4 ; TX2 ; TX3 ; M1 ; AR6 ; SA&H ; AR5 ; TX16

Unbuilt: TX15

[Regions: MGSX]

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT)

MKT (Double) ; KS1 ; KS2 ; CO2 ; CO9 (Double) ; OK7 ; WP (Double) ; NV1 ; UT7 ; UT6 ; UT1 (Double) ; UT5 ; CO4 ; NV2

Unbuilt: UT9

[Regions: MTP]

St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)

SLSF (Double) ; MO5 ; OK6 ; OK5 ; OK4 ; NM4 ; AR2

Unbuilt: AR1

[Regions: MS]

St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW)

SLSW

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: M]

Southern Pacific (SP)

SP (Double) ; CP (Double) ; CA4 ; CA3 ; AZ3 ; AZ2 (Double) ; AZ1 ; M4 ; MP (Double) ; ATSF ; KCN ; OK8 ; KCS (Double) ; NM5 ; NM6 ; NM8 ; M3 (Double) ; TX13 ; IA4 ; IL12 ; FW&D

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: CMWSTPX]

Kansas City & Denver (KC&D)

KC&D (Double) ; KP ; KS4 ; CO5 ; CO8 ; WY1 ; UT4 ; ID2

Unbuilt: MO3

[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]
Colorado Western (CW)

CW

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: T]
Denver & Rio Grande Western (DRGW)

DRGW

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: T]

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	54	69	84	+30	4977	15004	0	3	3	4 5 7 8
ERIE	39	41	43	+4	7336	51980	0	7	7	6 11
CNJ	36	20	4	-32	116790	172800	0		2	5 6 7
PENN	46	52	59	+13	2729	30540	0	2	2	4 5 11
READ	46	32	19	-27	18662	61620	0	11	2	7
B&O	51	64	78	+27	14318	105764	0	6	6	1 7
C&O	54	53	53	-1	379	2797	3		11	2 3 4 5 7
N&W	49	45	42	-7	1994	7697	12		2	3 4 5 11
C&H	40	58	77	+37	4040	13221	0	4	4	3
SCL	33	35	38	+5	3026	17259	85		11	2 4
S&G	44	45	46	+2	1334	5992	8		3	4 11
COG	31	36	42	+11	2403	18000	0		7	2 6
BRL	45	43	41	-4	349	925	0	10	10	4
TP&W	85	98	56	+27	963	9310	120	3	3	2 4 8 11
N&C	54	71	88	+34	2386	13995	0	5	5	3 4
C&NW	43	50	57	+14	3846	18141	154	2	2	4 7 11
CRIP	65	63	62	-3	2738	20237	53	5	5	4 7 10
CB&Q	15	20	26	+11	8333	39689	516	10	3	2 4 11
CASL	33	35	37	+4	691	5765	50		11	2 3 4 6
M&SP	13	17	22	+9	68927	169820	95	4	4	3 7
M&LR	79	80	82	+3	1699	17708	137	7	7	1 6
V&T	93	81	70	-23	2559	12051	419		5	3 7
L&A	79	77	76	-3	3379	15272	263	6	6	1 7
MKT	43	44	46	+3	6981	26470	0	11	2	1
SLSF	38	40	42	+4	2222	12444	56	1	1	3 5 7
SLSW	38	40	42	+4	95	766	9		7	2 4 6 11
SP	39	31	24	-15	18770	45840	95		3	1
KC&D	75	70	66	-9	1420	8763	117	1	1	3 4 6
SV	58	53	49	-9	412	9447	153		7	1 3 4 11
SP&D	85	75	66	-19	83	717	33		4	2 3 7 11
SL	54	65	77	+23	364	2175	75		4	1 2 3 7 11
CT	59	86	57	+55	157	1594	96		4	1 2 3 7
CW	0	0	18	+18	0	752	83		2
DRGW	0	0	18	+18	0	522	58		2

Private Companies Available for Purchase

No Private Companies are available.

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