Continental Rails II

Game # 25 - Turn # 20

Headline News 1879 to 1880

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1879: Wyatt Earp arrives in Tombstone, Arizona.
1880: Missouri Governor offers $10,000 reward for capture of Jesse James.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Henry Farham bought C&S for $10904, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought CW for $52798, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought DRGW for $47983.
PCs Merged: H&S merges into TR, SA&H merges into TR.
PCs Incorporated: LR&S.
New Engines Acquired: READ bought Pacific 4-6-2, N&W bought Consolidation 2-8-0, S&A bought Pacific 4-6-2, MRLE bought Pacific 4-6-2, MS bought Pacific 4-6-2, CNS bought Consolidation 2-8-0, M&LR bought Pacific 4-6-2, UP bought Pacific 4-6-2, SLSF bought Pacific 4-6-2.
New Technologies Acquired: GT bought automatic couplers, ERIE bought automatic couplers, READ bought automatic couplers, B&O bought automatic couplers, S&A bought block signal system, COG bought automatic couplers, MRLE bought automatic couplers, MP bought automatic couplers, MKT bought Grand Station, GW bought automatic couplers.
RoWs built: MT7 by C&NW, OR3 by CNS, AZ2 by MP, UT2 by UP, IA11 by MKT, OK3 by SLSF, WA1 by GN, IA2 by KP, CA10 by SV.
MRLE doubled KY10, KP doubled CA4.
New RoWs acquired: KP got IL12, CB&Q got MN1, SLSF got OK5, MKT got NM8, MP got AZ4, SV got AZ6, CNS got OR1, GN got C10.
RR Mergers: V&T merges into SLSF.
Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost CNS $30701.
Inadequate signal system slows UP rail service: mail contracts worth $23716 cancelled.
Reorganized RRs: SL.
Loan Recalls: Railroad Bill Jr, Byron Kilbourn, Louis McLane.
Stock splits: S&A splits 3 for 1.
Cornered stocks: N&W, S&A, CASL, M&LR, GW.
New railroad Presidents: Henry Farham of ERIE, Railroad Bill Jr of CASL, Byron Kilbourn of GW, Byron Kilbourn of TR.
New Private Companies Available: DP, A&P.
Byron Kilbourn has a Transcontinental system.
Cornelius Vanderbilt dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $143789. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Cyrus Holliday, Louis McLane, Maurin Jolybois, Henry Farham
Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost V&T $14854.
Pullman's sleeping car design favored by for long distance travel, improves revenues.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Mild Depression.
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	Louis McLane (7)	Maurin Jolybois (4)	Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)	Henry Farham (5)	Byron Kilbourn (6)
Rail Mogul	Louis McLane (7)	Maurin Jolybois (4)	Byron Kilbourn (6)	Cyrus Holliday (2)	William Ogden (8)
Rail Builder	Cyrus Holliday (2)	Byron Kilbourn (6)	Louis McLane (7)	Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)	Maurin Jolybois (4)
Rail Magnate	Louis McLane (7)	Cyrus Holliday (2)	Maurin Jolybois (4)	Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)	Byron Kilbourn (6)
Rail Prodigal	Cyrus Holliday (2)	Louis McLane (7)	Byron Kilbourn (6)	Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)	Maurin Jolybois (4)
Rail Baron	Louis McLane (7)	Cyrus Holliday (2)	Byron Kilbourn (6)	Maurin Jolybois (4)	Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)

Player Summary

		President of		PCs owned
Player #	Tycoon name	RR 1	RR 2	PC 1	PC 2
3	Cornelius Vanderbilt	S&A	KP	CW	DRGW
4	Maurin Jolybois	N&W	MP	....	....
5	Henry Farham	ERIE	MKT	C&S	....
8	William Ogden	SV	READ	....	....
9	Jay Gould	....	CB&Q	....	....
2	Cyrus Holliday	MRLE	GN	....	....
7	Louis McLane	GM&O	CNS	....	....
6	Byron Kilbourn	TR	GW	....	....
1	Railroad Bill Jr	CASL	SLSF	....	....
14	William Palmer	....	....	....	....
12	Robert Schuyler	....	....	....	....
13	Dan Drew	....	....	....	....
10	Edward Harriman	....	....	....	....
15	Thomas Durant	....	....	....	....
11	Milton Littlefield	....	....	....	....

Railroad Summary

RR	Name	Tracks	Revenues	Expense	Efficiency	Bonds	Loans	Profit / share	Dividend / share	Grant	Land
GT	Grand Trunk	1083	118716	61732	99	347050	4679	6	1	0	0
B&H	Boston & Hartford	110	15936	9402	95	33196	475	0	0	0	0
ERIE	Erie Lackawanna	2135	313209	162869	99	738799	50665	9	3	0	1
C&A	Camden & Amboy	635	108544	58615	97	176181	2286	12	2	0	0
PENN	Pennsylvania	2401	379500	212521	95	813581	405584	2	1	0	1
READ	Reading	2933	443718	239606	97	871677	340702	1	0	0	1
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	681	79285	43607	99	153496	3923	7	0	0	0
N&W	Norfolk & Western	3060	428108	252583	92	847976	298971	2	1	0	3
W&M	Wilmington & Manchester	1264	117444	85735	84	381469	4550	1	0	0	0
S&A	Savannah & Augusta	2930	445081	231442	99	947058	449599	3	3	0	14
COG	Central of Georgia	1047	141140	74805	98	314640	6866	8	0	0	0
MRLE	Mad River & Lake Erie	2920	538502	290791	97	891057	386699	9	4	0	4
GM&O	Gulf, Mobile & Ohio	2922	549775	329865	91	960341	586281	1	1	0	17
MS	Michigan Southern	204	19400	11058	97	40163	734	5	0	0	0
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	2019	218286	113510	99	512775	240993	2	3	0	1147
CB&Q	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	1153	125213	70119	95	412591	126866	2	2	0	0
CASL	Chicago, Alton & St. Louis	938	119755	62273	99	239050	88066	3	0	0	22
CNS	Chicago North Shore	2791	275652	154365	95	746969	460630	0	0	0	4484
MP	Missouri Pacific	2072	212937	110727	99	476841	299594	0	1	0	2687
M&LR	Memphis & Little Rock	477	44326	25710	96	142190	23244	2	0	0	10
UP	Union Pacific	3388	421649	252991	91	1054898	583890	0	0	0	627
MKT	Missouri, Kansas & Texas	1785	196399	109984	95	463164	285630	0	0	0	749
SLSF	St Louis & San Francisco	2771	290229	162527	95	805947	444045	0	1	0	0
GW	Great Western	140	16511	10072	93	42687	12338	0	0	0	0
GN	Great Northern	2234	202946	105534	99	559248	353579	0	1	0	0
KP	Kansas Pacific	2676	286610	149038	99	692927	377252	2	9	1140	4643
SV	Sacramento Valley	410	43173	23744	99	86545	59369	2	4	3680	0
SL	Soo Line	150	13547	9212	86	30000	0	-2	0	0	0
CT	Central Texas	169	14971	9132	93	26082	18606	2	1	0	0
TR	Texas Road	535	52053	32793	91	83974	69294	1	0	0	0
LR&S	Little Rock & Shreveport	210	15795	10109	90	30104	25646	0	0	0	0
FW&D	Ft Worth & Denver	195	16796	10414	92	29867	20958	1	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

Grand Trunk (GT)

GT (Double) ; B&M ; C2 ; C3 ; ME1 ; C1

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AN]
Boston & Hartford (B&H)

B&H

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: A]

Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)

ERIE ; NY2 ; NYNH (Double) ; HRL (Double) ; NY1 ; LS (Double) ; OH3 ; TP&W ; OH5 ; IN2 ; FW&C (Double) ; IN8 ; IL3 ; IL7 ; PA8

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ALCM]

Camden & Amboy (C&A)

C&A (Double) ; CNJ (Double) ; PA1 ; PA9 ; PA10

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AL]

Pennsylvania (PENN)

PENN (Double) ; LV (Double) ; PA5 ; PA6 ; PA2 (Double) ; P&LE (Double) ; P&FW ; GTW (Double) ; OH4 ; IN1 ; IN3 ; IN7 ; IL5 ; PA11 ; MI2 (Double) ; MN ; MI3 ; MI4

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AOLCM]

Reading (READ)

READ (Double) ; PA3 (Double) ; MD1 (Double) ; MD2 (Double) ; C&O (Double) ; WV1 ; OH1 ; VA3 (Double) ; VA1 (Double) ; M&C (Double) ; OH8 (Double) ; C&C (Double) ; KY3 (Double) ; KY5 (Double) ; KY6 ; O&M (Double) ; IL6 (Double) ; KY7 (Double) ; KY11 ; VA2 ; NC1 ; NC2

Unbuilt: KY2

[Regions: AOCM]

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

B&O (Double) ; PA7 ; PA4 (Double) ; WV2 ; WV3

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AO]

Norfolk & Western (N&W)

N&W (Double) ; R&D (Double) ; VA4 ; RF&P (Double) ; VA5 ; KY1 ; N&S (Double) ; IN4 (Double) ; VC ; IN9 (Double) ; MON (Double) ; KY13 ; IL9 (Double) ; VA7 (Double) ; SM (Double) ; NO&J (Double) ; MS6 ; TN13 ; TN9

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AOCMG]

Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)

W&M ; W&W ; SC2 ; G&C ; SC3 ; BRL ; SC5 ; TN2 ; TN4 ; TN5

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AD]

Savannah & Augusta (S&A)

S&A (Double) ; GA1 ; GA8 (Double) ; AL3 ; TN12 ; KY12 ; C&H (Double) ; NER (Double) ; SC1 (Double) ; GA4 (Double) ; FL4 ; FL5 ; GA2 (Double) ; IL2 ; FEC ; TN10 ; IC ; IL4 ; FL6 ; FL1

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ADCMG]

Central of Georgia (COG)

COG (Double) ; A&WP (Double) ; AL6 ; A&C ; AL7 ; TN6 ; TN7 ; MS1 (Double) ; AL2

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: DG]

Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE)

MRLE (Double) ; A&GW (Double) ; IN5 (Double) ; IN6 (Double) ; C&EI (Double) ; KY8 (Double) ; KY9 ; SCL (Double) ; S&G (Double) ; GA6 ; GA7 ; AL1 (Double) ; A&T (Double) ; AL4 (Double) ; N&C (Double) ; MS2 (Double) ; KY10 (Double) ; KY14 (Double) ; IL8 (Double) ; TN14 (Double) ; GA5

Unbuilt: GA3

[Regions: ADOLCMG]

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O)

GM&O (Double) ; MS3 ; TN8 ; AL8 ; WBSH (Double) ; OH7 (Double) ; L&N (Double) ; OH6 ; IN10 (Double) ; NYC (Double) ; B&A (Double) ; NY3 (Double) ; C4 (Double) ; C5 (Double) ; MC (Double) ; MI1 (Double) ; MI5 (Double) ; MI6 (Double) ; OH2 ; AL5 ; TN11 (Double) ; MS4 (Double)

Unbuilt: MS5

[Regions: ADOLCMGN]

Michigan Southern (MS)

MS

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: L]

Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)

C&NW (Double) ; WI4 (Double) ; SP&P (Double) ; WI6 (Double) ; ND1 (Double) ; ND2 ; MT4 ; MT8 ; MT7

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: CWT]

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)

CB&Q ; IA1 ; MO9 ; MO7 ; IA10 ; MO2 ; MN3

Unbuilt: MN1

[Regions: CMW]

Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)

CASL (Double) ; SL&A (Double) ; MO1 ; IA3 (Double) ; IA6 ; IA9

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: CMW]

Chicago North Shore (CNS)

CNS (Double) ; M&SP (Double) ; NP (Double) ; MN2 (Double) ; ND3 ; ND4 ; MT6 ; ID1 ; ID2 ; OR3

Unbuilt: OR1

[Regions: CWT]

Missouri Pacific (MP)

MP (Double) ; MO6 (Double) ; ATSF (Double) ; OK2 ; OK8 ; NM4 ; NM3 ; AZ1 ; AZ2

Unbuilt: AZ4

[Regions: MWT]

Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)

M&LR ; AR3 ; SLSW

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: M]

Union Pacific (UP)

UP (Double) ; NE1 ; CO7 ; WY1 ; CRIP (Double) ; IA7 ; IA5 (Double) ; KCN (Double) ; NE2 ; KC&D ; CO6 ; WP (Double) ; SP (Double) ; NV1 ; UT7 ; UT5 ; MO3 ; UT2

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: CMWTP]

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT)

MKT (Double) ; OK6 ; KCS ; OK4 ; TX12 ; TX11 ; LP&W ; TX9 ; M3 ; IA11

Unbuilt: NM8

[Regions: MWSX]

St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)

SLSF ; AR7 ; OK3 ; V&T ; TX2 ; TX3 ; L&A (Double) ; LA4 ; AR8 ; T&P ; M1 ; M2

Unbuilt: OK5

[Regions: MGSX]

Great Western (GW)

GW

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: G]

Great Northern (GN)

GN ; ND5 ; MT1 ; SP&D (Double) ; MT9 ; MT5 ; ID5 ; MN5 ; WA1

Unbuilt: C10

[Regions: WTP]

Kansas Pacific (KP)

KP (Double) ; KS3 ; CO2 ; CO9 ; UT1 (Double) ; MO8 ; CP (Double) ; CA7 (Double) ; NV2 ; UT8 ; UT6 ; CA4 (Double) ; IA2

Unbuilt: IL12

[Regions: WTP]

Sacramento Valley (SV)

SV (Double) ; CA9 ; CA10

Unbuilt: AZ6

[Regions: P]
Soo Line (SL)

SL

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: N]
Central Texas (CT)

CT

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: S]
Texas Road (TR)

TR ; H&S ; SA&H

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: S]
Little Rock & Shreveport (LR&S)

LR&S

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ]
Ft Worth & Denver (FW&D)

FW&D

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
GT	83	56	30	-53	614	5393	22		8	2 3 4 7
B&H	16	12	9	-7	7790	29700	0		5	6 8
ERIE	45	50	55	+10	2249	10666	9	5	5	2 3 7
C&A	62	63	65	+3	1059	3175	0		8	1 2 3 4 7
PENN	46	42	39	-7	7613	22890	0		3	4 5 6 7
READ	76	43	11	-65	10898	52845	0	8	8	3 4
B&O	39	47	56	+17	600	3398	15		2	3 4 7 8
N&W	32	42	53	+21	2578	30608	0	4	4	3 6 8
W&M	19	18	17	-2	2194	6320	0		3
S&A	52	86	40	+68	3161	87936	0	3	3	7 9
COG	47	59	72	+25	1312	5222	13		4	2 3 5 7
MRLE	91	58	26	-65	3293	14607	0	2	2	3 5 7
GM&O	18	14	10	-8	10542	41951	0	7	7	2 4 5
MS	51	39	27	-24	251	1015	5		7	2 3 4 8
C&NW	65	41	17	-48	11599	19143	87		1
CB&Q	80	78	76	-4	1590	5598	167	9	9	3 6 12
CASL	53	62	72	+19	1784	9186	194	1	1	4 7 8
CNS	7	8	9	+2	11001	61328	197	7	7	4 6
MP	23	25	27	+4	12442	47330	60	4	4	5 6 8
M&LR	46	65	84	+38	211	2322	63		5	2 3 4 6 7 8
UP	14	13	13	-1	9272	37482	18		6	9
MKT	20	18	17	-3	3024	19495	50	5	5	6 7
SLSF	20	18	24	+4	529	34265	95	1	1	4 6
GW	50	66	83	+33	390	2731	69	6	2	3 4 5 7 8
GN	96	53	11	-85	23161	30413	287	2	2
KP	94	68	42	-52	4615	15405	65	3	3	4
SV	56	74	93	+37	202	1980	70	8	8	4 6 7
SL	50	45	17	-33	210	750	0
CT	12	11	10	-2	305	782	63		7
TR	17	22	28	+11	111	2418	257	6	6	7
LR&S	0	0	12	+12	0	945	105		2
FW&D	12	13	15	+3	372	902	73		2	8

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF		Price
DP	Denver Pacific	530
A&P	Atlantic & Pacific	580

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