Continental Rails II

Game # 28 - 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: Edward Harriman bought FW&D for $117501, Hannibal Kimball bought DP for $44444.
PCs Merged: SA&H merges into L&A.
PCs Incorporated: CW, H&S, C&S.
New Engines Acquired: C&NW bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SLSW bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, GW bought Chesapeake 4-6-0.
New Technologies Acquired: NYNH bought automatic brakes, PENN bought automatic brakes, READ bought automatic brakes, B&O bought automatic brakes, C&O bought block signal system, W&M bought Pullman sleepers, S&A bought automatic brakes, A&WP bought block signal system, A&T bought automatic brakes, NO&J bought automatic brakes, C&C bought automatic brakes, C&NW bought Pullman sleepers, C&NW bought automatic brakes, CNS bought automatic brakes, M&LR bought Pullman sleepers, V&T bought automatic brakes, L&A bought automatic brakes, CP bought automatic brakes, UP bought automatic brakes, MKT bought automatic brakes, SLSW bought automatic couplers, GN bought automatic brakes, SP&P bought automatic brakes, KP bought automatic brakes, KCN bought Pullman sleepers, SP&D bought automatic brakes, SL bought automatic brakes, T&P bought automatic brakes, TR bought automatic brakes.
RoWs built: MN5 by CASL, C10 by CNS, M2 by L&A, NV3 by CP, AZ5 by MKT, WA2 by GN, ID4 by SP&P, NM1 by KP, TX4 by T&P.
RoWs abandoned: FL2 was abandoned by IC, TX12 was abandoned by V&T, M3 was abandoned by SP.
B&O doubled IN9, SCL doubled IN5, NO&J doubled MS7, C&NW doubled WI7, CASL doubled LP&W, V&T doubled CT, CP doubled IL15, UP doubled CA7, GN doubled ID3.
New RoWs acquired: CASL got MN2, C&NW got IA9, SP got TX14, L&A got TX16, MKT got AZ6, CP got CA12, SP&P got WA3, CNS got WA4, GN got C8.
RR Mergers: A&T merges into VC, CASL merges into V&T.
Inadequate brakes on C&O locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $17886.
Inadequate brakes on W&M locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $2563.
Inadequate brakes on LR&S locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $1260.
Guerre tarifaire: SCL declares rate war on IC, reduces rates by 50%, SP declares rate war on CP, reduces rates by 50%.
Bankrupt Tycoons: William Ogden.
Stock splits: NYNH splits 2 for 1, C&O splits 3 for 1, NO&J splits 4 for 1, C&C splits 5 for 1, UP splits 4 for 1, SP&P splits 5 for 1.
Cornered stocks: NYNH, C&O, S&A, SCL, VC, A&WP, NO&J, C&C, IC, C&NW, CNS, V&T, CP, UP.
New railroad Presidents: Thomas Scott of NYNH, Jay Gould of S&A, Cornelius Vanderbilt of C&C, Railroad Bill Jr of L&A, Edward Harriman of SP, J. Pierpont Morgan of KP, Leland Stanford of SL, John Forbes of T&P, Edward Harriman of CW.
New Private Companies Available: A&P, M&W.
Milton Littlefield has a Transcontinental system.
Hannibal Kimball dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $600000. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Leland Stanford, Thomas Scott, Edward Harriman, J. Pierpont Morgan, Jim Fisk, Milton Littlefield, Cornelius Vanderbilt
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Good.
Best locomotive available: Consolidation 2-8-0
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	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Jay Gould (9)	Jim Fisk (1)	Thomas Scott (7)	Zorglub von Raspouti (11)
Rail Mogul	Leland Stanford (5)	Zorglub von Raspouti (11)	Edward Harriman (2)	Jim Fisk (1)	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
Rail Builder	Leland Stanford (5)	Jay Gould (9)	Milton Littlefield (6)	Thomas Scott (7)	Hannibal Kimball (10)
Rail Magnate	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Jay Gould (9)	Leland Stanford (5)	Jim Fisk (1)	Railroad Bill Jr (12)
Rail Prodigal	Leland Stanford (5)	Jim Fisk (1)	Edward Harriman (2)	Thomas Scott (7)	Hannibal Kimball (10)
Rail Baron	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Leland Stanford (5)	Jim Fisk (1)	Edward Harriman (2)	Jay Gould (9)

Player Summary

		President of		PCs owned
Player #	Tycoon name	RR 1	RR 2	PC 1	PC 2
6	Milton Littlefield	UP	....	....	....
9	Jay Gould	CNS	S&A	....	....
7	Thomas Scott	CP	NYNH	....	....
10	Hannibal Kimball	SP&P	....	....	DP
11	Zorglub von Raspouti	C&O	READ	....	....
5	Leland Stanford	GN	SL	....	....
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	....	KP	....	....
12	Railroad Bill Jr	V&T	L&A	....	....
1	Jim Fisk	C&NW	IC	....	....
2	Edward Harriman	SP	CW	FW&D	....
3	Cornelius Vanderbilt	C&C	VC	....	....
8	John Forbes	MKT	T&P	....	....
13	William Ogden	....	....	....	....
14	Dan Drew	....	....	....	....
15	Cyrus Holliday	....	....	....	....

Railroad Summary

RR	Name	Tracks	Revenues	Expense	Efficiency	Bonds	Loans	Profit / share	Dividend / share	Grant	Land
NYNH	New York & New Haven	3058	661199	357048	97	882885	424965	0	0	0	2
PENN	Pennsylvania	2906	624652	324818	99	783456	280512	5	5	0	57
READ	Reading	288	83869	48644	93	72141	46688	2	1	0	0
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	2831	509641	265015	99	701329	476052	2	3	0	2
C&O	Chesapeake & Ohio	1626	209210	119249	94	363010	263532	1	1	0	30
W&M	Wilmington & Manchester	233	25501	14025	99	55174	8884	6	1	0	0
S&A	Savannah & Augusta	3521	859999	541799	88	967406	669457	3	3	0	1
SCL	Sea Coast Line	3022	530184	302059	95	751765	346555	1	3	0	11
VC	Virginia Central	2945	469718	253649	97	862096	160698	1	1	0	32
A&WP	Atlanta & West Point	315	42310	23693	98	84127	26853	6	1	0	1
NO&J	New Orleans & Jackson	534	91548	50350	99	138190	3578	3	3	0	2
C&C	Cincinnati & Chicago	202	27685	16334	95	50491	9537	7	1	0	0
IC	Illinois Central	3365	680131	415149	91	974867	387762	2	1	0	19
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	1361	203958	116255	94	288668	158817	0	1	0	256
FEC	Florida East Coast	299	25455	17055	87	72817	1005	2	0	0	0
CNS	Chicago North Shore	2399	364230	189399	99	607893	417123	0	0	2540	1155
M&LR	Memphis & Little Rock	132	16887	9963	95	33530	8839	6	0	0	0
V&T	Vicksburg & Texas	3222	490510	279589	94	721545	445315	0	1	3200	1030
L&A	Louisiana & Arkansas	1635	220879	121482	99	364873	242839	2	5	0	2608
CP	Central Pacific	3566	534386	362357	87	869053	606177	0	0	0	72
UP	Union Pacific	2925	466941	252147	97	642416	38889	0	1	0	762
MKT	Missouri, Kansas & Texas	1709	176640	91851	99	383799	263560	1	1	0	0
SLSW	St Louis & Southwestern	155	21871	12904	95	40502	14589	6	1	0	0
GW	Great Western	140	20781	12053	96	33000	13332	7	0	0	0
SP	Southern Pacific	3038	405737	230780	97	862757	547458	1	0	3100	883
GN	Great Northern	1718	184882	101684	99	361698	247758	1	1	0	323
SP&P	St Paul & Pacific	1532	152521	79309	99	366716	110491	1	0	1460	397
KP	Kansas Pacific	1856	212007	110244	99	418254	207156	1	2	0	1819
KCN	Kansas City Northern	223	25630	14096	99	45863	20596	6	0	0	0
SP&D	St Paul & Duluth	150	20369	13240	89	35420	20308	4	4	0	0
SL	Soo Line	150	17308	11250	89	34163	18804	3	4	0	0
T&P	Texas & Pacific	513	63255	34790	99	122887	74469	5	3	0	0
TR	Texas Road	84	13267	8491	90	19350	10197	6	0	0	0
LR&S	Little Rock & Shreveport	210	19455	11868	93	43119	25957	2	0	0	0
H&S	Houston & Shreveport	232	26000	17940	85	55768	34182	1	0	0	0
C&S	Colorado & Southern	116	15309	10563	85	29511	18089	2	0	0	0
CW	Colorado Western	167	20668	14468	84	41663	25537	1	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 & New Haven (NYNH)

NYNH (Double) ; ERIE (Double) ; NY2 ; B&H (Double) ; PA11 (Double) ; GTW (Double) ; P&LE (Double) ; OH5 ; FW&C (Double) ; OH6 ; CNJ (Double) ; PA9 (Double) ; PA10 ; PA8 (Double) ; IN3 ; IN8 ; GT (Double) ; C2 ; C3 (Double) ; NY1 ; IL5 (Double)

Unbuilt: OH8

[Regions: AOLCMN]

Pennsylvania (PENN)

PENN (Double) ; LV (Double) ; PA5 (Double) ; PA6 (Double) ; PA7 ; P&FW (Double) ; OH2 ; MC (Double) ; MS (Double) ; MI5 (Double) ; MN (Double) ; MI1 ; OH3 (Double) ; MI4 ; C&A (Double) ; PA2 (Double) ; MD1 (Double) ; RF&P (Double) ; PA4 (Double) ; VA3 (Double) ; VA7 (Double) ; MI6 (Double) ; MI3

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AOLC]

Reading (READ)
READ (Double) ; PA1 (Double) ; PA3 (Double)
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: A]

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

B&O (Double) ; WV1 ; M&C ; OH1 ; IN4 (Double) ; IN9 (Double) ; KY12 ; C&EI (Double) ; TN12 (Double) ; IL6 (Double) ; GM&O (Double) ; MS3 (Double) ; AL8 (Double) ; MS1 (Double) ; TN14 (Double) ; WV2 ; WV3 ; TN8 (Double) ; KY9 ; KY10

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AOCMG]

Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)

C&O ; VA2 ; SC5 ; BRL (Double) ; MD2 ; A&C (Double) ; NC2 ; TN6 ; TN9 ; TN11 ; VA1

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ADM]

Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)
W&M ; NC1
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: A]

Savannah & Augusta (S&A)

S&A (Double) ; GA1 ; GA8 (Double) ; AL4 ; MS2 (Double) ; AL2 ; TN7 ; L&N (Double) ; LS (Double) ; MRLE ; A&GW ; OH4 ; NYC (Double) ; HRL (Double) ; B&A (Double) ; B&M (Double) ; NY3 ; C4 (Double) ; C5 (Double) ; IN1 (Double) ; WBSH (Double) ; KY8 ; KY11 ; IL7 (Double)

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ADOLCMGN]

Sea Coast Line (SCL)

SCL (Double) ; NER (Double) ; S&G (Double) ; GA6 ; GA7 ; AL1 (Double) ; AL3 (Double) ; TN10 (Double) ; MS6 ; TN13 ; KY13 (Double) ; IL8 ; MS5 ; MON (Double) ; IN7 ; IL2 ; IN5 (Double) ; KY3 ; KY2 ; VA5 ; KY6

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ADOCM]

Virginia Central (VC)

VC ; WV4 ; KY1 ; OH7 ; A&T (Double) ; N&C (Double) ; AL5 ; AL7 ; N&W (Double) ; R&D (Double) ; N&S (Double) ; VA4 ; W&W ; VA6 ; TN1 ; TN4 ; TN5 ; KY7 ; IN10 ; KY14 ; IL9 (Double)

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ADOMG]

Atlanta & West Point (A&WP)
A&WP ; AL6 ; FL6
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: DG]

New Orleans & Jackson (NO&J)

NO&J (Double) ; SM ; MS7 (Double) ; MS4

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: MG]

Cincinnati & Chicago (C&C)
C&C
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: C]

Illinois Central (IC)

IC (Double) ; IL4 (Double) ; C&H (Double) ; SC4 (Double) ; G&C (Double) ; SC1 (Double) ; TN2 ; TN3 ; GA4 (Double) ; FL4 ; KY4 ; FL5 ; TP&W ; IN2 ; IN6 (Double) ; KY5 (Double) ; O&M (Double) ; IL3 (Double) ; MI2 ; SC3 ; SC2 ; COG (Double) ; GA2 (Double) ; GA3 (Double) ; GA5 ; FL3

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ADOLCMG]

Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)

C&NW (Double) ; WI4 (Double) ; WI6 (Double) ; MN3 ; C6 ; WI7 (Double)

Unbuilt: IA9

[Regions: CWN]

Florida East Coast (FEC)
FEC
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: ]

Chicago North Shore (CNS)

CNS (Double) ; M&SP (Double) ; NP ; ND3 ; ND4 ; MT6 ; MT7 ; ID5 ; WA1 ; C10

Unbuilt: WA4

[Regions: CWTPN]

Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)
M&LR
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: M]

Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)

V&T (Double) ; AR8 ; OK2 ; TX2 (Double) ; CT (Double) ; TX5 ; LA4 (Double) ; OK1 ; CASL (Double) ; SL&A (Double) ; MO1 (Double) ; MO8 (Double) ; MO6 (Double) ; IL11 ; LP&W (Double) ; IL13 ; IA11 ; MN5

Unbuilt: MN2

[Regions: CMWS]

Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A)

L&A (Double) ; LA2 ; TX1 ; TX3 ; M1 ; LA5 ; SA&H ; M2

Unbuilt: TX16

[Regions: MGSX]

Central Pacific (CP)

CP (Double) ; NV2 ; UT8 ; UT6 (Double) ; UT1 (Double) ; CO9 (Double) ; UT9 ; CRIP (Double) ; IA7 (Double) ; MO7 (Double) ; KC&D (Double) ; MO3 (Double) ; KS4 (Double) ; CO4 ; IL15 (Double) ; NV3

Unbuilt: CA12

[Regions: CMWTP]

Union Pacific (UP)

UP (Double) ; NE1 ; CO7 ; CB&Q (Double) ; IA4 (Double) ; IA5 (Double) ; IA3 (Double) ; WY1 ; UT5 ; CO8 ; MO2 ; SV (Double) ; WP ; NV1 ; UT7 ; CA7 (Double)

Unbuilt: CA8

[Regions: CMWTP]

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT)