Continental Rails II

Game # 30 - Turn # 12

Headline News 1863 to 1864

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1863: Congress passes Homestead Act giving free land to homesteaders.
1864: Otto von Bismark appointed minister president of Prussia by William I.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Jim Fisk bought MKT for $19345, J. Edgar Thompson bought SLSW for $1111, Henry Farham bought GW for $10537, Jay Gould bought GN for $27531, Edward Harriman bought SP&P for $37930, Jim Fisk bought KP for $30155.
PCs Merged: MON merges into C&H, CNS merges into M&SP.
PCs Incorporated: WP, SLSF, CP, CB&Q, C&NW, SP.
New Engines Acquired: GT bought Mogul 2-6-0, NYC bought Mogul 2-6-0, HRL bought Mogul 2-6-0, PENN bought Mogul 2-6-0, B&O bought Mogul 2-6-0, C&O bought Mogul 2-6-0, C&H bought Mogul 2-6-0, GTW bought Mogul 2-6-0, A&T bought Mogul 2-6-0, GM&O bought 2000-04-04, SM bought Mogul 2-6-0, MS bought Mogul 2-6-0, L&N bought Mogul 2-6-0, IC bought Mogul 2-6-0, CRIP bought Mogul 2-6-0, CASL bought Mogul 2-6-0, FEC bought Mogul 2-6-0, M&SP bought Mogul 2-6-0, MP bought Mogul 2-6-0, M&LR bought Mogul 2-6-0, V&T bought Mogul 2-6-0, L&A bought Mogul 2-6-0, UP bought Mogul 2-6-0, SL&A bought Mogul 2-6-0.
New Technologies Acquired: GM&O bought coal burning engines, SM bought coal burning engines.
RoWs abandoned: TN11 was abandoned by NO&J.
PENN doubled C&C, B&O doubled TN15, C&O doubled C5, C&H doubled IL8, GM&O doubled GM&O, MS doubled FW&C.
New RoWs acquired: IC got IL5, SCL got IL6, GM&O got MS1, M&SP got MN1, SL&A got MO1, L&A got LA4, UP got NE1, V&T got TX2, CASL got IL11.
RR Mergers: C&H merges into NO&J, GM&O merges into L&N.
Loan Recalls: Jay Gould.
Stock splits: IC splits 3 for 1.
New railroad Presidents: J. Edgar Thompson of MRLE, J. Edgar Thompson of C&EI, J. Pierpont Morgan of C&NW, J. Pierpont Morgan of CB&Q, Milton Littlefield of MP, Hannibal Kimball of CP, Milton Littlefield of WP, Aubin de Verlin of SLSF, Henry Farham of SP.
New Private Companies Available: NP, ATSF, KCS, KCN.
J. Edgar Thompson dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $7658. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Hannibal Kimball, Milton Littlefield, Aubin de Verlin, Dan Drew
Civil War continues: Railroads may not build a Right-of-Way this turn.
Invention of block signal system improves traffic flow, prevents major collisions.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Good.
Best locomotive available: Mogul 2-6-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system.

Top Victory Points

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

Robber Baron	Aubin de Verlin (5)	Edward Harriman (2)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Jim Fisk (1)	Dan Drew (14)
Rail Mogul	Aubin de Verlin (5)	Edward Harriman (2)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)	Milton Littlefield (6)	Hannibal Kimball (10)
Rail Builder	Edward Harriman (2)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Aubin de Verlin (5)	Henry Farham (8)	Milton Littlefield (6)
Rail Magnate	Edward Harriman (2)	Aubin de Verlin (5)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Milton Littlefield (6)	Dan Drew (14)
Rail Prodigal	Milton Littlefield (6)	Aubin de Verlin (5)	Dan Drew (14)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)	Hannibal Kimball (10)
Rail Baron	Aubin de Verlin (5)	Edward Harriman (2)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Milton Littlefield (6)	Dan Drew (14)

Player Summary

		President of		PCs owned
Player #	Tycoon name	RR 1	RR 2	PC 1	PC 2
2	Edward Harriman	SCL	M&SP	....	SP&P
14	Dan Drew	NO&J	....	....	....
10	Hannibal Kimball	CP	C&O	....	....
5	Aubin de Verlin	PENN	SLSF	....	....
8	Henry Farham	SP	IC	GW	....
7	Thomas Scott	L&A	A&T	....	....
6	Milton Littlefield	WP	MP	....	....
3	J. Edgar Thompson	MRLE	C&EI	SLSW	....
1	Jim Fisk	CASL	MS	KP	MKT
11	Cornelius Vanderbilt	NYC	GTW	....	....
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	CB&Q	C&NW	....	....
9	Jay Gould	RF&P	....	GN	....
13	William Ogden	....	....	....	....
15	Cyrus Holliday	....	....	....	....
12	William Palmer	....	....	....	....

Railroad Summary

RR	Name	Tracks	Revenues	Expense	Efficiency	Bonds	Loans	Profit / share	Dividend / share	Grant	Land
GT	Grand Trunk	570	88521	52227	95	156352	84163	6	1	0	33
NYC	New York Central	680	108710	56529	99	178876	24166	11	1	0	4
HRL	Hudson River Line	902	134227	73824	99	254801	127406	7	1	0	82
PENN	Pennsylvania	2659	567028	294854	99	659565	6701	17	14	0	38
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	1540	287086	149285	99	390465	235625	11	9	0	56
C&O	Chesapeake & Ohio	2338	496550	258205	99	649681	240518	14	12	480	171
RF&P	Richmond, Fred. & Potomac	1816	235746	132018	95	440540	107873	7	7	0	230
W&M	Wilmington & Manchester	498	57136	34852	93	129780	83243	0	1	0	0
SCL	Sea Coast Line	2790	577138	323195	95	774854	347018	12	12	0	111
MRLE	Mad River & Lake Erie	339	37856	22335	95	79035	42571	3	0	0	33
GTW	Grand Trunk Western	327	41064	22585	99	78672	24856	7	1	0	20
A&T	Alabama & Tennessee	634	81703	44937	99	155762	78248	6	4	485	367
NO&J	New Orleans & Jackson	2777	467877	247975	98	727761	375640	10	4	0	989
SM	Southern Mississippi	44	9211	5250	97	12664	5918	11	2	0	0
MS	Michigan Southern	428	67505	35102	99	94771	53195	9	0	0	0
C&EI	Chicago & Eastern Illinois	184	24902	14692	95	42472	27814	5	0	350	0
L&N	Louisville & Nashville	771	94846	54061	97	192614	121816	4	9	0	380
IC	Illinois Central	185	25109	14312	97	44196	23258	6	13	0	0
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	120	19972	13381	87	33417	20483	4	0	0	0
CRIP	Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific	150	22052	12129	99	36986	25264	6	4	1040	0
CB&Q	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	190	25212	16892	87	48607	29793	2	0	0	0
CASL	Chicago, Alton & St. Louis	185	24711	18039	81	44036	28989	1	0	425	0
FEC	Florida East Coast	299	25668	16428	90	64283	33098	1	3	0	0
M&SP	Milwaukee & St. Paul	411	57357	31546	99	100360	59036	6	4	0	0
MP	Missouri Pacific	283	37407	22070	95	62012	32214	6	0	0	0
M&LR	Memphis & Little Rock	132	16510	9080	99	30180	17996	5	2	820	0
V&T	Vicksburg & Texas	173	17939	10584	95	40981	26284	2	11	0	0
L&A	Louisiana & Arkansas	90	18298	10064	99	25864	11776	12	1	1125	0
CP	Central Pacific	154	20251	13568	87	39710	24340	2	0	0	0
WP	Western Pacific	142	19215	13066	86	37106	22744	2	0	0	0
UP	Union Pacific	105	11872	6530	99	25882	16458	4	4	1290	0
SL&A	St Louis & Alton	99	18581	10220	99	27716	17983	9	9	845	0
SLSF	St Louis & San Francisco	239	26658	16795	91	58155	35645	2	0	0	0
SP	Southern Pacific	90	19708	13007	88	28426	17424	8	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

Grand Trunk (GT)
GT (Double) ; C2 ; C3 (Double)
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: AN]

New York Central (NYC)

NYC ; B&A (Double) ; NY3 ; LS

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AL]

Hudson River Line (HRL)

HRL (Double) ; NY1 ; NY2 ; PA11 ; OH3 ; MI2

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AL]

Pennsylvania (PENN)

PENN (Double) ; C&A (Double) ; NYNH ; ERIE (Double) ; PA5 ; B&H (Double) ; CNJ (Double) ; PA6 ; P&LE (Double) ; B&M (Double) ; P&FW (Double) ; WV2 ; A&GW ; OH4 ; C&C (Double) ; IN4 ; IN7 ; IL4 ; IN9

Unbuilt: KY13

[Regions: AOLCM]

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

B&O (Double) ; WV1 ; PA1 (Double) ; PA3 (Double) ; M&C ; WBSH (Double) ; OH8 ; IN1 (Double) ; KY8 ; KY9 ; TN15 (Double)

Unbuilt: IL9

[Regions: AOCM]

Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)

C&O ; VA2 ; SC5 ; BRL ; MD1 (Double) ; A&WP (Double) ; PA2 (Double) ; AL6 ; AL8 ; LV (Double) ; PA9 ; PA10 ; READ (Double) ; C4 (Double) ; C5 (Double) ; MC (Double) ; MI5 (Double) ; AL7

Unbuilt: MS4

[Regions: ADLCGN]

Richmond, Fred. & Potomac (RF&P)

RF&P (Double) ; MD2 ; N&W (Double) ; R&D (Double) ; N&S ; VA1 ; VC ; W&W ; VA4 ; PA7 ; WV4 ; KY2 ; KY5

Unbuilt: KY3

[Regions: AO]

Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)

W&M (Double) ; NC1 (Double) ; NC2 ; SC2

Unbuilt: SC3

[Regions: A]

Sea Coast Line (SCL)

SCL (Double) ; S&A (Double) ; GA1 (Double) ; COG (Double) ; GA8 (Double) ; AL3 ; TN10 ; S&G (Double) ; GA4 (Double) ; FL4 ; FL5 ; TN12 ; KY12 ; O&M ; IL3 ; TP&W ; IN2 ; IN8 ; IL1 ; MN ; MI1

Unbuilt: IL6

[Regions: ADOLCMG]

Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE)
MRLE ; OH1 ; WV3
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: L]

Grand Trunk Western (GTW)

GTW ; OH5 ; OH6

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: L]

Alabama & Tennessee (A&T)

A&T ; A&C ; AL4 ; MS2

Unbuilt: AL1

[Regions: DG]

New Orleans & Jackson (NO&J)

NO&J ; MS6 ; C&H (Double) ; NER (Double) ; SC4 (Double) ; G&C ; SC1 (Double) ; TN2 ; TN4 ; TN5 ; KY7 ; IN6 ; TN6 ; N&C ; TN8 ; TN13 ; IL8 (Double) ; MON

Unbuilt: AL2

[Regions: AOCMG]