Continental Rails II

Game # 30 - Turn # 13

Headline News 1865 to 1866

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1865: Nevada admitted into Union as newest state.
1866: Prussia unifies north German states by defeating Austria in 7 Weeks War

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: J. Pierpont Morgan bought NP for $32500, Hannibal Kimball bought ATSF for $33333, Henry Farham bought KCS for $30003, Aubin de Verlin bought KCN for $16600.
PCs Merged: SP&P merges into M&SP.
PCs Incorporated: KP, SLSW, GN.
New Engines Acquired: W&M bought Mogul 2-6-0, MRLE bought Mogul 2-6-0, C&EI bought Mogul 2-6-0.
New Technologies Acquired: GT bought coal burning engines, NYC bought block signal system, HRL bought coal burning engines, PENN bought block signal system, B&O bought block signal system, C&O bought block signal system, W&M bought block signal system, MRLE bought coal burning engines, GTW bought block signal system, A&T bought block signal system, NO&J bought block signal system, SM bought block signal system, MS bought block signal system, C&EI bought block signal system, IC bought block signal system, C&NW bought block signal system, CRIP bought block signal system, CB&Q bought Grand Station, CB&Q bought block signal system, M&SP bought block signal system, MP bought block signal system, M&LR bought block signal system, L&A bought block signal system, CP bought block signal system, WP bought block signal system, UP bought block signal system, SL&A bought block signal system, SLSF bought block signal system, SP bought block signal system.
RoWs abandoned: MN1 was abandoned by M&SP.
PENN doubled IL4, SCL doubled IL1, NO&J doubled MON, M&SP doubled CNS.
New RoWs acquired: MRLE got KY1, C&NW got WI4, CB&Q got IA1, MP got MO8, SLSF got AR7, M&SP got ND1, WP got NV1, CP got NV2, SP got CA4.
Inadequate signal system slows L&N rail service: mail contracts worth $3855 cancelled.
Inadequate signal system slows V&T rail service: mail contracts worth $1038 cancelled.
Stock splits: C&O splits 3 for 1, M&SP splits 4 for 1, MP splits 4 for 1.
Cornered stocks: MP, M&LR.
New railroad Presidents: J. Edgar Thompson of HRL, Hannibal Kimball of CRIP, Dan Drew of M&LR, Henry Farham of V&T, Milton Littlefield of UP, Aubin de Verlin of SL&A, Jay Gould of GN, Jim Fisk of KP.
New Private Companies Available: SV, SP&D.
Hannibal Kimball dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $10000. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: J. Edgar Thompson, Milton Littlefield, Aubin de Verlin, Dan Drew, Jim Fisk
Civil War ends: Railroads may resume building Right-of-Ways.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Good to Boom.
Best locomotive available: Atlantic 4-4-2
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)	Dan Drew (14)	Jim Fisk (1)
Rail Mogul	Aubin de Verlin (5)	Edward Harriman (2)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Milton Littlefield (6)
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	....	....
10	Hannibal Kimball	CP	CRIP	ATSF	....
14	Dan Drew	NO&J	M&LR	....	....
5	Aubin de Verlin	PENN	SL&A	KCN	....
8	Henry Farham	SP	V&T	GW	KCS
7	Thomas Scott	L&A	A&T	....	....
6	Milton Littlefield	WP	UP	....	....
3	J. Edgar Thompson	MRLE	HRL	....	....
11	Cornelius Vanderbilt	NYC	GTW	....	....
1	Jim Fisk	CASL	KP	....	MKT
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	CB&Q	C&NW	NP	....
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	88472	49545	98	160866	78030	7	1	0	13
NYC	New York Central	680	109216	56792	99	172492	2285	12	4	0	2
HRL	Hudson River Line	902	135559	74558	99	261295	112417	7	1	0	33
PENN	Pennsylvania	2659	578183	300657	99	669496	6701	17	16	0	17
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	1540	288152	149840	99	400444	196237	12	5	0	28
C&O	Chesapeake & Ohio	2338	495087	257445	99	669881	248374	14	21	480	68
RF&P	Richmond, Fred. & Potomac	1816	233450	140070	91	440540	107873	6	7	0	115
W&M	Wilmington & Manchester	498	56660	34562	93	133007	51002	1	4	0	0
SCL	Sea Coast Line	2790	589040	329864	95	821056	364986	12	13	0	55
MRLE	Mad River & Lake Erie	339	37228	20848	98	83428	44280	4	4	1460	17
GTW	Grand Trunk Western	327	41598	22878	99	81026	18232	7	2	0	10
A&T	Alabama & Tennessee	634	82140	45998	98	160327	72023	6	4	485	183
NO&J	New Orleans & Jackson	2777	478033	248577	99	755753	286526	11	4	0	445
SM	Southern Mississippi	44	9211	5066	99	13076	4829	13	4	0	0
MS	Michigan Southern	428	67222	34955	99	97853	44393	10	0	0	0
C&EI	Chicago & Eastern Illinois	184	24902	13696	99	44857	28741	6	9	350	0
L&N	Louisville & Nashville	771	95541	53504	98	198720	124111	4	0	0	152
IC	Illinois Central	185	25770	14173	99	46061	23983	2	2	0	0
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	120	20229	11126	99	36873	21827	7	1	2800	0
CRIP	Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific	150	22695	12709	98	38066	20932	7	5	1040	0
CB&Q	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	190	25212	13362	98	54079	31921	5	1	0	0
CASL	Chicago, Alton & St. Louis	185	25506	18619	81	45368	29507	1	0	425	0
FEC	Florida East Coast	299	25027	14766	95	66651	33749	2	0	0	0
M&SP	Milwaukee & St. Paul	697	97112	53412	99	173285	102272	6	7	2500	0
MP	Missouri Pacific	283	37204	21206	97	65680	33640	6	14	0	0
M&LR	Memphis & Little Rock	132	16982	9340	99	31416	16703	6	0	820	0
V&T	Vicksburg & Texas	173	18186	10912	94	42102	26489	2	0	0	0
L&A	Louisiana & Arkansas	90	17847	9816	99	26512	11373	11	4	1125	0
CP	Central Pacific	154	21021	11772	98	43591	25849	5	4	1740	0
WP	Western Pacific	142	20434	11239	99	40787	24175	6	4	2510	0
UP	Union Pacific	105	12023	6613	99	26638	15307	4	1	1290	0
SL&A	St Louis & Alton	99	18653	10259	99	28571	14469	10	4	845	0
SLSF	St Louis & San Francisco	239	28196	16072	97	62457	37318	3	14	0	0
SLSW	St Louis & Southwestern	155	21096	14134	87	39927	24473	3	0	0	0
SP	Southern Pacific	90	20351	11193	99	30500	18230	12	28	0	0
GN	Great Northern	295	25382	17514	85	66835	40965	-1	0	0	0
KP	Kansas Pacific	178	18591	12828	85	42314	25936	0	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 (Double) ; 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 (Double) ; MN ; MI1

Unbuilt: IL6

[Regions: ADOLCMG]

Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE)

MRLE ; OH1 ; WV3

Unbuilt: KY1

[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 (Double)

Unbuilt: AL2

[Regions: AOCMG]