Continental Rails II

Game # 30 - Turn # 14

Headline News 1867 to 1868

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1867: The first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable laid between U.S. and Europe.
1868: U.S. spends millions to purchase Alaska wasteland from Russia!

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Dan Drew bought SV for $22008, Edward Harriman bought SP&D for $7500.
PCs Merged: KCN merges into MP.
PCs Incorporated: KCS, MKT.
New Engines Acquired: GT bought Atlantic 4-4-2, NYC bought Atlantic 4-4-2, HRL bought Atlantic 4-4-2, PENN bought Atlantic 4-4-2, B&O bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SCL bought Atlantic 4-4-2, GTW bought Atlantic 4-4-2, A&T bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SM bought Atlantic 4-4-2, MS bought Atlantic 4-4-2, C&NW bought Atlantic 4-4-2, CRIP bought Atlantic 4-4-2, CASL bought Atlantic 4-4-2, M&SP bought Atlantic 4-4-2, MP bought Atlantic 4-4-2, M&LR bought Atlantic 4-4-2, L&A bought Atlantic 4-4-2, CP bought Atlantic 4-4-2, WP bought Atlantic 4-4-2, UP bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SL&A bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SLSW bought Atlantic 4-4-2, GN bought Atlantic 4-4-2, KP bought Atlantic 4-4-2.
New Technologies Acquired: GT bought block signal system, HRL bought block signal system, SCL bought block signal system, CASL bought block signal system, M&SP bought Grand Station, V&T bought block signal system.
RoWs built: KY13 by PENN, IL9 by B&O, MS4 by C&O, KY3 by RF&P, SC3 by W&M, IL6 by SCL, KY1 by MRLE, AL1 by A&T, AL2 by NO&J, MS7 by SM, IN3 by C&EI, IN10 by L&N, IL5 by IC, WI4 by C&NW, IA7 by CRIP, IA1 by CB&Q, IL11 by CASL, ND1 by M&SP, MO8 by MP, AR4 by M&LR, TX2 by V&T, LA4 by L&A, NV2 by CP, NV1 by WP, NE1 by UP, MO1 by SL&A, AR7 by SLSF, CA4 by SP.
PENN doubled NYNH, NO&J doubled NO&J, M&SP doubled M&SP.
New RoWs acquired: SCL got OH7, MRLE got IN5, PENN got IL2, RF&P got KY4, NO&J got TN14, C&NW got MN6, CB&Q got IA3, CASL got IA4, CRIP got MO7, SL&A got MO9, V&T got AR8, M&SP got ND2, GN got ND5, KP got KS3, M&LR got OK1, UP got CO6, CP got UT7, SP got CA3, WP got UT8.
RR Mergers: MRLE merges into HRL.
Stock splits: PENN splits 3 for 1, RF&P splits 3 for 1, CRIP splits 3 for 1, MP splits 2 for 1, L&A splits 5 for 1.
Cornered stocks: MP.
New railroad Presidents: J. Edgar Thompson of C&EI, Aubin de Verlin of MP, Jim Fisk of MKT, Henry Farham of KCS.
New Private Companies Available: KC&D, SL, T&P.
Edward Harriman earns the Millionaire Award.
Aubin de Verlin earns the Millionaire Award.
Hannibal Kimball dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $12000. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Milton Littlefield, Aubin de Verlin, J. Edgar Thompson, Dan Drew, Jim Fisk
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Boom.
Best locomotive available: Prairie 2-6-2
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)	Dan Drew (14)
Rail Magnate	Edward Harriman (2)	Aubin de Verlin (5)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Dan Drew (14)	Milton Littlefield (6)
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
5	Aubin de Verlin	PENN	MP	....	....
2	Edward Harriman	SCL	M&SP	SP&D	....
14	Dan Drew	NO&J	M&LR	....	SV
10	Hannibal Kimball	CP	CRIP	ATSF	....
7	Thomas Scott	L&A	A&T	....	....
8	Henry Farham	SP	KCS	GW	....
6	Milton Littlefield	WP	UP	....	....
3	J. Edgar Thompson	C&EI	HRL	....	....
1	Jim Fisk	MKT	KP	....	....
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	CB&Q	C&NW	NP	....
11	Cornelius Vanderbilt	NYC	GTW	....	....
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	96293	53924	98	166498	67299	9	1	0	4
NYC	New York Central	680	118424	61580	99	166015	1795	13	5	0	1
HRL	Hudson River Line	1387	221896	124263	98	415110	185978	8	9	250	453
PENN	Pennsylvania	2819	659396	349481	98	733355	35973	18	16	0	5
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	1770	351761	182917	99	479353	198234	14	2	0	8
C&O	Chesapeake & Ohio	2434	557594	312252	95	719979	267029	5	0	0	164
RF&P	Richmond, Fred. & Potomac	1917	273400	164039	91	505419	133047	7	7	0	40
W&M	Wilmington & Manchester	607	74002	43662	95	168242	66665	2	0	0	0
SCL	Sea Coast Line	2955	677361	352229	99	922360	407452	16	1	0	17
GTW	Grand Trunk Western	327	44839	24661	99	84008	15192	8	1	0	4
A&T	Alabama & Tennessee	731	106486	59632	98	196871	78484	7	2	0	234
NO&J	New Orleans & Jackson	2877	578146	323761	95	812758	235845	13	4	1100	133
SM	Southern Mississippi	255	35499	19524	99	75713	35440	7	4	0	0
MS	Michigan Southern	428	74006	38483	99	101756	24109	12	8	0	0
C&EI	Chicago & Eastern Illinois	254	39359	23222	95	69766	41179	7	0	0	140
L&N	Louisville & Nashville	893	124202	73278	95	245144	137731	5	0	0	46
IC	Illinois Central	305	51406	30329	95	87841	44870	3	0	0	0
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	400	56839	31262	99	120584	64316	7	3	0	1120
CRIP	Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific	358	48247	26535	99	110308	57830	6	2	2230	364
CB&Q	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	320	42628	23871	95	97606	53194	5	3	1420	0
CASL	Chicago, Alton & St. Louis	270	41752	27556	88	76493	44982	4	0	1700	170
FEC	Florida East Coast	299	27070	16242	94	69151	33133	2	0	0	0
M&SP	Milwaukee & St. Paul	947	143424	74580	99	261482	146336	2	2	3850	875
MP	Missouri Pacific	641	88269	51197	96	176300	89727	2	0	0	0
M&LR	Memphis & Little Rock	296	32934	19102	96	77235	40068	4	0	1405	287
V&T	Vicksburg & Texas	405	50499	29795	95	123777	68250	4	0	0	0
L&A	Louisiana & Arkansas	315	45500	25025	99	91347	40774	8	4	0	450
CP	Central Pacific	328	38622	21242	99	101438	55370	4	4	1850	696
WP	Western Pacific	393	43838	24111	99	109449	59333	4	4	1850	753
UP	Union Pacific	363	35644	19604	99	96867	51328	3	4	1379	387
SL&A	St Louis & Alton	268	39551	21753	99	77295	39436	7	9	1350	296
MKT	Missouri, Kansas & Texas	326	36886	24345	88	93719	48281	2	0	0	0
SLSF	St Louis & San Francisco	459	48914	28859	95	123672	67990	3	0	0	0
SLSW	St Louis & Southwestern	155	22651	14270	91	41694	19198	6	7	0	0
SP	Southern Pacific	513	66316	39127	95	171243	90707	4	9	0	0
GN	Great Northern	295	27920	20661	80	66835	40965	-1	0	0	0
KP	Kansas Pacific	178	20698	12212	95	45020	26790	4	10	610	0
KCS	Kansas City Southern	98	14767	10189	85	31151	16049	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

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 ; MRLE ; OH1 ; WV3 ; KY1

Unbuilt: IN5

[Regions: AOL]

Pennsylvania (PENN)

PENN (Double) ; C&A (Double) ; NYNH (Double) ; 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 ; KY13

Unbuilt: IL2

[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) ; IL9

Unbuilt: none

[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 ; MS4

Unbuilt: none

[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 ; KY3

Unbuilt: KY4

[Regions: AO]

Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)
W&M (Double) ; NC1 (Double) ; NC2 ; SC2 ; SC3
Unbuilt: none
[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 ; IL6

Unbuilt: OH7

[Regions: ADOLCMG]

Grand Trunk Western (GTW)

GTW ; OH5 ; OH6

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: L]

Alabama & Tennessee (A&T)

A&T ; A&C ; AL4 ; MS2 ; AL1

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: DG]

New Orleans & Jackson (NO&J)

NO&J (Double) ; 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) ; AL2

Unbuilt: TN14

[Regions: ADOCMG]