Continental Rails II

Game # 30 - Turn # 19

Headline News 1877 to 1878

World & National New

1877: Bell's new telephone invention is the hit of the Philadelphia Exposition.
1878: Mark Twain publishes new novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Henry Farham bought LR&S for $14001, Aubin de Verlin bought H&S for $9000, J. Edgar Thompson bought FW&D for $3354.
New Engines Acquired: IC bought Chesapeake 4-6-0.
New Technologies Acquired: GT bought Pullman sleepers, NYC bought automatic brakes, PENN bought Pullman sleepers, PENN bought automatic brakes, SCL bought automatic brakes, GTW bought Pullman sleepers, GTW bought automatic brakes, A&T bought automatic brakes, NO&J bought automatic brakes, MS bought automatic brakes, C&NW bought automatic brakes, CB&Q bought automatic brakes, M&SP bought automatic brakes, MP bought Pullman sleepers, MP bought automatic brakes, V&T bought automatic brakes, L&A bought automatic brakes, CP bought automatic brakes, UP bought automatic brakes, SL&A bought automatic brakes, MKT bought automatic brakes, SP bought Grand Station, SP bought automatic brakes, KCS bought automatic brakes, SL bought Pullman sleepers.
RoWs built: AL5 by SM, MT4 by C&NW, MO2 by CB&Q, WA1 by M&SP, NM8 by M&LR, LA1 by V&T, MO6 by L&A, WI3 by UP, IL13 by SL&A, NM6 by MKT, TX9 by SP, MT3 by GN, NM2 by KP.
PENN doubled PA6, NO&J doubled MS5, C&NW doubled WI4, CB&Q doubled IA5, UP doubled SV, SL&A doubled IL12.
New RoWs acquired: SM got VA3, UP got IL10, SL&A got IL15, SL got WI8, GN got MN5, CRIP got IA10, CB&Q got IA11, SP got TX8, C&NW got MT5, KP got NM1, M&LR got NM7, M&SP got C10, V&T got M1, A&T got GA5.
RR Mergers: MP merges into UP.
Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost HRL $22092.
Inadequate brakes on SM locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $16932.
Inadequate signal system slows FEC rail service: mail contracts worth $2691 cancelled.
Inadequate brakes on SLSW locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $1860.
Reorganized RRs: RF&P.
Bankrupt Tycoons: Jay Gould.
Loan Recalls: J. Edgar Thompson.
Stock splits: CB&Q splits 2 for 1, V&T splits 2 for 1, SLSW splits 3 for 1.
Cornered stocks: SM, IC, CB&Q, L&A, SLSW.
New railroad Presidents: J. Edgar Thompson of HRL, Thomas Scott of PENN, Milton Littlefield of L&N, Aubin de Verlin of L&A.
New Private Companies Available: SA&H, C&S, CW, DP.
Edward Harriman has a Transcontinental system.
Aubin de Verlin dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $30000. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Milton Littlefield, Dan Drew, J. Edgar Thompson, Jim Fisk, Hannibal Kimball
Invention of refrigerated freight cars permits shipment of perishable cargos long distances.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Recession.
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, refrigerated cars.

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)	Dan Drew (14)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Henry Farham (8)
Rail Mogul	Edward Harriman (2)	Aubin de Verlin (5)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)	Milton Littlefield (6)	Hannibal Kimball (10)
Rail Builder	Edward Harriman (2)	Milton Littlefield (6)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Aubin de Verlin (5)	Henry Farham (8)
Rail Magnate	Edward Harriman (2)	Aubin de Verlin (5)	Dan Drew (14)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	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)	Milton Littlefield (6)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	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	....	....
5	Aubin de Verlin	L&A	SL&A	H&S	....
10	Hannibal Kimball	CRIP	SM	....	....
14	Dan Drew	NO&J	M&LR	....	....
8	Henry Farham	SP	V&T	GW	LR&S
7	Thomas Scott	PENN	A&T	....	....
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	CB&Q	C&NW	....	....
6	Milton Littlefield	L&N	UP	....	....
1	Jim Fisk	MKT	KP	....	....
3	J. Edgar Thompson	HRL	....	....	FW&D
11	Cornelius Vanderbilt	NYC	GTW	....	....
13	William Ogden	....	....	....	....
9	Jay Gould	....	....	....	....
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	77670	43495	98	187463	31961	6	0	0	1
NYC	New York Central	680	97303	52544	97	123258	3006	10	1	0	0
HRL	Hudson River Line	1841	271215	151879	95	618345	293978	4	0	0	157
PENN	Pennsylvania	2928	571173	297011	99	832543	27461	5	4	0	1
RF&P	Richmond, Fred. & Potomac	2517	269299	196588	78	566325	0	-1	0	0	3
W&M	Wilmington & Manchester	607	58961	37147	91	194172	45879	0	0	0	0
SCL	Sea Coast Line	2955	558579	290460	99	1061894	480678	9	6	0	2
GTW	Grand Trunk Western	327	36934	21421	96	86694	1223	6	1	0	1
A&T	Alabama & Tennessee	1137	137436	71468	99	285695	119999	5	6	0	612
NO&J	New Orleans & Jackson	3031	512201	276588	97	983108	194256	9	4	0	86
SM	Southern Mississippi	2822	526005	273521	99	1022807	127558	4	5	0	11
MS	Michigan Southern	428	60293	32558	97	101597	1455	10	1	0	0
L&N	Louisville & Nashville	2802	456578	241986	98	868784	297516	8	9	0	5
IC	Illinois Central	305	41193	26775	89	99608	25213	1	0	0	0
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	1926	198254	103092	99	559251	340084	1	0	0	78
CRIP	Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific	1503	172002	89442	99	356610	184500	3	1	0	150
CB&Q	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	1532	189481	98530	99	382012	254033	1	2	0	789
CASL	Chicago, Alton & St. Louis	440	49241	29053	95	141670	27025	3	0	0	107
FEC	Florida East Coast	299	23092	15472	87	62778	1627	2	0	0	0
M&SP	Milwaukee & St. Paul	2246	277372	144233	99	602439	375887	2	3	0	836
M&LR	Memphis & Little Rock	1431	131183	68214	99	298212	181653	2	0	3190	1011
V&T	Vicksburg & Texas	1438	141468	80636	97	338220	161178	2	15	0	0
L&A	Louisiana & Arkansas	1203	169522	88151	99	231832	76618	4	5	0	1107
CP	Central Pacific	1129	103190	55722	97	272854	128393	2	3	0	1770
UP	Union Pacific	3345	406827	240027	92	776634	456013	1	2	0	2556
SL&A	St Louis & Alton	978	143808	77657	97	221380	95935	8	5	0	436
MKT	Missouri, Kansas & Texas	1238	99604	51795	99	247792	152613	2	0	0	950
SLSF	St Louis & San Francisco	459	39327	24776	91	95693	2185	3	0	0	0
SLSW	St Louis & Southwestern	155	18889	11145	95	48238	16226	3	0	0	0
SP	Southern Pacific	1528	155683	80955	99	400857	247444	0	4	0	0
GN	Great Northern	1491	115934	74197	90	321595	43191	1	0	0	0
KP	Kansas Pacific	1069	91579	51285	95	236017	151161	1	6	0	209
KCS	Kansas City Southern	533	51770	30544	95	99977	28963	4	3	0	441
SP&D	St Paul & Duluth	150	16943	10505	92	50807	19069	1	0	0	0
SL	Soo Line	150	14299	7864	99	21836	15169	4	5	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 (Double) ; NY2 ; PA11 ; OH3 ; MI2 ; MRLE (Double) ; OH1 ; WV3 ; KY1 ; IN5 ; PA8 ; C&EI ; IN3

Unbuilt none

[Regions: AOLC]

Pennsylvania (PENN)

PENN (Double) ; C&A (Double) ; NYNH (Double) ; ERIE (Double) ; PA5 (Double) ; B&H (Double) ; CNJ (Double) ; PA6 (Double) ; P&LE (Double) ; B&M (Double) ; P&FW (Double) ; WV2 ; A&GW (Double) ; OH4 ; C&C (Double) ; IN4 (Double) ; IN7 ; IL4 (Double) ; IN9 ; KY13 ; IL2

Unbuilt none

[Regions: AOLCM]

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 ; KY4 ; VA5 ; TN3 ; TN1

Unbuilt VA6

[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 (Double)

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 (Double) ; AL1 (Double) ; GA7 ; GA6 ; GA3

Unbuilt GA5

[Regions: DG]

New Orleans & Jackson (NO&J)

NO&J (Double) ; MS6 (Double) ; C&H (Double) ; NER (Double) ; SC4 (Double) ; G&C ; SC1 (Double) ; TN2 ; TN4 ; TN5 ; KY7 ; IN6 (Double) ; TN6 ; N&C ; TN8 (Double) ; TN13 ; IL8 (Double) ; MON (Double) ; AL2 ; TN14 (Double) ; MS5 (Double)

Unbuilt GA2

[Regions: ADOCMG]

Southern Mississippi (SM)

SM ; MS7 ; 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 ; AL5

Unbuilt VA3

[Regions: ADLCMGN]

Michigan Southern (MS)

MS ; FW&C (Double) ; MI6
Unbuilt none
[Regions: LC]

Louisville & Nashville (L&N)

L&N (Double) ; TN7 ; GM&O (Double) ; MS3 ; TN9 ; IN10 ; B&O (Double) ; WV1 ; PA1 (Double) ; PA3 (Double) ; M&C (Double) ; WBSH (Double) ; OH8 ; IN1 (Double) ; KY8 ; KY9 ; TN15 (Double) ; IL9 ; MS1

Unbuilt none

[Regions: AOCMG]

Illinois Central (IC)

IC ; IL5
Unbuilt none
[Regions: CM]

Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)

C&NW (Double) ; WI4 (Double) ; NP (Double) ; MN6 ; MN7 (Double) ; ND3 (Double) ; ND4 ; MT4

Unbuilt MT5

[Regions: CW]

Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)

CRIP ; IA7 ; MO7 ; KC&D ; MO3 ; KS4 ; CO5

Unbuilt IA10

[Regions: CMWT]

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)

CB&Q (Double) ; IA1 (Double) ; IA3 (Double) ; IA5 (Double) ; NE2 ; NE3 ; MO2

Unbuilt IA11

[Regions: CMWT]

Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)

CASL ; IL11 ; IA4
Unbuilt none
[Regions: C]
Florida East Coast (FEC)

FEC
Unbuilt none
[Regions: ]

Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP)

M&SP (Double) ; CNS (Double) ; SP&P ; ND1 ; ND2 ; MT6 ; MT7 ; ID5 ; WA1

Unbuilt C10

[Regions: CWTP]

Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)

M&LR (Double) ; AR4 ; OK1 ; TX12 ; TX11 ; TX10 ; NM8

Unbuilt NM7

[Regions: MS]

Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)

V&T ; TX2 ; AR8 ; TX3 ; CT ; TR ; LA1

Unbuilt M1

[Regions: MS]

Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A)

L&A (Double) ; LA4 (Double) ; T&P (Double) ; LA5 ; OK4 (Double) ; OK6 ; MO6

Unbuilt none

[Regions: MGWS]

Central Pacific (CP)

CP ; NV2 ; UT7 ; UT5 ; UT2 ; UT1
Unbuilt none
[Regions: TP]

Union Pacific (UP)

UP (Double) ; NE1 ; CO6 (Double) ; CO8 (Double) ; WY1 ; IA9 ; WP (Double) ; NV1 ; UT8 ; UT6 (Double) ; SV (Double) ; UT3 ; WI3 ; MP (Double) ; KCN ; MO8 ; IA6

Unbuilt IL10

[Regions: MWTP]

St Louis & Alton (SL&A)

SL&A (Double) ; MO1 ; MO9 (Double) ; ATSF (Double) ; IA2 ; IL12 (Double) ; IL13

Unbuilt IL15

[Regions: CMW]

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT)

MKT ; KS1 ; OK8 ; NM4 ; NM6

Unbuilt none

[Regions: M]

St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)

SLSF ; AR7
Unbuilt none
[Regions: M]
St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW)

SLSW
Unbuilt none
[Regions: M]

Southern Pacific (SP)

SP (Double) ; CA4 ; CA3 ; AZ3 ; AZ2 ; AZ1 ; TX9

Unbuilt TX8

[Regions: TP]

Great Northern (GN)

GN ; ND5 ; MT1 ; MT2 ; MN1 ; MT3
Unbuilt MN5
[Regions: W]

Kansas Pacific (KP)

KP ; KS3 ; CO1 ; CO2 ; CO9 ; NM2

Unbuilt NM1

[Regions: WT]

Kansas City Southern (KCS)

KCS ; OK2 ; LP&W
Unbuilt none
[Regions: W]
St Paul & Duluth (SP&D)

SP&D
Unbuilt none
[Regions: W]
Soo Line (SL)

SL
Unbuilt WI8
[Regions: N]

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF		Price
SA&H	San Antonio & Houston	1095
C&S	Colorado & Southern	580
CW	Colorado Western	835
DP	Denver Pacific	530

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