Continental Rails II

Game # 30 - Turn # 20

Headline News 1879 to 1880

World & National New

1879: Wyatt Earp arrives in Tombstone, Arizona.
1880: Missouri Governor offers $10,000 reward for capture of Jesse James.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Aubin de Verlin bought SA&H for $11500, Dan Drew bought C&S for $3789, Hannibal Kimball bought CW for $50000, Hannibal Kimball bought DP for $6000.
PCs Merged: H&S merges into L&A, GW merges into V&T, LR&S merges into M&LR.
PCs Incorporated: FW&D.
New Engines Acquired: HRL bought Consolidation 2-8-0, IC bought Consolidation 2-8-0, GN bought Consolidation 2-8-0, KP bought Consolidation 2-8-0.
New Technologies Acquired: GT bought automatic brakes, NYC bought refrigerated cars, PENN bought refrigerated cars, SCL bought refrigerated cars, GTW bought refrigerated cars, A&T bought refrigerated cars, NO&J bought refrigerated cars, MS bought refrigerated cars, C&NW bought refrigerated cars, CRIP bought automatic brakes, CB&Q bought refrigerated cars, CASL bought Pullman sleepers, M&SP bought refrigerated cars, M&LR bought automatic brakes, M&LR bought refrigerated cars, V&T bought refrigerated cars, CP bought refrigerated cars, UP bought refrigerated cars, SL&A bought refrigerated cars, MKT bought refrigerated cars, SP bought refrigerated cars, KCS bought refrigerated cars.
RoWs built: VA6 by RF&P, GA5 by A&T, VA3 by SM, MT5 by C&NW, IA10 by CRIP, IA11 by CB&Q, C10 by M&SP, NM7 by M&LR, M1 by V&T, IL10 by UP, IL15 by SL&A, TX8 by SP, MN5 by GN, NM1 by KP, WI8 by SL.
PENN doubled IN7, NO&J doubled KY7, C&NW doubled MN6, CB&Q doubled MO2, L&A doubled MO6, UP doubled MO8, SL&A doubled IL13.
New RoWs acquired: SM got FL6, L&N got KY10, UP got WI2, M&SP got WI5, CRIP got MN3, CB&Q got MN4, MKT got OK7, C&NW got MT10, V&T got M2, A&T got FL3.
RR Mergers: SL&A merges into L&A.
Inadequate brakes on W&M locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $5463.
Inadequate brakes on IC locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $3050.
Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost FEC $2392.
Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost SLSF $4131.
Loan Recalls: J. Edgar Thompson, Milton Littlefield.
Stock splits: MS splits 3 for 1, CB&Q splits 5 for 1.
Cornered stocks: NYC, PENN, W&M, NO&J, SM, IC, CB&Q, SLSW.
New railroad Presidents: Aubin de Verlin of PENN, Aubin de Verlin of MS, Thomas Scott of L&A, Hannibal Kimball of CP, J. Edgar Thompson of FW&D.
New Private Companies Available: DRGW, A&P.
Edward Harriman has a Transcontinental system.
Milton Littlefield has a Transcontinental system.
Aubin de Verlin dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $50000. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Milton Littlefield, Dan Drew, Jim Fisk, Hannibal Kimball
Engineering advances permit building steel bridges at lower cost with greater safety.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Recession.
Best locomotive available: Pacific 4-6-2
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system, automatic couplers, Pullman sleepers, automatic brakes, refrigerated cars, steel bridges.

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	....	....
14	Dan Drew	NO&J	M&LR	....	C&S
10	Hannibal Kimball	CP	SM	CW	DP
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	CB&Q	C&NW	....	....
5	Aubin de Verlin	MS	PENN	....	SA&H
8	Henry Farham	SP	V&T	....	....
7	Thomas Scott	L&A	A&T	....	....
1	Jim Fisk	MKT	KP	....	....
6	Milton Littlefield	L&N	UP	....	....
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	78456	43150	99	191977	25256	7	1	0	1
NYC	New York Central	680	96194	50021	99	113772	3006	11	6	0	0
HRL	Hudson River Line	1841	270717	140773	99	640216	305245	5	6	0	86
PENN	Pennsylvania	2928	569170	307351	97	851868	28416	4	4	0	1
RF&P	Richmond, Fred. & Potomac	2668	281702	205640	78	605249	27435	2	0	0	2
W&M	Wilmington & Manchester	607	59632	37568	91	199781	44614	0	0	0	0
SCL	Sea Coast Line	2955	558173	301414	97	1087248	493739	8	8	0	1
GTW	Grand Trunk Western	327	36952	21063	97	87058	1112	6	0	0	1
A&T	Alabama & Tennessee	1247	150208	78108	99	312140	134675	5	6	0	367
NO&J	New Orleans & Jackson	3031	519806	280695	97	1015115	209245	9	9	0	47
SM	Southern Mississippi	2898	540020	280811	99	1063051	153133	4	3	0	6
MS	Michigan Southern	428	60092	31248	99	98030	1601	10	4	0	0
L&N	Louisville & Nashville	2802	454280	236229	99	887277	307043	8	4	0	3
IC	Illinois Central	305	42020	26893	90	102829	24690	1	0	0	0
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	2045	214487	111533	99	622837	378008	1	0	0	51
CRIP	Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific	1642	192559	100130	99	396203	212388	3	1	973	90
CB&Q	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	1633	207823	108068	99	434956	286059	0	2	0	473
CASL	Chicago, Alton & St. Louis	440	49565	27261	99	145445	21012	5	0	0	70
FEC	Florida East Coast	299	21984	14729	87	65935	2569	1	0	0	0
M&SP	Milwaukee & St. Paul	2399	314888	163741	99	653834	411055	2	3	0	460
M&LR	Memphis & Little Rock	1960	176506	91782	99	394983	254174	2	0	0	2521
V&T	Vicksburg & Texas	1794	198381	109110	99	413629	216486	2	0	0	0
L&A	Louisiana & Arkansas	2483	381840	210010	96	536960	185681	6	7	0	926
CP	Central Pacific	1129	102379	55284	97	281796	121594	2	0	0	974
UP	Union Pacific	3465	478180	296472	89	822426	486021	1	1	0	1534
MKT	Missouri, Kansas & Texas	1238	101336	52695	99	255963	106822	3	0	490	618
SLSF	St Louis & San Francisco	459	39302	24760	91	96373	1561	3	0	0	0
SLSW	St Louis & Southwestern	155	18219	10749	95	49670	15775	1	0	0	0
SP	Southern Pacific	2047	198867	103411	99	492407	316649	1	0	0	0
GN	Great Northern	1757	141832	83681	95	381383	59558	2	0	0	0
KP	Kansas Pacific	1322	110425	57420	99	289859	189649	1	6	0	115
KCS	Kansas City Southern	533	50908	31055	93	103495	20456	4	1	0	243
SP&D	St Paul & Duluth	150	16758	9887	95	52094	19246	1	0	0	0
SL	Soo Line	400	38170	20994	99	64196	47956	3	0	0	0
FW&D	Ft Worth & Denver	195	17127	11304	88	32647	25653	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 (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 (Double) ; 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 ; VA6

Unbuilt none

[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 ; GA5

Unbuilt FL3

[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 (Double) ; 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 ; VA3

Unbuilt FL6

[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 KY10

[Regions: AOCMG]

Illinois Central (IC)

IC ; IL5
Unbuilt none
[Regions: CM]

Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)

C&NW (Double) ; WI4 (Double) ; NP (Double) ; MN6 (Double) ; MN7 (Double) ; ND3 (Double) ; ND4 ; MT4 ; MT5

Unbuilt MT10

[Regions: CW]

Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)

CRIP ; IA7 ; MO7 ; KC&D ; MO3 ; KS4 ; CO5 ; IA10

Unbuilt MN3

[Regions: CMWT]

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)

CB&Q (Double) ; IA1 (Double) ; IA3 (Double) ; IA5 (Double) ; NE2 ; NE3 ; MO2 (Double) ; IA11

Unbuilt MN4

[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 ; C10

Unbuilt WI5

[Regions: CWTPN]

Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)

M&LR (Double) ; AR4 ; OK1 ; TX12 ; TX11 ; TX10 ; NM8 ; LR&S ; NM7

Unbuilt none

[Regions: MS]

Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)

V&T ; TX2 ; AR8 ; TX3 ; CT ; TR ; LA1 ; GW ; M1

Unbuilt M2

[Regions: MGSX]

Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A)

L&A (Double) ; LA4 (Double) ; T&P (Double) ; LA5 ; OK4 (Double) ; OK6 ; MO6 (Double) ; H&S ; SL&A (Double) ; MO1 ; MO9 (Double) ; ATSF (Double) ; IA2 ; IL12 (Double) ; IL13 (Double) ; IL15

Unbuilt none

[Regions: CMGWS]

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 (Double) ; IA6 ; IL10

Unbuilt WI2

[Regions: CMWTP]

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT)

MKT ; KS1 ; OK8 ; NM4 ; NM6

Unbuilt OK7

[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 ; TX8

Unbuilt none

[Regions: TP]

Great Northern (GN)

GN ; ND5 ; MT1 ; MT2 ; MN1 ; MT3 ; MN5

Unbuilt none

[Regions: W]

Kansas Pacific (KP)

KP ; KS3 ; CO1 ; CO2 ; CO9 ; NM2 ; NM1

Unbuilt none

[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 ; WI8
Unbuilt none
[Regions: WN]
Ft Worth & Denver (FW&D)

FW&D
Unbuilt none
[Regions: S]

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF		Price
DRGW	Denver & Rio Grande Western	580
A&P	Atlantic & Pacific	580

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