Continental Rails II

Game # 30 - Turn # 21

Headline News 1881 to 1882

World & National New

1881: Thomas Edison announces invention of electric light.
1882: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral leaves 3 dead, 2 wounded.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Edward Harriman bought DRGW for $10101, Dan Drew bought A&P for $13115.
PCs Merged: CW merges into CP, C&S merges into CB&Q.
PCs Incorporated: DP, SA&H.
New Engines Acquired: GT bought Pacific 4-6-2, NYC bought Pacific 4-6-2, PENN bought Pacific 4-6-2, SCL bought Pacific 4-6-2, GTW bought Pacific 4-6-2, A&T bought Pacific 4-6-2, NO&J bought Pacific 4-6-2, SM bought Pacific 4-6-2, MS bought Pacific 4-6-2, L&N bought Pacific 4-6-2, C&NW bought Pacific 4-6-2, CRIP bought Pacific 4-6-2, CB&Q bought Pacific 4-6-2, CASL bought Pacific 4-6-2, M&SP bought Pacific 4-6-2, M&LR bought Pacific 4-6-2, V&T bought Pacific 4-6-2, L&A bought Pacific 4-6-2, CP bought Pacific 4-6-2, UP bought Pacific 4-6-2, MKT bought Pacific 4-6-2, SLSF bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SLSW bought Consolidation 2-8-0, SP bought Pacific 4-6-2, GN bought Pacific 4-6-2, KCS bought Pacific 4-6-2, SL bought Pacific 4-6-2, FW&D bought Pacific 4-6-2.
New Technologies Acquired: GT bought refrigerated cars, NYC bought steel bridges, SCL bought steel bridges, GTW bought steel bridges, NO&J bought steel bridges, SM bought automatic brakes, SM bought steel bridges, MS bought steel bridges, L&N bought automatic brakes, C&NW bought steel bridges, CB&Q bought steel bridges, M&SP bought steel bridges, M&LR bought steel bridges, V&T bought steel bridges, L&A bought steel bridges, CP bought steel bridges, UP bought steel bridges, MKT bought steel bridges, SP bought steel bridges, SL bought automatic brakes, FW&D bought steel bridges.
RoWs built: FL3 by A&T, FL6 by SM, KY10 by L&N, MT10 by C&NW, MN3 by CRIP, MN4 by CB&Q, WI5 by M&SP, M2 by V&T, OK7 by MKT.
RoWs abandoned: WI2 was abandoned by UP.
PENN doubled OH4, NO&J doubled AL2, MS doubled MS, CB&Q doubled IA11, UP doubled KCN.
New RoWs acquired: PENN got ME1, MS got MI4, L&N got KY11, CB&Q got SD1, MKT got OK5, FW&D got TX4, L&A got TX16, M&LR got AZ5, C&NW got ID3, CP got CA7, M&SP got C6, A&T got FL2.
RR Mergers: KP merges into MKT.
Inadequate brakes on RF&P locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $26680.
Old IC wooden bridges inadequate for new locomotives. Repairs cost $3050.
Lack of modern signal system causes major head-on collison: claims against FEC exceed $2691.
Inadequate brakes on GN locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $21084.
Old SP&D wooden bridges inadequate for new locomotives. Repairs cost $1650.
Old SL wooden bridges inadequate for new locomotives. Repairs cost $4800.
Insolvent RRs: FEC, SP&D.
Stock splits: NYC splits 2 for 1, GTW splits 3 for 1, CB&Q splits 4 for 1.
Cornered stocks: NYC, PENN, W&M, GTW, NO&J, SM, IC, CB&Q, CASL, SLSW.
New railroad Presidents: Aubin de Verlin of GT, Hannibal Kimball of CRIP, Dan Drew of SLSF.
New Private Companies Available: M&W.
Edward Harriman has a Transcontinental system.
Milton Littlefield has a Transcontinental system.
Aubin de Verlin dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $80000. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Hannibal Kimball, Milton Littlefield, Dan Drew, Jim Fisk, J. Edgar Thompson
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Recession to Normal.
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	Edward Harriman (2)	Aubin de Verlin (5)	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)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Rail Baron	Edward Harriman (2)	Aubin de Verlin (5)	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	DRGW	....
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	CB&Q	C&NW	....	....
14	Dan Drew	SLSF	M&LR	A&P	....
10	Hannibal Kimball	CP	CRIP	....	....
5	Aubin de Verlin	GT	PENN	....	....
7	Thomas Scott	L&A	A&T	....	....
8	Henry Farham	SP	V&T	....	....
6	Milton Littlefield	L&N	UP	....	....
1	Jim Fisk	MKT	....	....	....
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	79729	43851	99	196868	15892	7	1	0	1
NYC	New York Central	680	96670	50268	99	108745	3006	11	2	0	0
HRL	Hudson River Line	1841	270488	151473	95	652367	311504	4	4	0	47
PENN	Pennsylvania	2928	576808	299943	99	875058	37362	5	4	0	1
RF&P	Richmond, Fred. & Potomac	2668	280993	213553	75	633423	14978	2	0	0	1
W&M	Wilmington & Manchester	607	58811	39404	87	204989	46333	0	0	0	0
SCL	Sea Coast Line	2955	556356	289303	99	1120403	510819	9	8	0	1
GTW	Grand Trunk Western	327	36829	21729	95	83957	1001	6	2	0	1
A&T	Alabama & Tennessee	1457	168841	87798	99	354711	165899	5	6	0	239
NO&J	New Orleans & Jackson	3031	523005	282421	97	1043121	223673	9	9	0	31
SM	Southern Mississippi	2942	555720	288978	99	1096136	172919	4	3	0	4
MS	Michigan Southern	428	65264	33937	99	100572	2911	3	3	1808	0
L&N	Louisville & Nashville	2877	476288	257197	97	921169	328671	8	8	0	2
IC	Illinois Central	305	42060	26077	92	105446	23978	1	0	0	0
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	2234	229906	119552	99	706700	429295	1	0	0	28
CRIP	Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific	1781	210631	109528	99	431525	207320	3	0	0	691
CB&Q	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	1899	242267	125980	99	526404	345421	0	0	0	260
CASL	Chicago, Alton & St. Louis	440	48574	27686	97	148059	15959	4	0	0	42
FEC	Florida East Coast	299	21430	15215	83	68895	3422	1	0	0	0
M&SP	Milwaukee & St. Paul	2511	334194	173780	99	698964	440947	2	3	0	299
M&LR	Memphis & Little Rock	1960	177496	92298	99	410506	262171	2	0	217	1639
V&T	Vicksburg & Texas	2114	232509	127881	99	477520	263485	2	0	0	0
L&A	Louisiana & Arkansas	2483	382899	214424	95	563180	199189	5	6	0	556
CP	Central Pacific	1296	123775	66840	97	322483	150555	2	2	0	536
UP	Union Pacific	3465	485628	310801	87	845295	497802	1	1	0	920
MKT	Missouri, Kansas & Texas	2805	260329	135371	99	676997	310746	3	3	0	734
SLSF	St Louis & San Francisco	459	38995	24957	90	98238	2185	3	0	0	0
SLSW	St Louis & Southwestern	155	18506	10919	95	51000	14284	1	0	0	0
SP	Southern Pacific	2047	199249	105603	98	505917	323609	0	0	0	0
GN	Great Northern	1757	140052	77030	99	396458	45494	2	0	0	0
KCS	Kansas City Southern	533	51343	31834	92	107013	11148	4	1	0	146
SP&D	St Paul & Duluth	150	17128	10791	91	53084	18754	0	0	0	0
SL	Soo Line	400	38479	21548	98	66836	29317	4	5	0	0
FW&D	Ft Worth & Denver	195	18090	10673	95	35993	27377	1	6	0	0
SA&H	San Antonio & Houston	219	21460	14378	87	37575	29525	1	0	0	0
DP	Denver Pacific	106	12769	8811	85	19403	15247	1	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 (Double) ; C&C (Double) ; IN4 (Double) ; IN7 (Double) ; IL4 (Double) ; IN9 ; KY13 ; IL2

Unbuilt ME1

[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 ; FL3

Unbuilt FL2

[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 (Double) ; 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 ; FL6

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ADLCMGN]

Michigan Southern (MS)

MS (Double) ; FW&C (Double) ; MI6
Unbuilt MI4
[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 ; KY10

Unbuilt KY11

[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 ; MT10

Unbuilt ID3

[Regions: CW]

Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)

CRIP ; IA7 ; MO7 ; KC&D ; MO3 ; KS4 ; CO5 ; IA10 ; MN3

Unbuilt none

[Regions: CMWT]

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)

CB&Q (Double) ; IA1 (Double) ; IA3 (Double) ; IA5 (Double) ; NE2 ; NE3 ; MO2 (Double) ; IA11 (Double) ; C&S ; MN4

Unbuilt SD1

[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 ; WI5

Unbuilt C6

[Regions: CWTPN]

Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)

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

Unbuilt AZ5

[Regions: MS]

Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)

V&T ; TX2 ; AR8 ; TX3 ; CT ; TR ; LA1 ; GW ; M1 ; M2

Unbuilt none

[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 TX16

[Regions: CMGWS]

Central Pacific (CP)

CP ; NV2 ; UT7 ; UT5 ; UT2 ; UT1 ; CW

Unbuilt CA7

[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 (Double) ; MO8 (Double) ; IA6 ; IL10

Unbuilt none

[Regions: CMWTP]

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT)

MKT ; KS1 ; OK8 ; NM4 ; NM6 ; OK7 ; KP ; KS3 ; CO1 ; CO2 ; CO9 ; NM2 ; NM1

Unbuilt OK5

[Regions: MWT]

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 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 TX4
[Regions: S]
San Antonio & Houston (SA&H)

SA&H
Unbuilt none
[Regions: S]
Denver Pacific (DP)

DP
Unbuilt none
[Regions: T]

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF		Price
M&W	Missouri & Western	985

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