Continental Rails II

Game # 31 - Turn # 17

Headline News 1873 to 1874

World & National New

1873: Jesse James and his gang commit their first train robbery in Iowa.
1874: Rich silver strike found in Nevada.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Milton Littlefield bought SL for $41066.
PCs Incorporated: T&P, CT.
New Engines Acquired: GT bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, NYC bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, ERIE bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CNJ bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, PENN bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, B&O bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SCL bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, S&G bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, M&C bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, A&WP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, WBSH bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SM bought Prairie 2-6-2, MN bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, C&NW bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, MP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, M&LR bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, L&A bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, WP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, UP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SL&A bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, MKT bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SLSF bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SLSW bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, GN bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, NP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, KP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SV bought Chesapeake 4-6-0.
New Technologies Acquired: GT bought steel rails, GT bought coal burning engines, NYC bought Pullman sleepers, ERIE bought Pullman sleepers, CNJ bought Pullman sleepers, PENN bought Pullman sleepers, B&O bought Pullman sleepers, SCL bought Pullman sleepers, S&G bought Pullman sleepers, M&C bought Pullman sleepers, A&WP bought Pullman sleepers, WBSH bought Pullman sleepers, MN bought automatic couplers, C&NW bought Pullman sleepers, MP bought Pullman sleepers, M&LR bought Pullman sleepers, L&A bought Pullman sleepers, CP bought Pullman sleepers, WP bought Pullman sleepers, UP bought Pullman sleepers, SL&A bought Pullman sleepers, MKT bought Pullman sleepers, SLSF bought Pullman sleepers, SLSW bought Pullman sleepers, GN bought Pullman sleepers, NP bought Grand Station, NP bought Pullman sleepers, KP bought Grand Station, KP bought Pullman sleepers, SV bought Pullman sleepers.
RoWs built: GA3 by SCL, VA5 by WBSH, IA9 by C&NW, IA2 by CASL, NM4 by MP, TX11 by M&LR, M2 by V&T, UT2 by CP, AZ3 by WP, WY1 by UP, KS4 by SL&A, CO9 by MKT, MT5 by GN, ND4 by NP, CA9 by SV.
ERIE doubled MS, PENN doubled P&FW, SCL doubled GA1, M&C doubled IL5, C&NW doubled WI4, CB&Q doubled CB&Q, M&LR doubled TX12, L&A doubled L&A, GN doubled M&SP.
New RoWs acquired: SCL got FL1, M&C got TN14, CASL got MO9, L&A got LA2, C&NW got NE2, V&T got TX1, M&LR got TX9, NP got MT6, KP got CO1, SL&A got CO4, MP got NM6, CP got UT1, UP got UT4, GN got ID5, WP got CA12, MKT got CO3.
RR Mergers: CB&Q merges into L&A.
Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost GT $584.
Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost SM $11792.
Insolvent RRs: B&M, SM.
Loan Recalls: Milton Littlefield, Thomas Durant, William Ogden, Dan Drew.
Stock splits: NYC splits 3 for 1, M&LR splits 3 for 1, WP splits 2 for 1, MKT splits 5 for 1, NP splits 3 for 1.
Cornered stocks: GT, NYC, PENN.
New railroad Presidents: William Palmer of B&O, William Ogden of SM, Aubin de Verlin of MN, John Forbes of MKT.
New Private Companies Available: TR, LP&W, LR&S.
Milton Littlefield dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $501492. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Thomas Durant, William Palmer, William Ogden, Dan Drew, Jim Fisk, John Forbes, Cyrus Holliday, Aubin de Verlin
Invention of automatic brakes a major improvement in train safety.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Panic to Depression.
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.

Tycoon Announcements:

1	Jim Fisk	oh for an affordable stock to spend my money on....
3	Aubin de Verlin	i'm a poor lonesome tycoon... and long way to west.
6	Milton Littlefield	penn shareholders are ecstatic with stock appreciation and loan repayments

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):

Robber Baron	Milton Littlefield (6)	Dan Drew (14)	Nicolas Koechlin (9)	Aubin de Verlin (3)	Cyrus Holliday (15)
Rail Mogul	William Ogden (13)	William Palmer (12)	Thomas Durant (11)	Dan Drew (14)	Nicolas Koechlin (9)
Rail Builder	Milton Littlefield (6)	Dan Drew (14)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	Eugène de Ségur (10)	Jim Fisk (1)
Rail Magnate	Nicolas Koechlin (9)	Jim Fisk (1)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	Leland Stanford (5)	Milton Littlefield (6)
Rail Prodigal	Milton Littlefield (6)	Thomas Durant (11)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	William Palmer (12)	John Forbes (8)
Rail Baron	Milton Littlefield (6)	Dan Drew (14)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	Thomas Durant (11)	William Palmer (12)

Player Summary

		President of		PCs owned
Player #	Tycoon name	RR 1	RR 2	PC 1	PC 2
3	Aubin de Verlin	C&NW	MN	....	....
6	Milton Littlefield	PENN	WP	....	SL
14	Dan Drew	UP	CP	....	....
15	Cyrus Holliday	SCL	M&LR	....	GW
12	William Palmer	MP	B&O	....	....
9	Nicolas Koechlin	NYC	....	....	....
13	William Ogden	SM	V&T	....	....
8	John Forbes	MKT	L&A	....	....
10	Eugène de Ségur	SLSF	S&G	....	SP&P
11	Thomas Durant	M&C	GN	....	....
5	Leland Stanford	WBSH	SL&A	....	....
1	Jim Fisk	ERIE	NP	....	....
2	Edward Harriman	KP	A&WP	....	....
7	Thomas Scott	....	GT	....	....
4	Mirti	....	....	....	....

Railroad Summary

RR	Name	Tracks	Revenues	Expense	Efficiency	Bonds	Loans	Profit / share	Dividend / share	Grant	Land
B&M	Boston & Maine	513	44760	33570	79	134134	55219	-3	0	0	0
GT	Grand Trunk	73	10984	6041	99	34210	1028	1	1	0	0
NYC	New York Central	2043	294308	158926	97	696792	93360	7	2	0	2
ERIE	Erie Lackawanna	1449	196492	102175	99	428152	272404	3	5	0	0
CNJ	Central New Jersey	419	55269	30398	99	124170	3084	2	2	0	1
PENN	Pennsylvania	3067	499387	279656	95	976159	409885	0	0	0	11
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	2195	279541	159341	94	639060	215153	2	2	0	4
SCL	Sea Coast Line	2886	344793	179292	99	835954	490332	2	7	0	276
S&G	Savannah & Gulf	2673	373444	197923	98	830397	89240	8	8	0	8
M&C	Marietta & Cincinnati	2146	293452	152594	99	590431	307442	5	9	0	1
A&WP	Atlanta & West Point	2941	356083	185163	99	892997	492957	1	6	0	193
WBSH	Wabash Line	2821	354470	205592	93	728525	314138	3	7	0	0
SM	Southern Mississippi	1072	104564	61693	95	301856	172831	-1	0	0	1
MN	Michigan Northern	528	46741	25708	99	121791	56805	1	2	0	9
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	1242	123230	64079	99	294419	78777	3	4	0	320
CASL	Chicago, Alton & St. Louis	400	38493	22710	95	89472	53870	0	8	0	0
MP	Missouri Pacific	973	77468	41057	98	241125	134554	0	4	0	0
M&LR	Memphis & Little Rock	1116	93838	48796	99	291618	177724	-1	2	273	2982
V&T	Vicksburg & Texas	1313	110741	65338	95	345455	208892	-2	10	0	0
L&A	Louisiana & Arkansas	1501	150570	78296	99	456950	7805	2	5	1880	1482
CP	Central Pacific	760	65644	36104	99	217302	123908	-1	7	1212	58
WP	Western Pacific	1176	116985	60832	99	309457	187805	0	2	0	410
UP	Union Pacific	2046	180214	93711	99	495407	308056	0	9	0	3925
SL&A	St Louis & Alton	1082	95780	52678	96	222948	76983	2	0	0	905
MKT	Missouri, Kansas & Texas	1190	92764	48238	99	304143	185141	-1	38	0	0
SLSF	St Louis & San Francisco	239	20382	12637	92	60758	22923	0	0	0	0
SLSW	St Louis & Southwestern	155	15423	9254	94	42197	14977	1	1	0	0
GN	Great Northern	1944	174574	90779	99	505286	251205	0	9	0	329
NP	Northern Pacific	921	61785	33363	97	185992	121548	-1	1	2470	3461
KP	Kansas Pacific	483	31210	16229	99	133486	68335	-2	9	820	854
SV	Sacramento Valley	269	23987	13433	98	65024	33533	1	7	0	833
T&P	Texas & Pacific	224	18463	13109	83	24899	24901	-1	0	0	0
CT	Central Texas	169	13307	8916	87	18599	18601	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

Boston & Maine (B&M)

B&M ; ME1 ; C1
Unbuilt none
[Regions: AN]
Grand Trunk (GT)

GT
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]

New York Central (NYC)

NYC (Double) ; B&A (Double) ; B&H (Double) ; NY3 ; HRL (Double) ; C3 (Double) ; C2 ; MRLE ; LS (Double) ; OH2 ; OH5 ; FW&C (Double) ; OH3

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ALCN]

Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)

ERIE ; NY2 ; C4 (Double) ; C5 (Double) ; MS (Double) ; MC (Double) ; MI5 (Double) ; MI6 ; MI2

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ALCN]

Central New Jersey (CNJ)

CNJ (Double) ; PA8 (Double) ; NY1 (Double)
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]

Pennsylvania (PENN)

PENN (Double) ; C&A (Double) ; LV (Double) ; NYNH (Double) ; PA9 ; PA10 ; PA11 (Double) ; PA1 (Double) ; P&LE (Double) ; P&FW (Double) ; OH4 ; IN1 (Double) ; IN3 ; IN6 ; NO&J (Double) ; MS6 ; MS5 ; O&M ; L&N (Double) ; TN8 ; TN11 ; IN8

Unbuilt TN7

[Regions: AOLCMG]

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

B&O ; WV1 ; OH1 ; A&GW ; PA2 (Double) ; IN5 ; C&EI ; IN7 ; IL4 ; PA7 ; TP&W ; GTW ; MI1 ; OH8 ; KY3 ; KY6 ; PA4 ; MD2

Unbuilt none

[Regions: AOLCM]

Sea Coast Line (SCL)

SCL (Double) ; S&A (Double) ; GA4 (Double) ; GA1 (Double) ; GA8 (Double) ; AL3 (Double) ; TN10 ; TN12 ; FEC (Double) ; KY13 ; IL8 ; GM&O (Double) ; MS3 ; MS2 ; KY14 ; GA5 ; FL4 ; GA3

Unbuilt FL1

[Regions: ADMG]

Savannah & Gulf (S&G)

S&G (Double) ; GA6 ; GA7 ; AL6 ; AL7 (Double) ; C&H (Double) ; NER (Double) ; SC1 (Double) ; GA2 (Double) ; COG (Double) ; SC3 ; SC4 (Double) ; MS1 (Double) ; NC1 ; SC5 ; N&C ; A&C (Double) ; KY10 (Double) ; KY8 (Double) ; KY9 ; IL9

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ADOMG]

Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C)

M&C ; IN4 (Double) ; IN9 (Double) ; KY12 (Double) ; MON (Double) ; IL2 (Double) ; READ (Double) ; PA5 (Double) ; PA6 (Double) ; WV2 ; PA3 (Double) ; MD1 (Double) ; VA7 ; TN13 (Double) ; IL5 (Double) ; TN9 ; WV3

Unbuilt TN14

[Regions: AOCM]

Atlanta & West Point (A&WP)

A&WP ; AL1 ; AL5 ; AL2 ; TN6 ; FL6 ; TN4 ; N&W (Double) ; R&D (Double) ; C&O ; N&S ; RF&P (Double) ; VC ; WV4 ; KY1 ; OH7 ; OH6 ; VA4 ; VA6 ; C&C (Double) ; IN2 ; TN1 ; NC2

Unbuilt FL5

[Regions: ADOCG]

Wabash Line (WBSH)

WBSH (Double) ; IN10 (Double) ; IL6 (Double) ; IL3 ; IC (Double) ; KY11 ; W&M ; W&W ; SC2 ; VA1 (Double) ; G&C ; TN2 ; BRL (Double) ; TN3 ; KY4 ; KY5 ; VA3 (Double) ; VA2 ; KY2 ; VA5

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ADOCM]

Southern Mississippi (SM)

SM (Double) ; MS4 ; AL8 ; A&T (Double) ; AL4 ; TN5 ; KY7 ; MS7

Unbuilt none

[Regions: DOM]

Michigan Northern (MN)

MN (Double) ; MI3 (Double) ; MI4
Unbuilt none
[Regions: L]

Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)

C&NW (Double) ; WI4 (Double) ; MN2 ; C7 ; MN3 ; IA9

Unbuilt NE2

[Regions: CWN]

Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)

CASL ; IL11 ; IA2

Unbuilt MO9

[Regions: C]

Missouri Pacific (MP)

MP ; ATSF ; OK8 ; NM4

Unbuilt NM6

[Regions: MW]

Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)

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

Unbuilt TX9

[Regions: MS]

Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)

V&T (Double) ; TX2 ; TX3 ; M1 ; M2
Unbuilt TX1
[Regions: MSX]

Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A)

L&A (Double) ; LA4 ; AR8 ; CB&Q (Double) ; IA4 ; MO7 ; MO6 ; OK2

Unbuilt LA2

[Regions: CGW]

Central Pacific (CP)

CP (Double) ; NV2 ; UT8 ; UT6 ; UT2
Unbuilt UT1
[Regions: TP]

Western Pacific (WP)

WP (Double) ; SP (Double) ; CA4 ; CA3 ; M4 ; AZ3

Unbuilt CA12

[Regions: TPX]

Union Pacific (UP)

UP ; NE1 ; CO6 ; CRIP (Double) ; IA7 ; IA5 ; KCN ; IA3 ; CO7 ; WY1

Unbuilt UT4

[Regions: CWT]

St Louis & Alton (SL&A)

SL&A (Double) ; MO1 ; MO8 ; KC&D ; IA1 ; KS4

Unbuilt CO4

[Regions: MW]

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT)

MKT ; KCS ; KS1 ; KS2 ; CO2 ; CO9

Unbuilt CO3

[Regions: MW]

St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)

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

SLSW
Unbuilt none
[Regions: M]

Great Northern (GN)

GN ; ND5 ; MT1 ; MT9 ; CNS (Double) ; M&SP (Double) ; WI5 ; SP&D ; MT5

Unbuilt ID5

[Regions: CW]

Northern Pacific (NP)

NP ; ND3 ; ND4
Unbuilt MT6
[Regions: W]
Kansas Pacific (KP)

KP ; KS3
Unbuilt CO1
[Regions: W]
Sacramento Valley (SV)

SV ; CA9
Unbuilt none
[Regions: P]
Texas & Pacific (T&P)

T&P
Unbuilt none
[Regions: S]
Central Texas (CT)

CT
Unbuilt none
[Regions: S]

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF		Price
TR	Texas Road	420
LP&W	Levenworth, Pawnee & Western	1000
LR&S	Little Rock & Shreveport	1050

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