Continental Rails II

Game # 31 - Turn # 22

Headline News 1883 to 1884

World & National New

  1. 1883: Rockefeller establishes Standard Oil Trust.
  2. 1884: Missouri Governor offers $10,000 reward for capture of Jesse James.

Railroad News

  • PCs Incorporated: M&W, DP, DRGW.
  • New Engines Acquired: ERIE bought Pacific 4-6-2, SCL bought Pacific 4-6-2, SM bought Consolidation 2-8-0, MN bought Consolidation 2-8-0.
  • New Technologies Acquired: GT bought automatic brakes, SCL bought automatic brakes, V&T bought Pullman sleepers, V&T bought automatic brakes, WP bought refrigerated cars, MKT bought automatic brakes, CT bought refrigerated cars, LR&S bought refrigerated cars.
  • RoWs built: FL5 by A&WP, MO2 by CASL, NM3 by MP, TX14 by L&A, ID1 by UP, IA8 by SL&A, IL15 by GN, WA2 by NP, WI8 by SL.
  • RoWs abandoned: AZ4 was abandoned by SV.
  • C&NW doubled C7, L&A doubled TR, GN doubled WI2.
  • New RoWs acquired: SCL got FL3, PENN got IL7, GN got WI9, SL got MN1, SL&A got MN4, MKT got OK6, L&A got TX15, UP got UT9, WP got CA2, C&NW got C6, NP got C9, MP got M3, T&P got AR6, V&T got LA1.
  • RR Mergers: MP merges into SV.
  • Old B&M wooden bridges inadequate for new locomotives. Repairs cost $5130.
  • SCL bridge collapsed! Many passengers killed in plunge. Damages amount to $34683.
  • Inadequate brakes on UP locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $36070.
  • MKT bridge collapsed! Many passengers killed in plunge. Damages amount to $16776.
  • Reorganized RRs: B&M.
  • Insolvent RRs: UP.
  • Bankrupt Tycoons: Jim Fisk.
  • Loan Recalls: Edward Harriman.
  • Cornered stocks: NYC.
  • New railroad Presidents: William Palmer of ERIE, William Ogden of B&O, William Palmer of A&WP, John Forbes of SV, William Ogden of DP.
  • Milton Littlefield has a Transcontinental system.
  • Thomas Durant has a Transcontinental system.
  • Cyrus Holliday has a Transcontinental system.
  • Aubin de Verlin dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $200000. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: William Palmer, Thomas Durant, William Ogden, Dan Drew, Cyrus Holliday, Milton Littlefield
  • Old SM wooden bridges inadequate for new locomotives. Repairs cost $10720.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Recession to Improved.
  • 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.

Tycoon Announcements:

6Milton Littlefield i sure hope this game ends this turn!!
15Cyrus Holliday gone all the way!

Final Victory Points

Robber BaronRail MogulRail BuilderRail MagnateRail ProdigalRail Baron
79Milton Littlefield (6)236William Ogden (13)42Dan Drew (14)146Milton Littlefield (6)125Milton Littlefield (6)410Milton Littlefield (6)
66Dan Drew (14)209Thomas Durant (11)32Jim Fisk (1)130Thomas Durant (11)120Thomas Durant (11)372Thomas Durant (11)
57Aubin de Verlin (3)174William Palmer (12)32Cyrus Holliday (15)116Cyrus Holliday (15)90William Palmer (12)324William Palmer (12)
53Nicolas Koechlin (9)168John Forbes (8)31Thomas Durant (11)111Leland Stanford (5)64Cyrus Holliday (15)302Dan Drew (14)
36William Palmer (12)164Aubin de Verlin (3)29William Palmer (12)101Nicolas Koechlin (9)46Aubin de Verlin (3)295Cyrus Holliday (15)
31Cyrus Holliday (15)142Dan Drew (14)24Milton Littlefield (6)99Jim Fisk (1)44William Ogden (13)236Aubin de Verlin (3)
27Jim Fisk (1)130Eugène de Ségur (10)19Leland Stanford (5)96William Palmer (12)40John Forbes (8)231Jim Fisk (1)
27Thomas Scott (7)126Milton Littlefield (6)19Eugène de Ségur (10)90Eugène de Ségur (10)36Dan Drew (14)229William Ogden (13)
25Edward Harriman (2)123Nicolas Koechlin (9)18Edward Harriman (2)85Edward Harriman (2)26Edward Harriman (2)228Nicolas Koechlin (9)
25Eugène de Ségur (10)122Leland Stanford (5)17Nicolas Koechlin (9)59Aubin de Verlin (3)9Jim Fisk (1)201Leland Stanford (5)
23Leland Stanford (5)118Cyrus Holliday (15)16William Ogden (13)54John Forbes (8)0Mirti (4)200Edward Harriman (2)
22John Forbes (8)116Edward Harriman (2)13John Forbes (8)46Dan Drew (14)0Leland Stanford (5)196John Forbes (8)
21Mirti (4)112Jim Fisk (1)8Aubin de Verlin (3)44William Ogden (13)0Thomas Scott (7)192Eugène de Ségur (10)
21Thomas Durant (11)52Thomas Scott (7)0Mirti (4)19Thomas Scott (7)0Nicolas Koechlin (9)69Thomas Scott (7)
21William Ogden (13)0Mirti (4)0Thomas Scott (7)0Mirti (4)0Eugène de Ségur (10)26Mirti (4)

Player Summary

President ofPCs owned
Player #Tycoon nameRR 1RR 2PC 1PC 2
3Aubin de Verlin C&NWMKT........
12William Palmer A&WPERIE........
14Dan Drew ....T&P........
9Nicolas Koechlin NYC............
5Leland Stanford WBSHSL&A........
6Milton Littlefield PENNUP........
11Thomas Durant M&CGN........
8John Forbes SVL&A........
13William Ogden B&ODP........
10Eugène de Ségur SLSFS&G....SP&P
15Cyrus Holliday WP........GW
2Edward Harriman KP............
7Thomas Scott ....GT........
4Mirti ................
1Jim Fisk ................

Railroad Summary

RRNameTracksRevenuesExpenseEfficiencyBondsLoansProfit / shareDividend / shareGrantLand
B&MBoston & Maine 51353154441187111542500000
GTGrand Trunk 7313269729899342953232100
NYCNew York Central 20433523771832389970348690304101
ERIEErie Lackawanna 1449232698134966934856203033254000
CNJCentral New Jersey 41965974362859911561812822101
PENNPennsylvania 31676198993471449511113681638710101
B&OBaltimore & Ohio 2195334240173804997342352615623001
SCLSea Coast Line 31534456892495889597060455601142210155
S&GSavannah & Gulf 26734493302471329677644690881101
M&CMarietta & Cincinnati 2256375823195429996799483633878901
A&WPAtlanta & West Point 314545272124899496104487756067420020
WBSHWabash Line 2821428982227361988368503250737800
SMSouthern Mississippi 1072123878755679320604451036001
MNMichigan Northern 528550693249195140830568932001
C&NWChicago & Northwestern 239029668115427499513962145692660773
CASLChicago, Alton & St. Louis 732912425200797164483878253000
V&TVicksburg & Texas 223122419615021387601771391705-2000
L&ALouisiana & Arkansas 2873390766203198997889292186654501474
WPWestern Pacific 29583704962037729678427948623001126415
UPUnion Pacific 360741409826916186945125599579000638
SL&ASt Louis & Alton 19002420941258909930906931672880112
MKTMissouri, Kansas & Texas 186418000493604994564332774580000
SLSFSt Louis & San Francisco 23924351155859069783241640000
SLSWSt Louis & Southwestern 34534501189769978919177475000
GNGreat Northern 28044021152131219872337341114334040
NPNorthern Pacific 1854185691107700933731811578681103278
KPKansas Pacific 1035880834580399251241161860010205
SVSacramento Valley 294930253816034498632734414309141002451
SLSoo Line 400384802193397753675643221600
T&PTexas & Pacific 103510404657224991835501410213400
CTCentral Texas 1691674292089925504132605000
LR&SLittle Rock & Shreveport 21017451108209231156219361000
C&SColorado & Southern 1161379488289020350138343000
DRGWDenver & Rio Grande Western 1161343684659120943164573000
DPDenver Pacific 1061244283368719403152472000
M&WMissouri & Western 19720795137258834803273471000

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 (Double) ; 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 ; TN7
    Unbuilt IL7
    [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 ; FL1 ; FL2
    Unbuilt FL3
    [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  (Double) ; TN13 (Double) ; IL5  (Double) ; TN9 ; WV3 ; TN14 (Double)
    Unbuilt none
    [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 ; FL5
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: ADOCG]
  • Wabash Line (WBSH)
    WBSH (Double) ; IN10 (Double) ; IL6  (Double) ; IL3  (Double) ; 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  (Double) ; C7  (Double) ; MN3  (Double) ; IA9 ; NE2 ; NE3  (Double) ; IA10 ; WI6
    Unbuilt C6
    [Regions: CWTN]
  • Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)
    CASL ; IL11 ; IA2 ; MO9 ; MO2
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: CMW]
  • Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)
    V&T  (Double) ; TX2 ; TX3 ; M1 ; M2 ; TX1  (Double) ; TX8 ; TX10 ; NM8
    Unbuilt LA1
    [Regions: MSX]
  • Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A)
    L&A  (Double) ; LA4 ; AR8 ; CB&Q (Double) ; IA4 ; MO7  (Double) ; MO6  (Double) ; OK2 ; LA2 ; TR  (Double) ; MO3  (Double) ; OK3 ; OK5 ; TX14
    Unbuilt TX15
    [Regions: CMGWS]
  • Western Pacific (WP)
    WP  (Double) ; SP  (Double) ; CA4 ; CA3 ; M4 ; AZ3 ; CA12 ; M&LR (Double) ; AR4  (Double) ; OK1  (Double) ; TX12 (Double) ; TX11 ; TX9 ; AZ1 ; AZ2
    Unbuilt CA2
    [Regions: MSTPX]
  • Union Pacific (UP)
    UP ; NE1 ; CO6 ; CRIP (Double) ; IA7 ; IA5 ; KCN ; IA3 ; CO7 ; WY1 ; UT4 ; CP  (Double) ; NV2 ; UT8 ; UT6 ; UT2 ; UT1 ; ID1
    Unbuilt UT9
    [Regions: CWTP]
  • St Louis & Alton (SL&A)
    SL&A (Double) ; MO1 ; MO8 ; KC&D ; IA1 ; KS4 ; CO4 ; CO5 ; IL12 (Double) ; CW ; IL13 ; IA8
    Unbuilt MN4
    [Regions: CMWT]
  • Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT)
    MKT ; KCS ; KS1 ; KS2 ; CO2 ; CO9 ; CO3 ; LP&W ; OK7 ; IA6
    Unbuilt OK6
    [Regions: MW]
  • St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)
    SLSF
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: M]
  • St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW)
    SLSW ; AR3
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: M]
  • Great Northern (GN)
    GN  (Double) ; ND5 ; MT1 ; MT9 ; CNS  (Double) ; M&SP (Double) ; WI5 ; SP&D (Double) ; MT5 ; ID5 ; WA1  (Double) ; C10 ; WI2  (Double) ; IL15
    Unbuilt WI9
    [Regions: CWTPN]
  • Northern Pacific (NP)
    NP  (Double) ; ND3 ; ND4 ; MT6 ; MT7 ; MT10 ; ID4 ; WA2
    Unbuilt C9
    [Regions: WTP]
  • Kansas Pacific (KP)
    KP ; KS3 ; CO1 ; NM2 ; NM1
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: WT]
  • Sacramento Valley (SV)
    SV ; CA9 ; CA10 ; AZ6 ; MP ; ATSF ; OK8 ; NM4 ; NM6 ; NM7 ; AZ5 ; A&P ; TX13 ; NM3
    Unbuilt M3
    [Regions: MWTP]
  • Soo Line (SL)
    SL ; WI8
    Unbuilt MN1
    [Regions: WN]
  • Texas & Pacific (T&P)
    T&P ; H&S ; FW&D ; SA&H ; OK4
    Unbuilt AR6
    [Regions: S]
  • Central Texas (CT)
    CT
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: S]
  • Little Rock & Shreveport (LR&S)
    LR&S
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: ]
  • Colorado & Southern (C&S)
    C&S
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: T]
  • Denver & Rio Grande Western (DRGW)
    DRGW
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: T]
  • Denver Pacific (DP)
    DP
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: T]
  • Missouri & Western (M&W)
    M&W
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: M]

Stock Market Report

RR stock data

RRStart priceTrade priceEnd priceNet change# Shares traded# Shares issued# Shares in treasuryPresidentChairmanDirectors
B&M202017-3 830 2 565 0  
GT151618+3 77 1 825 0773 11 13 14
NYC292624-5 1265 30 666 0992 3 10
ERIE282931+3 1824 7 245 012123 5
CNJ151210-5 1904 8 380 0 112 3
PENN131416+3 143667 300 575 06614
B&O343230-4 3677 21 966 013123
SCL293439+10 6075 15 772 0 3
S&G23146-17 13104 80 100 12610103 5 9
M&C425364+22 2026 11 280 011113 12
A&WP404754+14 5656 26 381 1021287 9
WBSH334558+25 1896 14 105 0553 11 12 13
SM212223+2 1935 5 360 0 1112
MN202021+1 437 2 640 0 38 11 13
C&NW232426+3 3570 13 950 03312
CASL574227-30 966 4 912 98 511 13
V&T362923-13 3659 11 155 0 1310 11
L&A141823+9 5821 27 262 408882
WP212223+2 31386 84 710 01515
UP232323+0 8130 34 809 131614
SL&A434854+11 2079 11 415 100553 10
MKT192328+9 7151 33 120 03313 14
SLSF151617+2 224 2 371 1910108 11 12 13
SLSW485358+10 332 1 642 83 38 11 13
GN171820+3 5001 26 660 35111113
NP754311-64 18577 34 921 154  
KP222018-4 3644 12 545 450228
SV656435-30 1093 37 875 4208123
SL354250+15 139 1 875 125 135 6 8 11
T&P403837-3 976 5 175 014143 11 13
CT504439-11 77 824 21 83 6 11 13
LR&S272625-2 233 1 005 45 811 13
C&S182226+8 171 536 44 83 11
DRGW0013+13 0 522 58 11
DP0013+13 0 477 531313
M&W0013+13 0 887 98 13

Private Companies Available for Purchase

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