Continental Rails II

Game # 33 - Turn # 11

Headline News 1861 to 1862

World & National New

  1. 1861: Pony Express carries mail from St. Louis to Sacramento in record time of 10 days.
  2. 1862: Telegraph line completed to California: Pony Express goes bankrupt.

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: Oakes Ames bought CASL for $6237, Milton Littlefield bought SLSF for $1221, John Forbes bought GW for $23696, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought GN for $67888.
  • PCs Merged: MN merges into P&LE, FEC merges into SCL, N&C merges into SCL.
  • PCs Incorporated: MP, M&SP, CNS, WP.
  • New Engines Acquired: B&O bought Mogul 2-6-0.
  • New Technologies Acquired: GT bought coal burning engines, PENN bought Grand Station, S&A bought switch yards, S&A bought steel rails, MRLE bought coal burning engines, MC bought Grand Station.
  • RoWs built: IL3 by NYC, IL5 by B&O, IL7 by C&O, VA1 by R&D, KY4 by N&W, SC4 by W&M, AL4 by S&A, FL4 by SCL, TN6 by S&G, WV1 by M&C, AL8 by A&WP, OH6 by TP&W, C5 by MC, TN5 by A&T, IL9 by GM&O, KY10 by SM, OH7 by C&C, WI4 by C&NW.
  • NYC doubled MS, PENN doubled PENN, READ doubled PA5, B&O doubled PA7, C&O doubled C&EI, R&D doubled VA4, SCL doubled A&C, S&G doubled TN11, M&C doubled MON, A&WP doubled MS1, SM doubled MS6.
  • New RoWs acquired: M&C got MD2, C&H got VA2, R&D got NC1, SCL got FL5, MC got MI4, N&W got KY3, A&T got KY7, SM got KY11, GM&O got TN14, S&G got AL5, S&A got MS2, A&WP got MS4, C&NW got MN2, B&O got WV3.
  • RR Mergers: GM&O merges into M&C, O&M merges into S&A.
  • Stock splits: NYC splits 2 for 1, C&NW splits 2 for 1.
  • New railroad Presidents: William Ogden of CNS, Cyrus Holliday of M&SP, Jay Gould of MP, Cornelius Vanderbilt of M&LR.
  • New Private Companies Available: V&T, UP, MKT, SLSW, SP, NP, ATSF.
  • Cyrus Holliday earns the Gulf Bonus Award for linking the M&C from Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Edward Harriman dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $9876. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Thomas Durant, Cyrus Holliday, William Ogden, Milton Littlefield, Cornelius Vanderbilt
  • Civil War begins: Railroads may not build a Right-of-Way this turn.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Great.
  • Best locomotive available: Mogul 2-6-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines.

Tycoon Announcements:

2Edward Harriman running railroads is a lot more difficult than it steams.
11Thomas Durant nyc welcomes mr. cornelius vanderbilt to the board.

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber BaronThomas Durant (11)Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)William Ogden (13)Cyrus Holliday (15)Milton Littlefield (6)
Rail MogulWilliam Ogden (13)Thomas Durant (11)Cyrus Holliday (15)Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)Milton Littlefield (6)
Rail BuilderThomas Durant (11)Edward Harriman (2)Cyrus Holliday (15)Milton Littlefield (6)John Forbes (8)
Rail MagnateThomas Durant (11)Edward Harriman (2)John Forbes (8)Cyrus Holliday (15)Milton Littlefield (6)
Rail ProdigalThomas Durant (11)Cyrus Holliday (15)William Ogden (13)Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)Edward Harriman (2)
Rail BaronThomas Durant (11)Cyrus Holliday (15)Edward Harriman (2)William Ogden (13)Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)

Player Summary

President ofPCs owned
Player #Tycoon nameRR 1RR 2PC 1PC 2
11Thomas Durant NYCC&NW........
14Cornelius Vanderbilt M&LRREADGN....
15Cyrus Holliday M&CM&SP........
13William Ogden CNSS&A........
2Edward Harriman B&OMC........
10Hannibal Kimball ....SMCP....
6Milton Littlefield C&OR&DSLSF....
8John Forbes S&GA&WPGW....
9Jay Gould MPC&H........
7Thomas Scott P&LECRIP........
5Mick A'Wish SCL............
4Oakes Ames N&WC&CSL&ACASL
3J. Edgar Thompson ................
12Sir Eton Lenefsky ................
1Mark Hopkins ................

Railroad Summary

RRNameTracksRevenuesExpenseEfficiencyBondsLoansProfit / shareDividend / shareGrantLand
GTGrand Trunk 570812034466199122493337419100
NYCNew York Central 30046523053522449772824644556614120119
NYNHNew York & New Haven 73211782169513951793891246837000
PENNPennsylvania 8241763219521297214301116679149080
READReading 533126256669169812761268195179068
B&OBaltimore & Ohio 1181209874113332973041411818501080405
C&OChesapeake & Ohio 126321701111501698317540214504104021
R&DRichmond & Danville 98513900676453992349411670636408
N&WNorfolk & Western 13691797651114559537521821248046404123
W&WWilmington & Weldon 1201518088049627731132736000
W&MWilmington & Manchester 51165099572877214613415194-1000
C&HCharleston & Hamburg 474698833843699102980998810700
S&ASavannah & Augusta 1302189081107775973493432280416100
SCLSea Coast Line 12882236571274849431578612267810900
S&GSavannah & Gulf 1016157295817949923504214184897665488
P&LEPittsburgh & Lake Erie 58010074458431931909391211767100
MRLEMad River & Lake Erie 13819766108719925246138808100
M&CMarietta & Cincinnati 1813263097139443984004192698078976077
A&WPAtlanta & West Point 588100368552039915307210337296480347
TP&WToledo, Peoria & Warsaw 310406082233499748154988160048
WBSHWabash Line 4406617636397991004543612391000
MCMichigan Central 55790004504039513109588150840250
A&TAlabama & Tennessee 27130395182379467052417683300
SMSouthern Mississippi 726113423589809918884412613486425432
C&CCincinnati & Chicago 30446413292409175279481965500
ICIllinois Central 18526250170628944894237235200
C&NWChicago & Northwestern 40055338309899810391662179610098
CRIPChicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 150230541268099391402128881700
CB&QChicago, Burlington & Quincy 19026074164279142908232815000
CNSChicago North Shore 8520625144378430239170117000
M&SPMilwaukee & St. Paul 32634921226998985919483311000
MPMissouri Pacific 28336357243598777759437412000
M&LRMemphis & Little Rock 13217458104759430811174355100
WPWestern Pacific 14220619138158741039230863000

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
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AN]
  • New York Central (NYC)
    NYC ; B&A  (Double) ; HRL  (Double) ; NY3 ; ERIE (Double) ; B&H ; LS  (Double) ; C4 ; OH3 ; OH2 ; B&M  (Double) ; P&FW (Double) ; OH5 ; FW&C ; MI1 ; A&GW ; IN5  (Double) ; IN7 ; MS  (Double) ; IL4 ; IL3
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AOLCMN]
  • New York & New Haven (NYNH)
    NYNH (Double) ; CNJ ; PA8 ; NY2 ; NY1
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AL]
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
    PENN (Double) ; LV ; C&A  (Double) ; PA9 ; PA10 ; PA2 ; PA4
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AL]
  • Reading (READ)
    READ (Double) ; PA1  (Double) ; PA5  (Double) ; PA6 ; PA3  (Double)
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AO]
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
    B&O ; PA7  (Double) ; WV2 ; OH1 ; OH4 ; IN1  (Double) ; IN3 ; IN8 ; IL5
    Unbuilt WV3
    [Regions: AOCM]
  • Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
    C&O  (Double) ; VC ; WV4 ; KY2 ; KY5 ; IN6  (Double) ; C&EI (Double) ; IN10 ; IL7
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AOCM]
  • Richmond & Danville (R&D)
    R&D  (Double) ; VA4  (Double) ; VA5 ; KY1 ; OH8  (Double) ; VA7 ; VA1
    Unbuilt NC1
    [Regions: AO]
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
    N&W ; N&S ; RF&P ; VA3 ; MD1 ; NC2 ; SC5 ; BRL ; TN2 ; TN3 ; KY4
    Unbuilt KY3
    [Regions: AD]
  • Wilmington & Weldon (W&W)
    W&W
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)
    W&M ; NER ; SC2 ; SC4
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
    C&H ; SC1 ; G&C ; SC3
    Unbuilt VA2
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Augusta (S&A)
    S&A ; GA1 ; GA8 ; AL3 ; TN12 ; KY13 ; IL2 ; AL4 ; O&M
    Unbuilt MS2
    [Regions: ADO]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCL  (Double) ; GA4  (Double) ; GA2  (Double) ; COG  (Double) ; A&C  (Double) ; FEC ; N&C ; FL4
    Unbuilt FL5
    [Regions: AD]
  • Savannah & Gulf (S&G)
    S&G  (Double) ; GA6 ; GA7 ; AL1  (Double) ; AL2  (Double) ; TN9 ; TN11 (Double) ; TN6
    Unbuilt AL5
    [Regions: ADM]
  • Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE)
    P&LE (Double) ; GTW ; PA11 ; MI2 ; MN
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: OL]
  • Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE)
    MRLE
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: L]
  • Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C)
    M&C ; IN4 ; MON  (Double) ; IN9 ; KY12 ; KY14 ; WV1 ; GM&O ; MS3 ; TN13 ; IL9
    Unbuilt MD2
    [Regions: OCMG]
  • Atlanta & West Point (A&WP)
    A&WP ; AL6 ; AL7  (Double) ; MS1  (Double) ; AL8
    Unbuilt MS4
    [Regions: DG]
  • Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W)
    TP&W ; IN2 ; OH6
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: ]
  • Wabash Line (WBSH)
    WBSH ; KY8 ; L&N
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: O]
  • Michigan Central (MC)
    MC ; MI5 ; MI6 ; C5
    Unbuilt MI4
    [Regions: LCN]
  • Alabama & Tennessee (A&T)
    A&T ; TN5
    Unbuilt KY7
    [Regions: D]
  • Southern Mississippi (SM)
    SM ; NO&J (Double) ; MS6  (Double) ; TN8 ; KY10
    Unbuilt KY11
    [Regions: MG]
  • Cincinnati & Chicago (C&C)
    C&C ; OH7
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: OC]
  • Illinois Central (IC)
    IC
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: C]
  • Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)
    C&NW ; WI4
    Unbuilt MN2
    [Regions: CW]
  • Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)
    CRIP
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: C]
  • Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)
    CB&Q
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: C]
  • Chicago North Shore (CNS)
    CNS
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: C]
  • Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP)
    M&SP
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: W]
  • Missouri Pacific (MP)
    MP
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: MW]
  • Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)
    M&LR
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: M]
  • Western Pacific (WP)
    WP
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: P]

Stock Market Report

RR stock data

RRStart priceTrade priceEnd priceNet change# Shares traded# Shares issued# Shares in treasuryPresidentChairmanDirectors
GT343537+3 1153 2 771 79 13
NYC708651+32 3141 29 946 108111114
NYNH404142+2 1039 3 345 315 913
PENN434548+5 996 4 125 0 147 15
READ384552+14 908 2 665 01414
B&O505152+2 1131 5 853 602211
C&O364045+9 1612 6 233 82662 11
R&D353638+3 971 4 845 806610 13
N&W283033+5 2006 6 476 37344
W&W252628+3 169 574 26 13
W&M454341-4 899 2 514 41  
C&H585655-3 381 2 363 13996 15
S&A414139-2 1103 6 434 76131311
SCL525660+8 734 6 141 306556 13
S&G505152+2 898 5 003 778811
P&LE635956-7 416 2 820 80779 14
MRLE444444+0 134 690 0 1311 15
M&C747065-9 1034 8 848 217151513
A&WP353841+6 666 2 881 59882
TP&W263238+12 327 1 500 50 136
WBSH705642-28 634 2 100 100 1513
MC354352+17 694 2 730 55227
A&T455668+23 127 1 270 85 914 15
SM817569-12 875 3 593 37101011
C&C253648+23 323 1 469 5144
IC152128+13 387 856 69 13
C&NW357153+71 163 3 720 2801111
CRIP356086+51 197 693 57776 11 13 15
CB&Q274054+27 272 878 72 156 13 14
CNS0017+17 0 383 421313
M&SP0017+17 0 1 467 1631515
MP0017+17 0 1 274 14199
M&LR152535+20 312 610 501414
WP0017+17 0 639 71 11

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CFPrice
V&TVicksburg & Texas 865
UPUnion Pacific 525
MKTMissouri, Kansas & Texas 1630
SLSWSt Louis & Southwestern 775
SPSouthern Pacific 450
NPNorthern Pacific 1405
ATSFAtchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 915
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