Continental Rails II

Game # 33 - Turn # 12

Headline News 1863 to 1864

World & National New

  1. 1863: Congress passes Homestead Act giving free land to homesteaders.
  2. 1864: Otto von Bismark appointed minister president of Prussia by William I.

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: Hannibal Kimball bought UP for $38503, William Ogden bought MKT for $5678, Edward Harriman bought SLSW for $2345, Thomas Durant bought SP for $45000, Thomas Durant bought NP for $140000, Milton Littlefield bought ATSF for $31111.
  • PCs Merged: CP merges into WP.
  • PCs Incorporated: GW, SLSF.
  • New Engines Acquired: NYNH bought Mogul 2-6-0, A&T bought Mogul 2-6-0, C&C bought Mogul 2-6-0.
  • New Technologies Acquired: S&A bought Grand Station, C&C bought Grand Station, C&NW bought Grand Station.
  • RoWs abandoned: AL5 was abandoned by S&G.
  • NYC doubled C4, B&O doubled B&O, C&O doubled VC, R&D doubled VA1, S&A doubled S&A, SCL doubled FL4, S&G doubled GA7, P&LE doubled MI2, M&C doubled IL9, A&WP doubled A&WP, MC doubled C5, SM doubled TN8, C&NW doubled WI4.
  • New RoWs acquired: P&LE got MI3, M&SP got WI1, CNS got WI5, CRIP got IA7.
  • RR Mergers: S&G merges into A&WP.
  • Stock splits: CRIP splits 4 for 1.
  • New railroad Presidents: William Ogden of IC, Hannibal Kimball of WP, Milton Littlefield of SLSF, John Forbes of GW.
  • New Private Companies Available: L&A, KC&D, KP.
  • Edward Harriman dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $12345. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Thomas Durant, William Ogden, Cyrus Holliday, Milton Littlefield
  • Civil War continues: Railroads may not build a Right-of-Way this turn.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Great to Boom.
  • Best locomotive available: Mogul 2-6-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines.

Tycoon Announcements:

2Edward Harriman what do you get when you cross a railroad with a refrigerator? killed.
11Thomas Durant nyc awards edward harriman 1st pulitzer prize.

Top Victory Points

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

Player Summary

President ofPCs owned
Player #Tycoon nameRR 1RR 2PC 1PC 2
11Thomas Durant NYCC&NWNPSP
15Cyrus Holliday M&CM&SP........
13William Ogden ICS&A....MKT
14Cornelius Vanderbilt M&LRREADGN....
2Edward Harriman B&OMCSLSW....
6Milton Littlefield C&OSLSF....ATSF
10Hannibal Kimball WPSM....UP
7Thomas Scott P&LECRIP........
5Mick A'Wish SCL............
8John Forbes GWA&WP........
9Jay Gould MPC&H........
4Oakes Ames N&WC&CSL&ACASL
3J. Edgar Thompson ................
12Sir Eton Lenefsky ................
1Mark Hopkins ................

Railroad Summary

RRNameTracksRevenuesExpenseEfficiencyBondsLoansProfit / shareDividend / shareGrantLand
GTGrand Trunk 570821964520799127555225699500
NYCNew York Central 30046596413496119875492241493876054
NYNHNew York & New Haven 73211652366418971858891158308100
PENNPennsylvania 8241783189629197221008107379140032
READReading 533128169666489913155650717184024
B&OBaltimore & Ohio 11812151021161559731288018492110100142
C&OChesapeake & Ohio 1263223701125271953278212181169408
R&DRichmond & Danville 98514408885011952349411670636404
N&WNorfolk & Western 1369179362114791933802832142603440443
W&WWilmington & Weldon 1201509082999928797111247100
W&MWilmington & Manchester 51165577498388415483194142000
C&HCharleston & Hamburg 474704423874499105786106710200
S&ASavannah & Augusta 1302198222109021963628322327807900
SCLSea Coast Line 1288224228116598993329425370612800
P&LEPittsburgh & Lake Erie 580104886545419921239912871691100
MRLEMad River & Lake Erie 13819353106449926267109538200
M&CMarietta & Cincinnati 18132715531439259841651827546482276027
A&WPAtlanta & West Point 160428433814785699399983201391118480376
TP&WToledo, Peoria & Warsaw 310396742221798771094095066019
WBSHWabash Line 440650043575299103710290529300
MCMichigan Central 55795973547059413521789598980100
A&TAlabama & Tennessee 27131133183689569659318714700
SMSouthern Mississippi 7261185866285098194216128022810425194
C&CCincinnati & Chicago 304466402425399831535096281100
ICIllinois Central 18526388163619246537200556300
C&NWChicago & Northwestern 4006177732742981074686342741044
CRIPChicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 15023503129279944690232388900
CB&QChicago, Burlington & Quincy 19026642159859444314196696100
CNSChicago North Shore 8520753132829031749175419900
M&SPMilwaukee & St. Paul 32636626223429393156508742900
MPMissouri Pacific 28338049235909281529335005100
M&LRMemphis & Little Rock 1321686699519531788142745200
WPWestern Pacific 29643685279599088463451354100
SLSFSt Louis & San Francisco 23928228194778564319361811000
GWGreat Western 14020470143298440559228162000

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  (Double) ; 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  (Double) ; PA7  (Double) ; WV2 ; OH1 ; OH4 ; IN1  (Double) ; IN3 ; IN8 ; IL5
    Unbuilt WV3
    [Regions: AOCM]
  • Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
    C&O  (Double) ; VC  (Double) ; 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  (Double)
    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  (Double) ; 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  (Double)
    Unbuilt FL5
    [Regions: AD]
  • Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE)
    P&LE (Double) ; GTW ; PA11 ; MI2  (Double) ; MN
    Unbuilt MI3
    [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  (Double)
    Unbuilt MD2
    [Regions: OCMG]
  • Atlanta & West Point (A&WP)
    A&WP (Double) ; AL6 ; AL7  (Double) ; MS1  (Double) ; AL8 ; S&G  (Double) ; GA6 ; GA7  (Double) ; AL1  (Double) ; AL2  (Double) ; TN9 ; TN11 (Double) ; TN6
    Unbuilt MS4
    [Regions: ADMG]
  • 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  (Double)
    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  (Double) ; 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  (Double)
    Unbuilt MN2
    [Regions: CW]
  • Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)
    CRIP
    Unbuilt IA7
    [Regions: C]
  • Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)
    CB&Q
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: C]
  • Chicago North Shore (CNS)
    CNS
    Unbuilt WI5
    [Regions: C]
  • Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP)
    M&SP
    Unbuilt WI1
    [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 ; CP
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: P]
  • St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)
    SLSF
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: M]
  • Great Western (GW)
    GW
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: G]

Stock Market Report

RR stock data

RRStart priceTrade priceEnd priceNet change# Shares traded# Shares issued# Shares in treasuryPresidentChairmanDirectors
GT373942+5 1092 2 790 60 13
NYC515152+1 4489 30 054 0111114
NYNH424243+1 1029 3 423 237 913
PENN484543-5 1500 4 125 0 1415
READ525558+6 764 2 665 01414
B&O525558+6 1489 5 913 02211
C&O454749+4 1464 6 315 0662 11
R&D384144+6 1281 4 864 61 610 13
N&W333639+6 2082 6 576 27344
W&W283134+6 170 580 20 13
W&M414243+2 1067 2 524 31  
C&H555658+3 400 2 363 13996 15
S&A394245+6 1720 6 510 0131311
SCL606978+18 1422 6 447 0552 6 13
P&LE565759+3 521 2 820 80779 14
MRLE444648+4 136 690 0 1311 15
M&C656769+4 2134 9 065 0151513
A&WP414453+12 845 7 884 13688
TP&W384042+4 398 1 512 38 136
WBSH424548+6 473 2 100 100 1513
MC527089+37 841 2 785 0227
A&T688194+26 295 1 291 64 913 14 15
SM696867-2 1040 3 630 0101011
C&C485869+21 377 1 469 51442
IC283440+12 259 873 52131311
C&NW536781+28 1454 4 000 0111110 15
CRIP8614350+114 108 2 772 228776 11 13 15
CB&Q544434-20 253 896 54 613 14
CNS172227+10 165 425 0 13
M&SP172126+9 668 1 630 01515
MP172737+20 645 1 309 10699
M&LR356290+55 194 622 3814148 11 13 15
WP172635+18 311 1 349 1311011
SLSF0017+17 0 1 076 11966
GW0017+17 0 630 7088

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CFPrice
V&TVicksburg & Texas 865
L&ALouisiana & Arkansas 450
KC&DKansas City & Denver 330
KPKansas Pacific 890
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