Continental Rails II

Game # 33 - Turn # 13

Headline News 1865 to 1866

World & National New

  1. 1865: Nevada admitted into Union as newest state.
  2. 1866: Prussia unifies north German states by defeating Austria in 7 Weeks War

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: Cyrus Holliday bought V&T for $12112, Edward Harriman bought KC&D for $12345, Jay Gould bought KP for $61650.
  • PCs Merged: NP merges into C&NW.
  • PCs Incorporated: SLSW, UP, MKT, SP, ATSF.
  • New Engines Acquired: W&M bought 04/04/2000.
  • New Technologies Acquired: SLSF bought Grand Station.
  • RoWs abandoned: MN2 was abandoned by C&NW.
  • NYC doubled IL4, B&O doubled IL5, C&O doubled IL7, S&A doubled O&M, A&WP doubled AL6, MC doubled MI5, SM doubled KY10, C&NW doubled C&NW, WP doubled WP, SLSF doubled SLSF.
  • New RoWs acquired: C&O got KY6, SLSF got MO5, MP got MO6, GW got LA1, C&NW got ND3, WP got NV1.
  • RR Mergers: IC merges into S&A.
  • Loan Recalls: Jay Gould.
  • Stock splits: MC splits 3 for 1, A&T splits 3 for 1, C&NW splits 2 for 1.
  • New railroad Presidents: Jay Gould of A&T, Hannibal Kimball of UP, William Ogden of MKT, Edward Harriman of SLSW, Milton Littlefield of ATSF.
  • New Private Companies Available: SP&P, KCN, SV, SP&D.
  • Thomas Durant earns the Millionaire Award.
  • Thomas Durant dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $25250. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Edward Harriman, William Ogden, Cyrus Holliday, Milton Littlefield, John Forbes
  • Civil War ends: Railroads may resume building Right-of-Ways.
  • Invention of block signal system improves traffic flow, prevents major collisions.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Boom to Great.
  • Best locomotive available: Atlantic 4-4-2
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system.

Tycoon Announcements:

2Edward Harriman why couldn't the steam engine sit down? it had a tender behind.
6Milton Littlefield $140,000? for a pc? that's one way to get money out of the game.

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)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)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&NW........
2Edward Harriman B&OSLSW....KC&D
15Cyrus Holliday M&CM&SPV&T....
14Cornelius Vanderbilt M&LRREADGN....
13William Ogden MKTS&A........
10Hannibal Kimball WPUP........
6Milton Littlefield ATSFSLSF........
7Thomas Scott P&LECRIP........
8John Forbes GWA&WP........
5Mick A'Wish SCL............
4Oakes Ames N&WC&CSL&ACASL
9Jay Gould MPA&T....KP
3J. Edgar Thompson ................
12Sir Eton Lenefsky ................
1Mark Hopkins ................

Railroad Summary

RRNameTracksRevenuesExpenseEfficiencyBondsLoansProfit / shareDividend / shareGrantLand
GTGrand Trunk 570838854613799131021607910200
NYCNew York Central 30046970843764259777775237714889016
NYNHNew York & New Haven 7321226706869698192009988789200
PENNPennsylvania 824185490983109822727071311164011
READReading 533132218687529913601228818194010
B&OBaltimore & Ohio 1181231400127271963218561877551112043
C&OChesapeake & Ohio 126324416113184797338380221450112502
R&DRichmond & Danville 98515170994060922424271410726101
N&WNorfolk & Western 1369186272115490954062942224744440417
W&WWilmington & Weldon 120158408712992980081398200
W&MWilmington & Manchester 51168105503988615988064843000
C&HCharleston & Hamburg 474731524023399109388220511800
S&ASavannah & Augusta 1487265015145759964274512585459900
SCLSea Coast Line 128823641612530098336437309114900
P&LEPittsburgh & Lake Erie 580107799560559923443913567691100
MRLEMad River & Lake Erie 1382008711048992752665099200
M&CMarietta & Cincinnati 181328332714733199433053280685947609
A&WPAtlanta & West Point 160429755815473199412173185241128480132
TP&WToledo, Peoria & Warsaw 31041539240939679465360206108
WBSHWabash Line 4406843837641991073881529810300
MCMichigan Central 5571124536747291139450909351012030
A&TAlabama & Tennessee 27132498198239371925284794000
SMSouthern Mississippi 726125186663489820028511993910742568
C&CCincinnati & Chicago 30448349251429988929527869900
C&NWChicago & Northwestern 681106883555799919314210632551018
CRIPChicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 15024758136179950390250382200
CB&QChicago, Burlington & Quincy 19027800161249646336155818200
CNSChicago North Shore 852172113250933258914926121000
M&SPMilwaukee & St. Paul 32637202204619998607525954400
MPMissouri Pacific 28340145228839785831288587300
M&LRMemphis & Little Rock 13217804103269633092105237200
WPWestern Pacific 29651665315169392512464147225100
UPUnion Pacific 1051327984999031151160493000
MKTMissouri, Kansas & Texas 32634850236988693719482811000
SLSFSt Louis & San Francisco 2393775620011986886037615804120
SLSWSt Louis & Southwestern 15522530139699248575250255000
GWGreat Western 1402234313629934438924026514140
SPSouthern Pacific 9021640147158634583178178000
ATSFAtchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 18321760154508353591276091000

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  (Double) ; 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  (Double)
    Unbuilt WV3
    [Regions: AOCM]
  • Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
    C&O  (Double) ; VC  (Double) ; WV4 ; KY2 ; KY5 ; IN6  (Double) ; C&EI (Double) ; IN10 ; IL7  (Double)
    Unbuilt KY6
    [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  (Double) ; IC
    Unbuilt MS2
    [Regions: ADOC]
  • 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  (Double) ; 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  (Double) ; 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 (Double)
    Unbuilt KY11
    [Regions: MG]
  • Cincinnati & Chicago (C&C)
    C&C ; OH7
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: OC]
  • Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)
    C&NW (Double) ; WI4  (Double) ; NP
    Unbuilt ND3
    [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 MO6
    [Regions: MW]
  • Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)
    M&LR
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: M]
  • Western Pacific (WP)
    WP  (Double) ; CP
    Unbuilt NV1
    [Regions: P]
  • Union Pacific (UP)
    UP
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: W]
  • Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT)
    MKT
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: M]
  • St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)
    SLSF (Double)
    Unbuilt MO5
    [Regions: M]
  • St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW)
    SLSW
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: M]
  • Great Western (GW)
    GW
    Unbuilt LA1
    [Regions: G]
  • Southern Pacific (SP)
    SP
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: P]
  • Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
    ATSF
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: W]

Stock Market Report

RR stock data

RRStart priceTrade priceEnd priceNet change# Shares traded# Shares issued# Shares in treasuryPresidentChairmanDirectors
GT424345+3 1076 2 790 60 13
NYC525457+5 4334 30 054 0111110 14
NYNH434343+0 1156 3 482 178 913
PENN435364+21 1638 4 125 0 1413 15
READ585858+0 808 2 665 01414
B&O586675+17 1425 5 913 02211
C&O495255+6 1638 6 315 0 62 11
R&D444445+1 1345 4 879 46 610 13
N&W394042+3 2268 6 576 27344
W&W343536+2 157 585 15 13
W&M434241-2 1143 2 531 24  
C&H585756-2 413 2 363 13 96 15
S&A454646+1 1693 7 435 0131311
SCL787471-7 1112 6 447 0552 6 13
P&LE595858-1 543 2 900 0779 14
MRLE484747-1 128 690 0 1311 15
M&C696460-9 2501 9 065 0151513
A&WP536373+20 2162 8 020 08811
TP&W425058+16 470 1 512 38 132 6
WBSH486073+25 675 2 125 75 155 13
MC8911950+61 532 8 355 0 27
A&T9410840+26 261 3 921 144998 13 14 15
SM676360-7 890 3 630 0 1011
C&C696867-2 286 1 469 51442
C&NW819453+25 830 10 530 280111110 15
CRIP506478+28 175 3 000 0776 10 11
CB&Q343536+2 184 909 41 613 14
CNS273034+7 125 425 0 13
M&SP263544+18 569 1 630 0151511
MP376696+59 392 1 309 106992 11 13 15
M&LR907765-25 76 631 291414
WP355474+39 498 1 480 0101011
UP0018+18 0 473 521010
MKT0018+18 0 1 467 1631313
SLSF172635+18 497 1 195 066
SLSW0018+18 0 698 7722
GW172737+20 304 700 088
SP0018+18 0 405 45 11
ATSF0018+18 0 824 9166

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CFPrice
L&ALouisiana & Arkansas 450
SP&PSt Paul & Pacific 1430
KCNKansas City Northern 1115
SVSacramento Valley 750
SP&DSt Paul & Duluth 750
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