Continental Rails II

Game # 33 - Turn # 14

Headline News 1867 to 1868

World & National New

1867: The first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable laid between U.S. and Europe.
1868: U.S. spends millions to purchase Alaska wasteland from Russia!

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Mick A'Wish bought L&A for $3849, Cyrus Holliday bought SP&P for $72336, John Forbes bought KCN for $64450, Milton Littlefield bought SV for $62000.
PCs Merged: KP merges into MP.
PCs Incorporated: V&T.
New Engines Acquired: GT bought Atlantic 4-4-2, NYC bought Atlantic 4-4-2, NYNH bought Atlantic 4-4-2, PENN bought Atlantic 4-4-2, READ bought Atlantic 4-4-2, B&O bought Atlantic 4-4-2, R&D bought Atlantic 4-4-2, W&W bought Atlantic 4-4-2, C&H bought Atlantic 4-4-2, S&A bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SCL bought Atlantic 4-4-2, P&LE bought Atlantic 4-4-2, MRLE bought Atlantic 4-4-2, M&C bought Atlantic 4-4-2, A&WP bought Atlantic 4-4-2, TP&W bought Atlantic 4-4-2, WBSH bought Atlantic 4-4-2, MC bought Atlantic 4-4-2, A&T bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SM bought Atlantic 4-4-2, C&NW bought Atlantic 4-4-2, CB&Q bought Atlantic 4-4-2, CNS bought Atlantic 4-4-2, M&SP bought Atlantic 4-4-2, MP bought Atlantic 4-4-2, M&LR bought Atlantic 4-4-2, WP bought Atlantic 4-4-2, UP bought Atlantic 4-4-2, MKT bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SLSF bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SLSW bought Atlantic 4-4-2, GW bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SP bought Atlantic 4-4-2, ATSF bought Atlantic 4-4-2.
New Technologies Acquired: GT bought block signal system, NYC bought block signal system, NYNH bought block signal system, PENN bought block signal system, READ bought block signal system, B&O bought block signal system, R&D bought block signal system, W&W bought block signal system, C&H bought block signal system, S&A bought block signal system, SCL bought block signal system, P&LE bought block signal system, MRLE bought block signal system, M&C bought block signal system, TP&W bought block signal system, WBSH bought block signal system, A&T bought block signal system, SM bought block signal system, C&NW bought block signal system, CB&Q bought block signal system, CNS bought block signal system, M&SP bought block signal system, M&LR bought block signal system, WP bought block signal system, UP bought block signal system, MKT bought block signal system, SLSF bought block signal system, SLSW bought block signal system, GW bought block signal system, SP bought block signal system.
RoWs built: WV3 by B&O, KY6 by C&O, NC1 by R&D, KY3 by N&W, VA2 by C&H, MS2 by S&A, FL5 by SCL, MI3 by P&LE, MD2 by M&C, MS4 by A&WP, MI4 by MC, KY7 by A&T, KY11 by SM, ND3 by C&NW, IA7 by CRIP, WI5 by CNS, WI1 by M&SP, MO6 by MP, NV1 by WP, MO5 by SLSF, LA1 by GW.
P&LE doubled GTW, M&C doubled GM&O, C&NW doubled NP.
New RoWs acquired: S&A got IL6, M&C got KY9, A&WP got TN7, A&T got AL5, M&SP got MN2, CRIP got MO7, SLSW got AR2, GW got LA6, C&NW got ND4, UP got NE1, SLSF got KS1, MP got KS3, MKT got OK6, ATSF got OK8, WP got UT7.
Inadequate signal system slows C&O rail service: mail contracts worth $12357 cancelled.
Lack of modern signal system causes major head-on collison: claims against N&W exceed $10290.
Inadequate signal system slows C&C rail service: mail contracts worth $1824 cancelled.
Inadequate signal system slows ATSF rail service: mail contracts worth $2196 cancelled.
Stock splits: WBSH splits 2 for 1, CRIP splits 4 for 1, MP splits 4 for 1, M&LR splits 4 for 1, WP splits 4 for 1.
New railroad Presidents: Mick A'Wish of WBSH.
New Private Companies Available: KCS, T&P.
Thomas Durant dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $40404. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Edward Harriman, William Ogden, Cyrus Holliday
Invention of automatic couplers facilitates operations, improves safety.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Great.
Best locomotive available: Prairie 2-6-2
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system, automatic couplers.

Tycoon Announcements:

2	Edward Harriman	train engineers never apologize --- sorry steams to be the hardest word.
5	Mick A'Wish	what do you call a sick locomotive? a train with a coal-d.
11	Thomas Durant	nyc welcomes hannibal kimball to its board. city declares 3-day holiday.

Top Victory Points

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

Robber Baron	Thomas Durant (11)	Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	William Ogden (13)	Milton Littlefield (6)
Rail Mogul	William Ogden (13)	Thomas Durant (11)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)	Milton Littlefield (6)
Rail Builder	Thomas Durant (11)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	Edward Harriman (2)	William Ogden (13)	Milton Littlefield (6)
Rail Magnate	Thomas Durant (11)	Edward Harriman (2)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	John Forbes (8)	William Ogden (13)
Rail Prodigal	Thomas Durant (11)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	Edward Harriman (2)	William Ogden (13)	Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)
Rail Baron	Thomas Durant (11)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	William Ogden (13)	Edward Harriman (2)	Milton Littlefield (6)

Player Summary

		President of		PCs owned
Player #	Tycoon name	RR 1	RR 2	PC 1	PC 2
11	Thomas Durant	NYC	C&NW	....	....
2	Edward Harriman	B&O	SLSW	....	KC&D
15	Cyrus Holliday	M&C	M&SP	....	SP&P
13	William Ogden	MKT	S&A	....	....
10	Hannibal Kimball	WP	UP	....	....
7	Thomas Scott	P&LE	CRIP	....	....
14	Cornelius Vanderbilt	M&LR	READ	GN	....
6	Milton Littlefield	ATSF	SLSF	SV	....
8	John Forbes	GW	A&WP	KCN	....
9	Jay Gould	MP	A&T	....	....
5	Mick A'Wish	SCL	WBSH	L&A	....
4	Oakes Ames	N&W	C&C	SL&A	CASL
3	J. Edgar Thompson	....	....	....	....
12	Sir Eton Lenefsky	....	....	....	....
1	Mark Hopkins	....	....	....	....

Railroad Summary

RR	Name	Tracks	Revenues	Expense	Efficiency	Bonds	Loans	Profit / share	Dividend / share	Grant	Land
GT	Grand Trunk	570	80240	44133	99	125460	1334	10	3	0	0
NYC	New York Central	3004	669856	355024	98	804428	386520	7	4	0	6
NYNH	New York & New Haven	732	116593	65291	98	196342	84068	9	5	0	0
PENN	Pennsylvania	824	177594	92348	99	233977	36859	16	6	0	4
READ	Reading	533	127141	66113	99	126612	1802	19	2	0	4
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	1302	237392	132940	95	361276	208085	9	8	0	17
C&O	Chesapeake & Ohio	1373	246912	138271	95	375111	236942	9	0	0	1
R&D	Richmond & Danville	1085	158579	91976	96	278293	138026	7	1	0	0
N&W	Norfolk & Western	1470	205974	135945	91	460659	247709	2	0	0	168
W&W	Wilmington & Weldon	120	15090	8299	99	30688	5598	7	2	0	0
W&M	Wilmington & Manchester	511	64918	46092	89	165930	4261	3	0	0	0
C&H	Charleston & Hamburg	734	95673	52620	99	163390	38212	8	1	0	0
S&A	Savannah & Augusta	1689	301473	159781	98	510192	301371	10	9	0	0
SCL	Sea Coast Line	1492	261282	135865	99	396138	32645	13	10	0	0
P&LE	Pittsburgh & Lake Erie	780	129521	67351	99	316618	177372	7	11	0	0
MRLE	Mad River & Lake Erie	138	19353	10644	99	28547	3276	9	1	0	0
M&C	Marietta & Cincinnati	1965	326875	169975	99	486068	307675	10	9	0	269
A&WP	Atlanta & West Point	1700	302670	157390	99	450202	203327	11	9	1000	275
TP&W	Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw	310	40338	23396	96	81759	31464	6	2	0	3
WBSH	Wabash Line	440	65292	35910	99	110970	2456	10	6	0	0
MC	Michigan Central	783	131517	77596	92	201343	111796	3	0	0	10
A&T	Alabama & Tennessee	451	55811	33487	94	124809	57805	2	4	0	0
SM	Southern Mississippi	811	133486	69413	99	232525	115458	9	6	0	197
C&C	Cincinnati & Chicago	304	46489	26034	95	94553	54762	6	7	0	0
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	875	126603	65833	99	246660	135367	2	3	4460	6
CRIP	Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific	358	46505	27438	95	120163	63115	1	2	2230	0
CB&Q	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	190	26501	15106	97	47883	10218	8	5	0	0
CNS	Chicago North Shore	197	37876	20831	99	66349	30304	11	5	0	0
M&SP	Milwaukee & St. Paul	411	61130	33621	99	131258	70454	6	4	0	0
MP	Missouri Pacific	559	75004	41252	99	169064	74960	6	3	2745	0
M&LR	Memphis & Little Rock	132	17359	9721	98	34069	7518	7	1	0	0
V&T	Vicksburg & Texas	173	19013	12549	88	45839	25786	1	0	0	0
WP	Western Pacific	547	71242	39183	99	171037	89522	5	2	1850	878
UP	Union Pacific	105	12176	6697	99	33327	16813	3	4	2064	0
MKT	Missouri, Kansas & Texas	326	35591	22066	92	99509	50315	1	4	0	0
SLSF	St Louis & San Francisco	342	48487	25213	99	102565	56128	7	1	0	144
SLSW	St Louis & Southwestern	155	22402	13665	93	49722	25428	4	2	0	0
GW	Great Western	278	34792	19484	98	88331	48264	4	1	426	186
SP	Southern Pacific	90	21343	13873	89	35649	13958	9	4	0	0
ATSF	Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe	183	21263	13821	89	56299	28561	1	1	2751	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

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) ; WV3

Unbuilt none

[Regions: AOCM]

Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)

C&O (Double) ; VC (Double) ; WV4 ; KY2 ; KY5 ; IN6 (Double) ; C&EI (Double) ; IN10 ; IL7 (Double) ; KY6

Unbuilt none

[Regions: AOCM]

Richmond & Danville (R&D)

R&D (Double) ; VA4 (Double) ; VA5 ; KY1 ; OH8 (Double) ; VA7 ; VA1 (Double) ; NC1

Unbuilt none

[Regions: AO]

Norfolk & Western (N&W)

N&W ; N&S ; RF&P ; VA3 ; MD1 ; NC2 ; SC5 ; BRL ; TN2 ; TN3 ; KY4 ; KY3

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ADO]

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 ; VA2
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]

Savannah & Augusta (S&A)

S&A (Double) ; GA1 ; GA8 ; AL3 ; TN12 ; KY13 ; IL2 ; AL4 ; O&M (Double) ; IC ; MS2

Unbuilt IL6

[Regions: ADOCG]

Sea Coast Line (SCL)

SCL (Double) ; GA4 (Double) ; GA2 (Double) ; COG (Double) ; A&C (Double) ; FEC ; N&C ; FL4 (Double) ; FL5

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ADG]

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE)

P&LE (Double) ; GTW (Double) ; PA11 ; MI2 (Double) ; MN ; MI3

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 (Double) ; MS3 ; TN13 ; IL9 (Double) ; MD2

Unbuilt KY9

[Regions: AOCMG]

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 ; MS4

Unbuilt TN7

[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) ; MI4

Unbuilt none

[Regions: LCN]

Alabama & Tennessee (A&T)

A&T ; TN5 ; KY7
Unbuilt AL5
[Regions: DO]

Southern Mississippi (SM)

SM ; NO&J (Double) ; MS6 (Double) ; TN8 (Double) ; KY10 (Double) ; KY11

Unbuilt none

[Regions: MG]

Cincinnati & Chicago (C&C)

C&C ; OH7
Unbuilt none
[Regions: OC]

Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)

C&NW (Double) ; WI4 (Double) ; NP (Double) ; ND3

Unbuilt ND4

[Regions: CW]

Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)

CRIP ; IA7
Unbuilt MO7
[Regions: C]
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)

CB&Q
Unbuilt none
[Regions: C]
Chicago North Shore (CNS)

CNS ; WI5
Unbuilt none
[Regions: C]
Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP)

M&SP ; WI1
Unbuilt MN2
[Regions: CW]
Missouri Pacific (MP)

MP ; KP ; MO6
Unbuilt KS3
[Regions: MW]
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)

M&LR
Unbuilt none
[Regions: M]
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)

V&T
Unbuilt none
[Regions: M]
Western Pacific (WP)

WP (Double) ; CP ; NV1
Unbuilt UT7
[Regions: P]
Union Pacific (UP)

UP
Unbuilt NE1
[Regions: W]
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT)

MKT
Unbuilt OK6
[Regions: M]
St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)

SLSF (Double) ; MO5
Unbuilt KS1
[Regions: M]
St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW)

SLSW
Unbuilt AR2
[Regions: M]
Great Western (GW)

GW ; LA1
Unbuilt LA6
[Regions: G]
Southern Pacific (SP)

SP
Unbuilt none
[Regions: P]
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)

ATSF
Unbuilt OK8
[Regions: W]

Stock Market Report

RR stock data

RR	Start price	Trade price	End price	Net change	# Shares traded	# Shares issued	# Shares in treasury	President	Chairman	Directors
GT	45	45	46	+1	1134	2 805	45		13
NYC	57	56	55	-2	4133	30 054	0	11	11	10 14
NYNH	43	43	44	+1	1009	3 526	134		9	13
PENN	64	76	89	+25	993	4 125	0		7	13 14 15
READ	58	58	59	+1	758	2 665	0	14	14
B&O	75	87	99	+24	1230	6 458	60	2	2	11
C&O	55	66	77	+22	1658	6 810	55		6	2 11
R&D	45	45	45	+0	1291	5 340	85		6	10 13
N&W	42	47	53	+11	2150	7 031	323	4	10
W&W	36	37	38	+2	161	588	12		13
W&M	41	41	41	+0	1170	2 537	18
C&H	56	56	56	+0	442	3 533	143		9	6 15
S&A	46	47	49	+3	1750	8 344	101	13	13	11
SCL	71	69	68	-3	1112	7 365	102	5	5	2 6 13
P&LE	58	58	58	+0	499	3 800	100	7	7	9 14
MRLE	47	47	48	+1	117	690	0		13	11 15
M&C	60	59	58	-2	2312	9 749	76	15	15	13
A&WP	73	86	99	+26	1540	8 452	48	8	8	2 11
TP&W	58	68	78	+20	365	1 521	29		2	6 13
WBSH	73	95	59	+45	485	4 286	114	5	15	10 13
MC	50	71	93	+43	1032	9 372	113		2	7
A&T	40	35	31	-9	607	4 731	234	9	9	8 13 14 15
SM	60	61	63	+3	966	4 013	42		10	11
C&C	67	67	67	+0	280	1 520	0	4	4	2
C&NW	53	73	93	+40	2088	11 683	97	11	11	10 15
CRIP	78	139	50	+122	140	15 744	416	7	7	6 10 11
CB&Q	36	37	38	+2	203	919	31		6	13 14
CNS	34	37	41	+7	114	929	56		13
M&SP	44	59	74	+30	394	2 013	42	15	15	11 13
MP	96	126	39	+60	172	10 204	976	9	9	2 11 13 15
M&LR	65	114	41	+99	107	2 552	88	14	14	11 13 15
V&T	0	0	17	+17	0	779	86		15
WP	74	122	42	+94	285	10 440	500	10	10	11
UP	18	23	29	+11	213	525	0	10	10
MKT	18	20	23	+5	521	1 630	0	13	13
SLSF	35	49	63	+28	303	1 659	51	6	6	8 11
SLSW	18	22	26	+8	260	775	0	2	2
GW	37	56	75	+38	186	1 321	69	8	8
SP	18	20	23	+5	164	416	34		11
ATSF	18	25	32	+14	389	915	0	6	6

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF		Price
KCS	Kansas City Southern	490
SP&D	St Paul & Duluth	750
T&P	Texas & Pacific	1120

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