Continental Rails II

Game # 33 - Turn # 16

Headline News 1871 to 1872

World & National New

  1. 1871: Wild Bill Hickok made Marshal of Abilene. Shoots two men and one policeman.
  2. 1872: Buffalo Bill Cody makes first stage appearance in Chicago. Broadway next!

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: William Ogden bought SL for $6875, Thomas Durant bought TR for $5001.
  • PCs Merged: SL&A merges into CASL.
  • PCs Incorporated: SP&D.
  • New Engines Acquired: C&O bought Prairie 2-6-2, CRIP bought Prairie 2-6-2.
  • New Technologies Acquired: GT bought Pullman sleepers, NYC bought Pullman sleepers, NYNH bought automatic couplers, PENN bought Pullman sleepers, READ bought Pullman sleepers, B&O bought Pullman sleepers, R&D bought Pullman sleepers, N&W bought block signal system, W&W bought automatic couplers, C&H bought Pullman sleepers, S&A bought Pullman sleepers, SCL bought Pullman sleepers, P&LE bought Pullman sleepers, MRLE bought Pullman sleepers, TP&W bought automatic couplers, MC bought automatic couplers, A&T bought automatic couplers, SM bought Pullman sleepers, C&NW bought Pullman sleepers, CRIP bought Grand Station, CRIP bought Pullman sleepers, CB&Q bought automatic couplers, CB&Q bought Pullman sleepers, CASL bought Pullman sleepers, CNS bought Pullman sleepers, M&SP bought Grand Station, M&SP bought Pullman sleepers, M&LR bought Pullman sleepers, L&A bought Pullman sleepers, WP bought Pullman sleepers, UP bought Pullman sleepers, MKT bought Pullman sleepers, SLSF bought Pullman sleepers, SLSW bought Grand Station, SLSW bought Pullman sleepers, GW bought Grand Station, GW bought automatic couplers, GW bought Pullman sleepers, SP bought Pullman sleepers, ATSF bought Pullman sleepers, KCN bought Pullman sleepers, SV bought Pullman sleepers.
  • RoWs built: TN14 by S&A, TN15 by M&C, GA3 by A&WP, MT6 by C&NW, ND5 by M&SP, UT5 by WP, CO7 by UP, OK5 by MKT, AR7 by SLSW, AR8 by GW, NM4 by ATSF.
  • NYC doubled B&H, B&O doubled IN3, S&A doubled IC, P&LE doubled PA11, C&NW doubled SP&P, CRIP doubled IA7, M&SP doubled M&SP, WP doubled CP, UP doubled UP, MKT doubled MKT, GW doubled GW, KCN doubled KCN, SV doubled SV.
  • New RoWs acquired: A&T got FL6, KCN got IA4, CRIP got IA6, UP got IA9, GW got OK2, V&T got TX2, M&SP got MT1, C&NW got MT7, MP got CO2, MKT got NM5, ATSF got NM6, WP got UT6, SV got CA9, SLSW got OK1.
  • Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost N&W $19514.
  • Insolvent RRs: N&W.
  • Loan Recalls: Edward Harriman, Thomas Scott.
  • Stock splits: SM splits 2 for 1.
  • Cornered stocks: C&NW.
  • New railroad Presidents: Oakes Ames of CASL, Mick A'Wish of L&A, William Ogden of SP.
  • New Private Companies Available: CT, LP&W.
  • Thomas Durant dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $25001. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: William Ogden, Cyrus Holliday, Milton Littlefield, Edward Harriman, Hannibal Kimball
  • Invention of automatic brakes a major improvement in train safety.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Panic to Depression.
  • Best locomotive available: Prairie 2-6-2
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system, automatic couplers, Pullman sleepers, automatic brakes.

Tycoon Announcements:

2Edward Harriman how do you determine how heavy a whale is? take it to a whale weigh station.
4Oakes Ames i wish that i could think of something clever to say.
11Thomas Durant if there is any wisdom to buy low and sell high. now is the time to buy.

Top Victory Points

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

Player Summary

President ofPCs owned
Player #Tycoon nameRR 1RR 2PC 1PC 2
11Thomas Durant NYCC&NWT&PTR
15Cyrus Holliday V&TM&SP........
10Hannibal Kimball WPUP........
13William Ogden MKTSPSL....
7Thomas Scott P&LECRIP........
14Cornelius Vanderbilt M&LRREADGN....
2Edward Harriman B&O....KCSKC&D
6Milton Littlefield ATSFSV........
8John Forbes GWKCN........
5Mick A'Wish SCLL&A........
9Jay Gould MPA&T........
4Oakes Ames N&WCASL........
3J. Edgar Thompson ................
12Sir Eton Lenefsky ................
1Mark Hopkins ................

Railroad Summary

RRNameTracksRevenuesExpenseEfficiencyBondsLoansProfit / shareDividend / shareGrantLand
GTGrand Trunk 57056871312799911788729646500
NYCNew York Central 3004483340256169988446823363464402
NYNHNew York & New Haven 732826974631098206692443544200
PENNPennsylvania 8241241686456899223067362611501
READReading 533896164660099100842277213702
B&OBaltimore & Ohio 1302170598100653923787232166781604
C&OChesapeake & Ohio 137317072788779993969961821134100
R&DRichmond & Danville 108511113266680942921811041101000
N&WNorfolk & Western 177419542611725691646170333161-20053
W&WWilmington & Weldon 120108105945993272310604200
W&MWilmington & Manchester 51146119318229117357930661000
C&HCharleston & Hamburg 73467206369639916458735235200
S&ASavannah & Augusta 19642679611420179860719236057931300
SCLSea Coast Line 193225279213650797544115163986700
P&LEPittsburgh & Lake Erie 780974135065499347522166675-1200
MRLEMad River & Lake Erie 13813391736599269334976100
M&CMarietta & Cincinnati 22052588731423799655924034608220081
A&WPAtlanta & West Point 195223708412802697524760249402300721
TP&WToledo, Peoria & Warsaw 31028348158759886285225302101
MCMichigan Central 783929855021297213934665652203
A&TAlabama & Tennessee 584517923159293169371622370100
SMSouthern Mississippi 8119425949015992449668350840071
C&NWChicago & Northwestern 185417460490795994732901034170401407
CRIPChicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 58157067296759920002682078011350803
CB&QChicago, Burlington & Quincy 1901883010545985042947084200
CASLChicago, Alton & St. Louis 28433745222718867392388610200
CNSChicago North Shore 19727035148699969426187585000
M&SPMilwaukee & St. Paul 9379642350140992425601423341400
MPMissouri Pacific 86472390427109524770782827010721
M&LRMemphis & Little Rock 132119386566993615521251000
V&TVicksburg & Texas 173134967423995144725157-2023200
L&ALouisiana & Arkansas 901340288458830839143520900
WPWestern Pacific 9087674540675982549601205760216882390
UPUnion Pacific 50734502189769912964268818-2420801895
MKTMissouri, Kansas & Texas 898708514109496224629137502-2600
SLSFSt Louis & San Francisco 4984537324048981549316727107038
SLSWSt Louis & Southwestern 48837183208229510620067450-1400
GWGreat Western 761617513396396191608120758-112350819
SPSouthern Pacific 90149418815953720196505800
ATSFAtchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 690463662550199193473111897-3322411594
KCNKansas City Northern 22323010128869863533361570010200
SVSacramento Valley 1501964412572904385924766007140
SP&DSt Paul & Duluth 1501426891329017499175011000

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  (Double) ; LS  (Double) ; C4  (Double) ; OH3 ; OH2 ; B&M  (Double) ; P&FW (Double) ; OH5 ; FW&C (Double) ; 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  (Double) ; IN1  (Double) ; IN3  (Double) ; 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 ; C&C ; OH7
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: ADOC]
  • 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  (Double) ; MS2 ; IL6 ; TN14
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: ADOCMG]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCL  (Double) ; GA4  (Double) ; GA2  (Double) ; COG  (Double) ; A&C  (Double) ; FEC ; N&C ; FL4  (Double) ; FL5  (Double) ; WBSH (Double) ; KY8 ; L&N
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: ADOG]
  • Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE)
    P&LE (Double) ; GTW  (Double) ; PA11 (Double) ; 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 ; KY9 ; TN15
    Unbuilt none
    [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  (Double) ; TN7 ; GA3
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: ADMG]
  • Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W)
    TP&W ; IN2 ; OH6
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: ]
  • Michigan Central (MC)
    MC ; MI5  (Double) ; MI6 ; C5  (Double) ; MI4
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: LCN]
  • Alabama & Tennessee (A&T)
    A&T ; TN5 ; KY7 ; AL5
    Unbuilt FL6
    [Regions: DO]
  • Southern Mississippi (SM)
    SM ; NO&J (Double) ; MS6  (Double) ; TN8  (Double) ; KY10 (Double) ; KY11
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: MG]
  • Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)
    C&NW (Double) ; WI4  (Double) ; NP  (Double) ; ND3 ; SP&P (Double) ; ND4 ; MT6
    Unbuilt MT7
    [Regions: CWT]
  • Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)
    CRIP ; IA7  (Double) ; MO7
    Unbuilt IA6
    [Regions: CW]
  • Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)
    CB&Q
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: C]
  • Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)
    CASL ; SL&A
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: CM]
  • Chicago North Shore (CNS)
    CNS ; WI5
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: C]
  • Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP)
    M&SP (Double) ; WI1  (Double) ; MN2 ; ND5
    Unbuilt MT1
    [Regions: CW]
  • Missouri Pacific (MP)
    MP ; KP ; MO6 ; KS3
    Unbuilt CO2
    [Regions: MW]
  • Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)
    M&LR
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: M]
  • Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)
    V&T
    Unbuilt TX2
    [Regions: M]
  • Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A)
    L&A
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: G]
  • Western Pacific (WP)
    WP  (Double) ; CP  (Double) ; NV1  (Double) ; UT7 ; UT5
    Unbuilt UT6
    [Regions: P]
  • Union Pacific (UP)
    UP  (Double) ; NE1 ; CO7
    Unbuilt IA9
    [Regions: W]
  • Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT)
    MKT  (Double) ; OK6 ; OK5
    Unbuilt NM5
    [Regions: M]
  • St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)
    SLSF (Double) ; MO5 ; KS1
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: M]
  • St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW)
    SLSW ; AR2 ; AR7
    Unbuilt OK1
    [Regions: M]
  • Great Western (GW)
    GW  (Double) ; LA1 ; LA6 ; AR8
    Unbuilt OK2
    [Regions: G]
  • Southern Pacific (SP)
    SP
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: P]
  • Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
    ATSF ; OK8 ; NM4
    Unbuilt NM6
    [Regions: W]
  • Kansas City Northern (KCN)
    KCN  (Double)
    Unbuilt IA4
    [Regions: W]
  • Sacramento Valley (SV)
    SV  (Double)
    Unbuilt CA9
    [Regions: P]
  • St Paul & Duluth (SP&D)
    SP&D
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: W]

Stock Market Report

RR stock data

RRStart priceTrade priceEnd priceNet change# Shares traded# Shares issued# Shares in treasuryPresidentChairmanDirectors
GT504337-13 952 2 824 26 1113
NYC395062+23 5020 30 054 0111110 14
NYNH333027-6 1157 3 559 101 913
PENN586879+21 792 4 125 0 713 14 15
READ464545-1 758 2 665 01414
B&O967860-36 882 6 518 02211
C&O433732-11 1392 6 833 32 62 11
R&D302725-5 1430 5 361 64 610 13
N&W463933-13 2107 8 874 04410
W&W504235-15 116 593 7 1511 13
W&M232018-5 1197 2 544 11  
C&H363433-3 746 3 568 108 96 15
S&A364350+14 2534 9 765 55 1311
SCL646261-3 1483 11 867 05510 13
P&LE767880+4 513 3 900 0772 9 14
MRLE333028-5 128 690 0 1311 15
M&C524743-9 2817 10 905 120 1513
A&WP505152+2 1935 9 634 126 811
TP&W443731-13 253 1 533 17 26 13
MC817672-9 599 9 421 64 72
A&T222018-4 863 5 530 100998 13 14 15
SM8410361+38 896 8 062 48 105 11
C&NW557799+44 5655 47 432 123111110 15
CRIP574533-24 1783 34 550 0776 10 11 13
CB&Q495868+19 161 926 24 156 11 13 14
CASL172024+7 322 1 302 11844
CNS323641+9 351 929 56 1315
M&SP465054+8 790 4 582 103151511 13
MP151822+7 2155 11 821 884992 7 11 13 15
M&LR211714-7 151 2 590 50141411 13 15
V&T232425+2 209 865 015153 11
L&A172024+7 171 416 34552
WP656362-3 1536 12 657 88101011 13
UP494541-8 552 2 463 721010
MKT272523-4 880 4 332 1581313
SLSF413632-9 506 2 412 78 68 11
SLSW364351+15 384 2 330 110 8
GW546985+31 1440 6 125 1358811 13
SP394959+20 123 424 26131115
ATSF496071+22 1072 3 393 57668 13
KCN172024+7 390 1 115 08813
SV172126+9 298 750 066
SP&D0010+10 0 675 75 13

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CFPrice
CTCentral Texas 845
LP&WLevenworth, Pawnee & Western 1000
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