Continental Rails II

Game # 33 - Turn # 17

Headline News 1873 to 1874

World & National New

  1. 1873: Jesse James and his gang commit their first train robbery in Iowa.
  2. 1874: Rich silver strike found in Nevada.

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: Mick A'Wish bought CT for $12688, John Forbes bought LP&W for $37314.
  • PCs Merged: T&P merges into GW, TR merges into GW.
  • PCs Incorporated: SL.
  • New Technologies Acquired: GT bought automatic brakes, NYC bought automatic brakes, PENN bought automatic brakes, READ bought automatic brakes, W&W bought Pullman sleepers, C&H bought automatic brakes, MRLE bought automatic brakes, A&WP bought automatic couplers, MC bought Pullman sleepers, SM bought automatic brakes, C&NW bought automatic brakes, CRIP bought automatic brakes, CB&Q bought automatic brakes, CNS bought automatic brakes, M&SP bought automatic brakes, MP bought automatic brakes, M&LR bought automatic brakes, WP bought automatic brakes, UP bought automatic brakes, SLSW bought automatic brakes, GW bought automatic brakes, SP bought automatic brakes, ATSF bought automatic brakes, KCN bought automatic brakes, SV bought automatic brakes, SP&D bought automatic brakes.
  • RoWs built: FL6 by A&T, MT7 by C&NW, IA6 by CRIP, MT1 by M&SP, CO2 by MP, TX2 by V&T, UT6 by WP, IA9 by UP, NM5 by MKT, OK1 by SLSW, OK2 by GW, NM6 by ATSF, IA4 by KCN, CA9 by SV.
  • NYC doubled IL3, CRIP doubled MO7, GW doubled LA6.
  • New RoWs acquired: CASL got IL11, KCN got IL12, UP got WI3, GW got MO4, L&A got LA5, CRIP got NE2, V&T got TX3, M&SP got MT2, WP got WY1, MP got CO9, MKT got NM3, ATSF got NM7, C&NW got ID5, SP got CA4, SV got CA10.
  • Inadequate brakes on C&O locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $15103.
  • Lack of modern signal system causes major head-on collison: claims against W&M exceed $6132.
  • Inadequate brakes on M&C locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $28665.
  • Inadequate brakes on V&T locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $4455.
  • Inadequate brakes on L&A locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $1080.
  • Insolvent RRs: N&W, W&M, L&A.
  • Loan Recalls: Edward Harriman, Milton Littlefield, Thomas Scott, John Forbes, Jay Gould, William Ogden.
  • Stock splits: C&NW splits 3 for 1, GW splits 3 for 1, SP splits 2 for 1.
  • Cornered stocks: C&NW.
  • New Private Companies Available: LR&S, H&S, FW&D.
  • Cyrus Holliday dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $21212. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Thomas Durant, William Ogden, Edward Harriman, Hannibal Kimball, Milton Littlefield
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Depression to Mild Depression.
  • Best locomotive available: Chesapeake 4-6-0
  • 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 when things look bad you just have to keep calm and carriage on.
6Milton Littlefield sam clemens won the bubblegum contest, now known as chew chew twain
11Thomas Durant buy low, sell high.

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)Hannibal Kimball (10)
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)John Forbes (8)
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&NW........
15Cyrus Holliday V&TM&SP........
10Hannibal Kimball WPUP........
14Cornelius Vanderbilt M&LRREADGN....
13William Ogden MKTSP........
7Thomas Scott P&LECRIP........
8John Forbes GWKCNLP&W....
2Edward Harriman B&O....KCSKC&D
6Milton Littlefield ATSFSV........
9Jay Gould MPA&T........
4Oakes Ames N&WCASL........
5Mick A'Wish SCLL&ACT....
3J. Edgar Thompson ................
1Mark Hopkins ................
12Sir Eton Lenefsky ................

Railroad Summary

RRNameTracksRevenuesExpenseEfficiencyBondsLoansProfit / shareDividend / shareGrantLand
GTGrand Trunk 57062453343499911566623837100
NYCNew York Central 3004522719277040988633073477614001
NYNHNew York & New Haven 732870174786099211684373435000
PENNPennsylvania 8241338556960599218236407112101
READReading 53396173500119995473202515402
B&OBaltimore & Ohio 1302182107109265913867952216262203
C&OChesapeake & Ohio 137318176794519994080621674825000
R&DRichmond & Danville 108511786867184973009261036203000
N&WNorfolk & Western 177420756312453891673667350014-20037
W&WWilmington & Weldon 12011485631799333934325000
W&MWilmington & Manchester 51148215342338917601119421000
C&HCharleston & Hamburg 73473161402389916477036266000
S&ASavannah & Augusta 1964282697147001996230223696084000
SCLSea Coast Line 193226967714832296558489252087300
P&LEPittsburgh & Lake Erie 78010376353957993717021814950000
MRLEMad River & Lake Erie 13814762826798262115247200
M&CMarietta & Cincinnati 22052722701415809957291132322240057
A&WPAtlanta & West Point 195225538614556894538073228012410541
TP&WToledo, Peoria & Warsaw 31030478173729788207217852001
MCMichigan Central 783981865498495220245622172002
A&TAlabama & Tennessee 628657564339988176039683940100
SMSouthern Mississippi 81110237853237992510007574120053
C&NWChicago & Northwestern 1974200387104201994999941245030101055
CRIPChicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 7168149142375992390961125580010201399
CB&QChicago, Burlington & Quincy 1902063711557985172542605000
CASLChicago, Alton & St. Louis 2843601921972937179441559255100
CNSChicago North Shore 19729038159719971014157436000
M&SPMilwaukee & St. Paul 136713708072652982996141932002900
MPMissouri Pacific 92883429517259225577990280010541
M&LRMemphis & Little Rock 13213195725799364576021000
V&TVicksburg & Texas 40536185199029982588535711101740
L&ALouisiana & Arkansas 90138419273873139714694105840
WPWestern Pacific 111910648255370992875721235851148403058
UPUnion Pacific 71552523288879915927094999-112362584
MKTMissouri, Kansas & Texas 1012851294682099249014157594-1200
SLSFSt Louis & San Francisco 4984767324791991592546984910025
SLSWSt Louis & Southwestern 769673033634497144393879512300
GWGreat Western 130412127863065992715901713051602060
SPSouthern Pacific 901592587599938094101977900
ATSFAtchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 939660953635399232944147006-2331902493
KCNKansas City Northern 3933995922777979116561151100765
SVSacramento Valley 2693091720406886243241623020464
SP&DSt Paul & Duluth 1501573997589218522153853200
SLSoo Line 1501337589618719655181450000

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  (Double)
    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 ; FL6
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: DOG]
  • 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 ; MT7
    Unbuilt ID5
    [Regions: CWT]
  • Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)
    CRIP ; IA7  (Double) ; MO7  (Double) ; IA6
    Unbuilt NE2
    [Regions: CW]
  • Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)
    CB&Q
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: C]
  • Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)
    CASL ; SL&A
    Unbuilt IL11
    [Regions: CM]
  • Chicago North Shore (CNS)
    CNS ; WI5
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: C]
  • Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP)
    M&SP (Double) ; WI1  (Double) ; MN2 ; ND5 ; MT1
    Unbuilt MT2
    [Regions: CW]
  • Missouri Pacific (MP)
    MP ; KP ; MO6 ; KS3 ; CO2
    Unbuilt CO9
    [Regions: MW]
  • Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)
    M&LR
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: M]
  • Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)
    V&T ; TX2
    Unbuilt TX3
    [Regions: MS]
  • Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A)
    L&A
    Unbuilt LA5
    [Regions: G]
  • Western Pacific (WP)
    WP  (Double) ; CP  (Double) ; NV1  (Double) ; UT7 ; UT5 ; UT6
    Unbuilt WY1
    [Regions: TP]
  • Union Pacific (UP)
    UP  (Double) ; NE1 ; CO7 ; IA9
    Unbuilt WI3
    [Regions: W]
  • Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT)
    MKT  (Double) ; OK6 ; OK5 ; NM5
    Unbuilt NM3
    [Regions: M]
  • St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)
    SLSF (Double) ; MO5 ; KS1
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: M]
  • St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW)
    SLSW ; AR2 ; AR7 ; OK1
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: MS]
  • Great Western (GW)
    GW  (Double) ; LA1 ; LA6  (Double) ; AR8 ; T&P ; TR ; OK2
    Unbuilt MO4
    [Regions: GS]
  • Southern Pacific (SP)
    SP
    Unbuilt CA4
    [Regions: P]
  • Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
    ATSF ; OK8 ; NM4 ; NM6
    Unbuilt NM7
    [Regions: W]
  • Kansas City Northern (KCN)
    KCN  (Double) ; IA4
    Unbuilt IL12
    [Regions: W]
  • Sacramento Valley (SV)
    SV  (Double) ; CA9
    Unbuilt CA10
    [Regions: P]
  • St Paul & Duluth (SP&D)
    SP&D
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: W]
  • Soo Line (SL)
    SL
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: N]

Stock Market Report

RR stock data

RRStart priceTrade priceEnd priceNet change# Shares traded# Shares issued# Shares in treasuryPresidentChairmanDirectors
GT373431-6 928 2 824 26 1113
NYC627589+27 2531 30 054 0111110 14
NYNH272422-5 1141 3 584 76 913
PENN795429-50 1319 4 125 0 147 13 15
READ454239-6 758 2 665 01414
B&O604837-23 751 6 518 02211
C&O323436+4 1473 6 841 24 62 11
R&D252220-5 1446 5 377 48 610 13
N&W333435+2 2365 8 874 0410
W&W353127-8 113 594 6 1511 13
W&M181716-2 1070 2 546 9  
C&H332925-8 808 3 595 81 96 15
S&A504540-10 2796 9 765 55 1311
SCL614019-42 4900 11 867 05513
P&LE806959-21 385 3 900 0772 9 14
MRLE282624-4 123 690 0 1311 15
M&C433629-14 2959 10 935 90 1513
A&WP524233-19 2169 9 665 95 811
TP&W313743+12 292 1 537 13 136 15
MC727170-2 1940 9 437 48 72
A&T181819+1 794 5 728 122998 13 14 15
SM614733-28 1106 8 074 36 105 11
C&NW9913859+78 3229 144 285 180111110 15
CRIP332313-20 5015 35 158 67776 10 11 13
CB&Q685339-29 97 932 18 156 11 13 14
CASL243036+12 438 1 420 04411 15
CNS413427-14 272 943 42 1315
M&SP544740-14 858 6 620 215151511 13
MP222019-3 1108 12 109 916997 11 13 15
M&LR141313-1 178 2 602 38141411 13 15
V&T253036+11 157 1 909 11615153 11
L&A242935+11 133 450 0558 13
WP627385+23 2124 13 695 105101011 13
UP413224-17 792 3 471 1041010
MKT232222-1 1463 5 003 571313
SLSF323641+9 621 2 412 78 68 11 15
SLSW515662+11 1063 3 622 223 8
GW859938+29 1079 26 112 8138811 13
SP598353+47 80 900 0131311 15
ATSF715335-36 703 4 571 124668 13
KCN242527+3 259 1 880 858813
SV263442+16 184 1 286 59668 13
SP&D101112+2 265 693 57 1315
SL0011+11 0 675 75 13

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CFPrice
LR&SLittle Rock & Shreveport 1050
H&SHouston & Shreveport 1160
FW&DFt Worth & Denver 975

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