Continental Rails II

Game # 33 - Turn # 19

Headline News 1877 to 1878

World & National New

  1. 1877: Bell's new telephone invention is the hit of the Philadelphia Exposition.
  2. 1878: Mark Twain publishes new novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: Cyrus Holliday bought H&S for $31654, Hannibal Kimball bought C&S for $11111.
  • PCs Incorporated: LR&S.
  • New Engines Acquired: GT bought Consolidation 2-8-0, NYC bought Consolidation 2-8-0, NYNH bought Consolidation 2-8-0, PENN bought Consolidation 2-8-0, READ bought Consolidation 2-8-0, B&O bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, C&O bought Consolidation 2-8-0, W&W bought Consolidation 2-8-0, C&H bought Consolidation 2-8-0, S&A bought Consolidation 2-8-0, SCL bought Consolidation 2-8-0, MRLE bought Consolidation 2-8-0, A&WP bought Consolidation 2-8-0, MC bought Consolidation 2-8-0, SM bought Consolidation 2-8-0, C&NW bought Consolidation 2-8-0, CB&Q bought Consolidation 2-8-0, CNS bought Consolidation 2-8-0, M&SP bought Consolidation 2-8-0, MP bought Consolidation 2-8-0, M&LR bought Consolidation 2-8-0, V&T bought Consolidation 2-8-0, WP bought Consolidation 2-8-0, UP bought Consolidation 2-8-0, SLSW bought Consolidation 2-8-0, GW bought Consolidation 2-8-0, ATSF bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, KCN bought Consolidation 2-8-0, SP&D bought Chesapeake 4-6-0.
  • New Technologies Acquired: GT bought refrigerated cars, NYC bought refrigerated cars, PENN bought refrigerated cars, READ bought refrigerated cars, W&W bought automatic brakes, C&H bought refrigerated cars, MRLE bought refrigerated cars, MC bought automatic brakes, C&NW bought refrigerated cars, CNS bought refrigerated cars, M&SP bought refrigerated cars, M&LR bought refrigerated cars, V&T bought refrigerated cars, WP bought refrigerated cars, UP bought refrigerated cars, SLSW bought refrigerated cars, GW bought refrigerated cars, KCN bought Grand Station, KCN bought refrigerated cars.
  • RoWs built: WA1 by C&NW, NE3 by CRIP, IL11 by CASL, MT3 by M&SP, M1 by V&T, LA5 by L&A, CA7 by WP, IL10 by UP, AZ1 by MKT, OK4 by GW, CA3 by SP, AZ5 by ATSF, MO3 by KCN, AZ6 by SV.
  • NYC doubled NY3, GW doubled MO4, KCN doubled IL12.
  • New RoWs acquired: KCN got IL13, CASL got IA1, UP got IA5, V&T got LA4, GW got TX16, MKT got AZ2, SP got AZ3, ATSF got AZ4, M&SP got ID3, C&NW got C10.
  • RR Mergers: UP merges into WP.
  • Inadequate signal system slows W&M rail service: mail contracts worth $3577 cancelled.
  • Inadequate brakes on A&WP locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $21472.
  • Reorganized RRs: W&M.
  • Bankrupt RRs: N&W, P&LE.
  • Loan Recalls: Oakes Ames, Thomas Scott, Jay Gould, Hannibal Kimball.
  • Stock splits: SP splits 3 for 1.
  • Cornered stocks: NYC.
  • New railroad Presidents: Hannibal Kimball of N&W, Edward Harriman of SLSW, Cyrus Holliday of LR&S.
  • New Private Companies Available: SA&H, CW, DP.
  • Thomas Durant earns the Golden Spike Award for linking the C&NW from the Midwest to the Pacific.
  • Hannibal Kimball earns the Golden Spike Award for linking the WP from the Midwest to the Pacific.
  • Thomas Durant has a Transcontinental system.
  • Thomas Durant dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $55555. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Cyrus Holliday, William Ogden, Oakes Ames, Edward Harriman, Hannibal Kimball
  • Lack of modern signal system causes major head-on collison: claims against W&M exceed $5621.
  • Engineering advances permit building steel bridges at lower cost with greater safety.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Mild Depression to Recession.
  • Best locomotive available: Pacific 4-6-2
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system, automatic couplers, Pullman sleepers, automatic brakes, refrigerated cars, steel bridges.

Tycoon Announcements:

2Edward Harriman the jokes on me - 4 straight loan recalls - will this be #5?
8John Forbes i buy stock and the president leaves the r.r. with no one in charge! why wtf!
10Hannibal Kimball my son the lawyer got the c&nw case..he is still counting the evidence
11Thomas Durant c&nw reaches west coast; chairman exonerated. investors rejoice.

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)Hannibal Kimball (10)John Forbes (8)Edward Harriman (2)
Rail MagnateThomas Durant (11)Edward Harriman (2)Cyrus Holliday (15)John Forbes (8)William Ogden (13)
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 LR&SM&SP....H&S
10Hannibal Kimball WPN&WC&S....
13William Ogden MKTSP........
14Cornelius Vanderbilt M&LRREADGN....
8John Forbes GWKCN........
6Milton Littlefield ATSF............
2Edward Harriman B&OSLSWKCSKC&D
7Thomas Scott ................
5Mick A'Wish SCLL&ACTFW&D
4Oakes Ames ....CASL........
3J. Edgar Thompson ................
9Jay Gould ................
1Mark Hopkins ................
12Sir Eton Lenefsky ................

Railroad Summary

RRNameTracksRevenuesExpenseEfficiencyBondsLoansProfit / shareDividend / shareGrantLand
GTGrand Trunk 57066025363149911312722577200
NYCNew York Central 3004563575298696989017593693892101
NYNHNew York & New Haven 732931705217598223864165826000
PENNPennsylvania 8241426037415499188956296613601
READReading 533102143541359876017153516701
B&OBaltimore & Ohio 1302191707115024914034612310003001
C&OChesapeake & Ohio 1373193598100671994265151355967100
R&DRichmond & Danville 10851257197417595317591974673000
N&WNorfolk & Western 177421994114956283753143394718-40017
W&WWilmington & Weldon 12012301676699326563895100
W&MWilmington & Manchester 51150907392008310220000000
C&HCharleston & Hamburg 73477157424379915881136996200
S&ASavannah & Augusta 1964299862155929996544463374385000
SCLSea Coast Line 193228906115031299589401180528000
P&LEPittsburgh & Lake Erie 7801084186505291402153198624-3000
MRLEMad River & Lake Erie 13815711864199247236467100
M&CMarietta & Cincinnati 22052912611747589160678029814030022
A&WPAtlanta & West Point 195227037715141195568056184391610195
TP&WToledo, Peoria & Warsaw 31032195189959592175189073001
MCMichigan Central 7831063515849396230768421192001
A&TAlabama & Tennessee 628686194323091184479724940000
SMSouthern Mississippi 81110872457624982624185123130026
C&NWChicago & Northwestern 252129707515447899605353206504000411
CRIPChicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 145415757288241953791902198130001650
CB&QChicago, Burlington & Quincy 190211841165199533858216100
CASLChicago, Alton & St. Louis 36949248290569510071762516270357
CNSChicago North Shore 1973044716745997341086648300
M&SPMilwaukee & St. Paul 1777180999941209937639225279631500
MPMissouri Pacific 1151107254643539430301193392000211
M&LRMemphis & Little Rock 13214125776999350444281000
V&TVicksburg & Texas 9939399651697991731761285532180679
L&ALouisiana & Arkansas 2363035119121915526433486200409
WPWestern Pacific 27643138761632169961008796357111353931
MKTMissouri, Kansas & Texas 16571358158556391376847260635-2400
SLSFSt Louis & San Francisco 4985053330320911659476971000010
SLSWSt Louis & Southwestern 769702883655099155713478374100
GWGreat Western 17952060091071249937719823583712850870
SPSouthern Pacific 7647082941788951558641094071100
ATSFAtchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 1289942455560595302259202561-2102785
KCNKansas City Northern 1066137949717339921861216673653720348
SVSacramento Valley 778687114741085140381106179-100181
SP&DSt Paul & Duluth 1501649097299520634127885100
SLSoo Line 1501433787469322247156962000
LR&SLittle Rock & Shreveport 2101616311152853010425646-1000

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  (Double) ; B&A  (Double) ; HRL  (Double) ; NY3  (Double) ; 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 ; ID5 ; WA1
    Unbuilt C10
    [Regions: CWTP]
  • Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)
    CRIP ; IA7  (Double) ; MO7  (Double) ; IA6  (Double) ; NE2 ; NE3
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: CWT]
  • Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)
    CB&Q
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: C]
  • Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)
    CASL ; SL&A ; IL11
    Unbuilt IA1
    [Regions: CM]
  • Chicago North Shore (CNS)
    CNS ; WI5
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: C]
  • Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP)
    M&SP (Double) ; WI1  (Double) ; MN2  (Double) ; ND5 ; MT1 ; MT2 ; MT3
    Unbuilt ID3
    [Regions: CW]
  • Missouri Pacific (MP)
    MP ; KP ; MO6 ; KS3 ; CO2 ; CO9
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: MW]
  • Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)
    M&LR
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: M]
  • Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)
    V&T ; TX2 ; TX3 ; M1
    Unbuilt LA4
    [Regions: MSX]
  • Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A)
    L&A ; LA5
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: MG]
  • Western Pacific (WP)
    WP  (Double) ; CP  (Double) ; NV1  (Double) ; UT7 ; UT5 ; UT6 ; WY1 ; CA7 ; UP  (Double) ; NE1 ; CO7 ; IA9 ; WI3 ; IL10
    Unbuilt IA5
    [Regions: CWTP]
  • Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT)
    MKT  (Double) ; OK6 ; OK5 ; NM5 ; NM3 ; AZ1
    Unbuilt AZ2
    [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  (Double) ; TR ; OK2 ; MO4  (Double) ; OK4
    Unbuilt TX16
    [Regions: MGS]
  • Southern Pacific (SP)
    SP ; CA4 ; CA3
    Unbuilt AZ3
    [Regions: P]
  • Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
    ATSF ; OK8 ; NM4 ; NM6 ; NM7 ; AZ5
    Unbuilt AZ4
    [Regions: W]
  • Kansas City Northern (KCN)
    KCN  (Double) ; IA4  (Double) ; LP&W ; IL12 (Double) ; MO3
    Unbuilt IL13
    [Regions: CMW]
  • Sacramento Valley (SV)
    SV  (Double) ; CA9 ; CA10 ; AZ6
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: P]
  • St Paul & Duluth (SP&D)
    SP&D
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: W]
  • Soo Line (SL)
    SL
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: N]
  • Little Rock & Shreveport (LR&S)
    LR&S
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: ]

Stock Market Report

RR stock data

RRStart priceTrade priceEnd priceNet change# Shares traded# Shares issued# Shares in treasuryPresidentChairmanDirectors
GT383431-7 708 2 835 15 1113 15
NYC605347-13 7896 60 108 0111110 14
NYNH283134+6 1283 3 617 43 813 15
PENN202429+9 1300 4 125 0 148 13 15
READ607386+26 553 2 665 014148 13 15
B&O253137+12 1143 6 518 02211 15
C&O767880+4 1476 6 851 14 610 11
R&D182124+6 2115 5 398 27 1510 13
N&W413122-19 3407 8 874 01010
W&W212020-1 122 596 4 1511 13
W&M141421+7 1177 2 555 0  
C&H202428+8 891 3 630 46 96 11 15
S&A273237+10 2562 9 788 32 1311 15
SCL272625-2 1902 11 867 05513 15
P&LE453729-16 440 3 900 0 142
MRLE232222-1 117 690 0 1311 15
M&C222529+7 3278 10 974 51 1510 13
A&WP253138+13 2674 9 706 54 811 15
TP&W191818-1 435 1 542 8 1315
MC353026-9 2616 9 458 27 72
A&T271911-16 2479 5 850 0 1413 15
SM232120-3 973 8 089 21 105 11
C&NW7911+4 72261 146 747 4531111
CRIP151515+0 8049 38 535 380 136 10 11
CB&Q292725-4 100 939 11 156 11 13 14
CASL284154+26 303 1 803 424411 15
CNS222222+0 289 961 24 1315
M&SP293133+4 1579 8 745 140151511 13
MP111111+0 2905 13 541 599 1113 15
M&LR111112+1 161 2 618 22141411 13 15
V&T243037+13 1147 4 857 108 153 11
L&A252322-3 84 1 107 73558 13
WP413935-6 14198 70 580 105101011
MKT333538+5 2418 7 906 379131311
SLSF18138-10 1542 3 367 45 158 11
SLSW696358-11 985 3 719 126228 13
GW403429-11 3805 29 298 8281113
SP729036+36 789 11 802 1 008131311 15
ATSF433528-15 1399 6 430 15668 13
KCN293134+5 915 5 189 1418813
SV394449+10 720 3 577 313 813
SP&D131314+1 226 707 43 1315
SL131620+7 268 707 43 132 11 15
LR&S0012+12 0 945 1051515

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CFPrice
SA&HSan Antonio & Houston 1095
CWColorado Western 835
DPDenver Pacific 530
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