Continental Rails II

Game # 33 - Turn # 21

Headline News 1881 to 1882

World & National New

  1. 1881: Thomas Edison announces invention of electric light.
  2. 1882: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral leaves 3 dead, 2 wounded.

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: William Ogden bought DRGW for $7586, William Ogden bought A&P for $8965, Cyrus Holliday bought M&W for $24543.
  • PCs Merged: KCS merges into KC&D, CW merges into C&S.
  • PCs Incorporated: DP, SA&H.
  • New Engines Acquired: B&O bought Pacific 4-6-2, R&D bought Pacific 4-6-2, M&C bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, TP&W bought Consolidation 2-8-0, CRIP bought Pacific 4-6-2, M&SP bought Pacific 4-6-2, V&T bought Pacific 4-6-2, ATSF bought Consolidation 2-8-0, SV bought Consolidation 2-8-0, SP&D bought Pacific 4-6-2, SL bought Pacific 4-6-2.
  • New Technologies Acquired: NYNH bought Pullman sleepers, B&O bought steel bridges, C&O bought automatic couplers, W&W bought refrigerated cars, C&H bought steel bridges, S&A bought refrigerated cars, M&C bought automatic brakes, A&WP bought automatic brakes, A&WP bought steel bridges, MC bought steel bridges, SM bought steel bridges, CB&Q bought steel bridges, CASL bought steel bridges, CNS bought steel bridges, M&SP bought steel bridges, MP bought refrigerated cars, SP bought Grand Station, ATSF bought steel bridges, SP&D bought refrigerated cars.
  • RoWs built: TN1 by N&W, MN1 by C&NW, MO8 by CASL, WA2 by M&SP, CO8 by WP, M3 by MKT, TX12 by SLSW, TX7 by GW, NM8 by ATSF, IL15 by KCN, AR6 by LR&S.
  • SM doubled SM, WP doubled IL10, GW doubled OK4.
  • New RoWs acquired: SM got TN10, A&WP got MS5, WP got IA3, KC&D got KS4, M&SP got C9, GW got M2, SP got M4.
  • RR Mergers: MKT merges into SP, SV merges into ATSF.
  • Lax operations by N&W cause passenger trains to collide. Dozens killed. $20955 damages.
  • Inadequate brakes on A&T locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $5652.
  • Insolvent RRs: A&T.
  • Loan Recalls: Jay Gould.
  • Stock splits: C&O splits 4 for 1.
  • Cornered stocks: NYC, C&O, SM, WP, GW.
  • New railroad Presidents: Hannibal Kimball of C&O, William Ogden of S&A.
  • Thomas Durant has a Transcontinental system.
  • Cyrus Holliday has a Transcontinental system.
  • Thomas Durant dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $111111. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Cyrus Holliday, William Ogden, Edward Harriman, Hannibal Kimball, John Forbes
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at 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 hopefully this is the end?
10Hannibal Kimball hail van de graaf - the creator
11Thomas Durant buy nyc while there is still time.

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)Hannibal Kimball (10)William Ogden (13)
Rail MogulWilliam Ogden (13)Thomas Durant (11)Cyrus Holliday (15)Milton Littlefield (6)Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)
Rail BuilderThomas Durant (11)Cyrus Holliday (15)William Ogden (13)Hannibal Kimball (10)Milton Littlefield (6)
Rail MagnateThomas Durant (11)Edward Harriman (2)Cyrus Holliday (15)John Forbes (8)William Ogden (13)
Rail ProdigalThomas Durant (11)Cyrus Holliday (15)William Ogden (13)Edward Harriman (2)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........
10Hannibal Kimball C&OSM........
6Milton Littlefield ATSF............
15Cyrus Holliday M&CM&SP....M&W
14Cornelius Vanderbilt M&LRREADGN....
13William Ogden S&ASPDRGWA&P
8John Forbes GWA&WP........
7Thomas Scott ................
2Edward Harriman B&OKC&D........
5Mick A'Wish SCLL&ACTFW&D
4Oakes Ames ....CASL........
3J. Edgar Thompson ................
1Mark Hopkins ................
12Sir Eton Lenefsky ................
9Jay Gould ................

Railroad Summary

RRNameTracksRevenuesExpenseEfficiencyBondsLoansProfit / shareDividend / shareGrantLand
GTGrand Trunk 57070443401529710808623268300
NYCNew York Central 3004599595317785989414113898172301
NYNHNew York & New Haven 73297619536909922779827388100
PENNPennsylvania 8241496457781599165131308214201
READReading 533107174557319957335217517501
B&OBaltimore & Ohio 1302206314119661934206472398544001
C&OChesapeake & Ohio 137320736910783099446451909162000
R&DRichmond & Danville 10851327447566497335493839184000
N&WNorfolk & Western 190524459517610879434321242984006
W&WWilmington & Weldon 12012910710099321855306100
W&MWilmington & Manchester 51153865436307911403543191000
C&HCharleston & Hamburg 73481278447039915175819967100
S&ASavannah & Augusta 1964320503169868986764822808177100
SCLSea Coast Line 19323034661638729757554972268100
P&LEPittsburgh & Lake Erie 780115018736138718429847747000
MRLEMad River & Lake Erie 13816413902799229386108200
M&CMarietta & Cincinnati 2205309813185888916475282845774107
A&WPAtlanta & West Point 1952289409150493996131471882227113270
TP&WToledo, Peoria & Warsaw 31033397200389497699133673001
MCMichigan Central 7831118645817099243171144933101
A&TAlabama & Tennessee 628720994830687196084728790000
SMSouthern Mississippi 8111154476003399274729431554108
C&NWChicago & Northwestern 282437411819453999717452281487010160
CRIPChicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 14541661528806198398382177154000590
CB&QChicago, Burlington & Quincy 190221261216999528726467100
CASLChicago, Alton & St. Louis 634840365294391167368108106110127
CNSChicago North Shore 1973217217695997627024179300
M&SPMilwaukee & St. Paul 2154271601141230994739473203465100
MPMissouri Pacific 115111423565115973189648240710075
M&LRMemphis & Little Rock 13214829815699338475831000
V&TVicksburg & Texas 12181225027350194227453141549210243
L&ALouisiana & Arkansas 2363247420459915962625852400135
WPWestern Pacific 300537915420095298698323154564114261464
SLSFSt Louis & San Francisco 49852703337308717383671476-1003
SLSWSt Louis & Southwestern 987960435378595203067769464001308
GWGreat Western 2090257542136497984642042507861101049
SPSouthern Pacific 2791320196179310957775954609321100
KC&DKansas City & Denver 16423066156858632496252442500
ATSFAtchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 2500238633147953925646553539220001055
KCNKansas City Northern 12081807439760097264289197051600752
SP&DSt Paul & Duluth 1501712810106952261497736100
SLSoo Line 1501513390809424524141453000
LR&SLittle Rock & Shreveport 627568553183998113420870652000
SA&HSan Antonio & Houston 21921460145938637575295250000
C&SColorado & Southern 28331841213348752938382131200
DPDenver Pacific 1061263879629119403152473000

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 (Double) ; 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 ; TN1
    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 MS5
    [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  (Double) ; NO&J (Double) ; MS6  (Double) ; TN8  (Double) ; KY10 (Double) ; KY11
    Unbuilt TN10
    [Regions: MG]
  • Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)
    C&NW (Double) ; WI4  (Double) ; NP  (Double) ; ND3 ; SP&P (Double) ; ND4 ; MT6 ; MT7 ; ID5 ; WA1 ; C10 ; MN1
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: CWTPN]
  • 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 ; IA1 ; MO8
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: CMW]
  • 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 ; ID3 ; WA2
    Unbuilt C9
    [Regions: CWTP]
  • 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 ; LA4
    Unbuilt none
    [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  (Double) ; UP  (Double) ; NE1 ; CO7 ; IA9 ; WI3 ; IL10 (Double) ; IA5 ; CO8
    Unbuilt IA3
    [Regions: CWTP]
  • St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)
    SLSF (Double) ; MO5 ; KS1
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: M]
  • St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW)
    SLSW ; AR2 ; AR7 ; OK1 ; TX12
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: MS]
  • Great Western (GW)
    GW  (Double) ; LA1 ; LA6  (Double) ; AR8 ; T&P  (Double) ; TR  (Double) ; OK2 ; MO4  (Double) ; OK4  (Double) ; TX16 ; TX7
    Unbuilt M2
    [Regions: MGS]
  • Southern Pacific (SP)
    SP  (Double) ; CA4 ; CA3 ; AZ3 ; MKT  (Double) ; OK6 ; OK5 ; NM5 ; NM3 ; AZ1 ; AZ2 ; M3
    Unbuilt M4
    [Regions: MTPX]
  • Kansas City & Denver (KC&D)
    KC&D ; KCS
    Unbuilt KS4
    [Regions: W]
  • Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
    ATSF ; OK8 ; NM4 ; NM6 ; NM7 ; AZ5 ; AZ4 ; NM8 ; SV  (Double) ; CA9 ; CA10 ; AZ6
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: WTP]
  • Kansas City Northern (KCN)
    KCN  (Double) ; IA4  (Double) ; LP&W ; IL12 (Double) ; MO3  (Double) ; IL13 ; IL15
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: CMW]
  • 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 ; H&S ; AR6
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: S]
  • San Antonio & Houston (SA&H)
    SA&H
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: S]
  • Colorado & Southern (C&S)
    C&S ; CW
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: T]
  • Denver Pacific (DP)
    DP
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: T]

Stock Market Report

RR stock data

RRStart priceTrade priceEnd priceNet change# Shares traded# Shares issued# Shares in treasuryPresidentChairmanDirectors
GT383941+3 577 2 841 9 118 13 15
NYC646771+7 1632 60 108 0111110 14
NYNH252525+0 1082 3 635 25 158 13
PENN293032+3 893 4 125 0 148 13 15
READ645955-9 334 2 665 014148 13 15
B&O265279+53 938 6 518 02211 15
C&O4812450+152 1025 82 280 10010611
R&D212020-1 1945 5 409 16 1513
N&W131211-2 4080 9 460 65  
W&W202020+0 114 597 3 1511 13
W&M181818+0 1150 2 555 0  
C&H252424-1 859 3 649 27 611 15
S&A302827-3 2072 9 802 18131311 15
SCL232324+1 1850 11 867 05513 15
P&LE211917-4 1638 3 900 0  
MRLE222223+1 126 690 0 1311 15
M&C231813-10 4919 11 025 0151513
A&WP312826-5 1496 9 760 08811 15
TP&W181717-1 456 1 545 5 1315
MC322723-9 1864 9 469 16 715
A&T111214+3 1917 5 850 0 1413 15
SM4773100+53 600 8 110 010105 11 15
C&NW131517+4 57650 148 640 751111
CRIP141414+0 10109 38 701 214 136 11
CB&Q242424+0 101 943 7 156 11 13 14
CASL537393+40 943 5 598 67448 11 13 15
CNS312927-4 237 967 18 138 15
M&SP413631-10 1654 10 616 154151511 13
MP121212+0 4467 13 802 338 1113 15
M&LR131313+0 242 2 627 13141411 13 15
V&T514132-19 1155 5 925 165 153 11 13
L&A292827-2 207 1 125 55558 13 15
WP384043+5 5928 71 837 53 1110
SLSF111418+7 1145 3 386 26 813 15
SLSW384246+8 1025 4 742 193 28 13 15
GW394450+11 3094 30 793 6281113
SP282525-3 2617 22 940 5131311
KC&D131823+10 132 738 8222
ATSF202326+6 1958 12 388 112668 13
KCN494032-17 1500 5 969 71 813 15
SP&D151516+1 207 725 25 1315
SL201715-5 191 725 25 1311
LR&S222528+6 630 2 927 208 1513
SA&H0013+13 0 986 109 15
C&S131619+6 222 1 288 127 104
DP0013+13 0 477 53 11

Private Companies Available for Purchase

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