Continental Rails II - Club DE

Game # 11 - Turn # 5

Headline News 1849 to 1850

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1849: Gold found at Sutter's mill in California! Gold rush begins!
1850: Samuel Colt builds factory to manufacture new repeating pistol.

Message to All Players in This Game


Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Maggy bought LS for $2415, Scrooge McDuck bought VC for $2113, Erastus Corning bought A&WP for $3459, Erastus Corning bought WBSH for $3459.

PCs Merged: N&S merges into N&W, MRLE merges into P&LE, B&M merges into GT.

PCs Incorporated: P&FW, M&C.

New Technologies Acquired: GT bought Grand Station.

RoWs built: C2 by GT, PA11 by NYC, NY2 by ERIE, VA1 by N&W, SC1 by C&H, GA1 by SCL.

Double Tracked Lines: GT doubled GT, N&W doubled N&W.

New RoWs acquired: C&O got VA2, N&W got VA7, COG got GA2, C&H got GA4, SCL got GA8, B&O got WV1, P&LE got OH4, GT got C3, NYC got C4.

New railroad Presidents: Sun-E Storm of ERIE, George R. Obberbaron of PENN, Sun-E Storm of C&O, Maggy of P&FW, Florian of M&C.

New Private Companies Available: BRL, TP&W, A&C, A&T, GM&O, NO&J, SM.

Maggy dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $2225., Erastus Corning, Edward Harriman, Sun-E Storm

Development of switch yards facilitates operations, reduces operating costs.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Mild Depression to Recession.
Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards

Tycoon Announcements:

4 Florian florian says wiggle-waggle!

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Erastus Corning (10) Florian (4) Sun-E Storm (2) Maggy (7) George R. Obberbaron (1)
Rail Mogul Florian (4) Maggy (7) Edward Harriman (9) Scrooge McDuck (8) Erastus Corning (10)
Rail Builder Edward Harriman (9) Florian (4) Erastus Corning (10) George R. Obberbaron (1) Sun-E Storm (2)
Rail Magnate Edward Harriman (9) Florian (4) Maggy (7) Erastus Corning (10) Scrooge McDuck (8)
Rail Prodigal Maggy (7) Erastus Corning (10) Edward Harriman (9) Sun-E Storm (2) Florian (4)
Rail Baron Edward Harriman (9) Florian (4) Erastus Corning (10) Maggy (7) Sun-E Storm (2)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
4 Florian M&C GT .... ....
10 Erastus Corning SCL .... A&WP WBSH
7 Maggy C&H P&FW LS ....
9 Edward Harriman P&LE NYC .... ....
1 George R. Obberbaron .... PENN .... ....
8 Scrooge McDuck N&W .... VC ....
2 Sun-E Storm ERIE C&O .... ....
3 Vanderbilt .... COG .... W&W
12 Hannibal Kimball .... .... .... ....
14 Leland Stanford .... .... .... ....
11 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
13 Collis Huntington .... .... .... ....
15 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
5 Jim Hill .... .... .... ....
6 Jay Gould .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 474   57773   33508   99   98872   74233   3   16   0   0  
NYC New York Central 680   83812   52802   97   152899   86955   2   1   0   546  
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 490   45404   27696   99   122607   74171   -1   0   0   609  
PENN Pennsylvania 369   50024   33016   94   60150   8024   7   21   0   0  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160   14947   9716   95   30965   634   4   9   1025   0  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 94   10469   7433   89   31191   12822   -2   1   1300   0  
N&W Norfolk & Western 678   76832   47635   98   107352   80101   3   5   0   0  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 354   45450   27724   99   70754   37476   4   19   0   0  
SCL Sea Coast Line 923   121877   70689   99   239643   127215   4   9   314   513  
COG Central of Georgia 86   12032   7580   97   12530   11906   4   1   0   0  
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 269   33406   20377   99   43468   37952   4   4   685   0  
P&FW Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne 191   17700   12744   88   29159   24841   -1   0   0   0  
M&C Marietta & Cincinnati 193   16219   12002   86   28349   24151   -1   0   0   0  

Railroad Lines:
(Region Key: A=Atl D=DpSouth O=Ohio L=GtLakes C=Central M=Miss G=Gulf W=MidWest S=SWest T=Mtn P=Pacific N=Canada X=Mexico)
Grand Trunk (GT ):   GT  (Double) B&M C2
Unbuilt:: C3 [Regions: AN]
New York Central (NYC ):   NYC  (Double) B&A NY3 PA11
Unbuilt:: C4 [Regions: AL]
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):   ERIE NY2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AL]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN LV PA5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O
Unbuilt:: WV1 [Regions: A]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):   C&O
Unbuilt:: VA2 [Regions: A]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W  (Double) RF&P R&D N&S VA1
Unbuilt:: VA7 [Regions: A]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ):   C&H SC4 SC1
Unbuilt:: GA4 [Regions: A]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):   SCL  (Double) S&G S&A NER W&M GA1
Unbuilt:: GA8 [Regions: AD]
Central of Georgia (COG ):   COG
Unbuilt:: GA2 [Regions: D]
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE):   P&LE MRLE
Unbuilt:: OH4 [Regions: OL]
Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne (P&FW):   P&FW
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: O]
Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C ):   M&C
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: O]

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 52   56   60   +8  87   2170   200   4   4  
NYC 26   24   22   -4  731   3316   91   9   9  
ERIE 27   37   47   +20  425   2349   101   2   4   7    
PENN 53   42   32   -21  854   1751   99   1   4  
B&O 30   38   46   +16  258   808   0     4   9    
C&O 25   26   27   +2  104   470   0   2   1  
N&W 56   43   31   -25  735   3193   201   8   8   1    
C&H 64   54   44   -20  365   1705   71   7   7  
SCL 30   33   36   +6  1260   4537   85   10   10  
COG 10   14   18   +8  168   430   0   3   3  
P&LE 10   14   18   +8  278   1276   69   9   9  
P&FW 0   0   12   +12  0   860   95   7   7  
M&C 0   0   12   +12  0   869   96   4   4  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
B&H 550   HRL 710   NYNH 550   CNJ 670   C&A 460   READ 520   G&C 470  
GTW 535   BRL 925   A&GW 580   TP&W 700   MC 760   A&C 685   A&T 715  
GM&O 675   NO&J 915   SM 220  

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