Continental Rails II - Club DE

Game # 11 - Turn # 8

Headline News 1855 to 1856

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1855: The Know-Nothing Party sweeps Northern congressional elections.
1856: Soo Canal completed connecting Lake Superior to Lake Huron.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Florian bought B&H for $568, Sun-E Storm bought G&C for $1444, Florian bought A&GW for $604, Vanderbilt bought GM&O for $4283, Edward Harriman bought O&M for $5316.

PCs Merged: CNJ merges into PENN, TP&W merges into P&FW, C&EI merges into P&LE, GTW merges into P&LE, BRL merges into COG.

PCs Incorporated: NO&J, SM, N&C.

New Engines Acquired: PENN bought Mogul 2-6-0, COG bought Mogul 2-6-0, P&LE bought Mogul 2-6-0, P&FW bought Mogul 2-6-0, WBSH bought Mogul 2-6-0, A&T bought Mogul 2-6-0.

New Technologies Acquired: P&LE bought Grand Station.

RoWs built: PA8 by ERIE, IN7 by B&O, VA4 by N&W, FL5 by C&H, MS2 by SCL, TN6 by COG, IN9 by P&LE, OH5 by P&FW, IN6 by WBSH.

Double Tracked Lines: GT doubled HRL, PENN doubled LV, SCL doubled GA8, COG doubled GA2, P&LE doubled P&LE.

New RoWs acquired: PENN got PA9, N&W got VA6, C&H got FL6, ERIE got OH3, P&FW got IN1, WBSH got IN10, P&LE got KY12, COG got TN9, SCL got AL3, A&T got AL5.

RR Mergers: GT merges into PENN.

New railroad Presidents: Florian of B&O, Sun-E Storm of C&O, Scrooge McDuck of N&C, Vanderbilt of NO&J.

New Private Companies Available: L&N, IC, CRIP, CB&Q, CASL, CNS, M&SP, MP.

Edward Harriman earns the Heartland Award for linking the P&LE from the Atlantic to Chicago.

Maggy dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $5675., Florian, Edward Harriman, Sun-E Storm, Vanderbilt

Technology advance to steel rails improves track durability, reduces operating costs.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Recession.
Best locomotive available: Atlantic 4-4-2
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails

Tycoon Announcements:

4 Florian what is your email address hannibal?

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Florian (4) Erastus Corning (10) Maggy (7) Edward Harriman (9) Sun-E Storm (2)
Rail Mogul Florian (4) Maggy (7) Edward Harriman (9) Scrooge McDuck (8) Erastus Corning (10)
Rail Builder Edward Harriman (9) Erastus Corning (10) George R. Obberbaron (1) Florian (4) Maggy (7)
Rail Magnate Edward Harriman (9) Florian (4) Erastus Corning (10) Vanderbilt (3) Maggy (7)
Rail Prodigal Maggy (7) Florian (4) Erastus Corning (10) Edward Harriman (9) Sun-E Storm (2)
Rail Baron Edward Harriman (9) Florian (4) Maggy (7) Erastus Corning (10) Sun-E Storm (2)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
4 Florian B&O PENN B&H A&GW
7 Maggy C&H P&FW .... ....
9 Edward Harriman P&LE A&T .... O&M
8 Scrooge McDuck N&W N&C .... ....
10 Erastus Corning SCL WBSH .... MON
3 Vanderbilt NO&J COG GM&O ....
1 George R. Obberbaron .... .... .... ....
2 Sun-E Storm ERIE C&O G&C ....
11 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
14 Leland Stanford .... .... .... ....
13 Collis Huntington .... .... .... ....
12 Hannibal Kimball .... .... .... ....
5 Jim Hill .... .... .... ....
15 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
6 Jay Gould .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 747   81665   50633   95   193346   98515   1   4   0   154  
PENN Pennsylvania 1772   270131   162079   94   402004   206140   6   20   770   386  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 784   83732   49402   95   163213   92406   3   0   0   257  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 399   41476   27374   91   100839   52027   0   0   0   329  
N&W Norfolk & Western 1470   161520   95296   95   279425   192393   3   6   0   235  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 862   102579   67703   91   183804   121330   1   8   0   64  
SCL Sea Coast Line 1586   230374   135921   95   407916   250206   4   6   0   192  
COG Central of Georgia 886   105017   60909   96   172564   135627   3   14   320   0  
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 1735   283042   155673   99   382432   260151   8   4   0   755  
P&FW Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne 586   55883   34647   95   110956   86167   1   13   0   178  
WBSH Wabash Line 226   30828   19113   95   50792   38893   3   0   0   67  
A&T Alabama & Tennessee 143   15060   8735   99   27932   21183   2   1   665   0  
N&C Nashville & Chattanooga 151   14931   10302   88   26333   20692   0   0   0   0  
NO&J New Orleans & Jackson 183   21216   15063   86   33417   26258   0   0   0   0  
SM Southern Mississippi 44   7847   5336   89   9547   7503   4   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)
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):   ERIE NY2 LS PA8
Unbuilt:: OH3 [Regions: AL]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN LV  (Double) PA5 C&A PA6 CNJ GT  (Double) B&M C2
C3 HRL  (Double) NY1
Unbuilt:: PA9 [Regions: AON]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O  (Double) WV1 M&C IN4 IN7
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AO]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):   C&O VA2 MD1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W  (Double) RF&P  (Double) R&D N&S VA1  (Double) VC W&W VA7
NC2 VA4
Unbuilt:: VA6 [Regions: A]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ):   C&H SC4 SC1 GA4 FL4 FL5
Unbuilt:: FL6 [Regions: AG]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):   SCL  (Double) S&G S&A  (Double) NER W&M GA1 A&WP GA8  (Double)
AL4 MS2
Unbuilt:: AL3 [Regions: ADG]
Central of Georgia (COG ):   COG GA2  (Double) A&C GA3 BRL TN6
Unbuilt:: TN9 [Regions: AD]
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE):   P&LE  (Double) MRLE OH4 NYC  (Double) B&A  (Double) NY3 PA11 C4
IN3 C&EI GTW IN9
Unbuilt:: KY12 [Regions: AOLCN]
Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne (P&FW):   P&FW OH2 TP&W OH5
Unbuilt:: IN1 [Regions: O]
Wabash Line (WBSH):   WBSH IN6
Unbuilt:: IN10 [Regions: O]
Alabama & Tennessee (A&T ):   A&T
Unbuilt:: AL5 [Regions: D]
Nashville & Chattanooga (N&C ):   N&C
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ]
New Orleans & Jackson (NO&J):   NO&J
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: G]
Southern Mississippi (SM ):   SM
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]

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
ERIE 23   22   22   -1  677   3698   37   2   4   7    
PENN 40   49   52   +12  813   8798   67   4   4  
B&O 50   54   58   +8  806   3816   112   4   4   8    
C&O 23   31   39   +16  592   1875   120   2   2   1     9    
N&W 37   35   34   -3  1972   7289   65   8   8  
C&H 78   60   42   -36  1434   4214   102   7   7  
SCL 40   38   36   -4  1846   7836   101   10   10   7    
COG 36   47   58   +22  996   4261   169   3   3  
P&LE 37   40   43   +6  1481   8463   219   9   9   4    
P&FW 47   67   87   +40  585   2800   130   7   7  
WBSH 19   23   27   +8  154   1074   56   10   10   9    
A&T 13   17   22   +9  287   644   71   9   9  
N&C 0   0   13   +13  0   680   75   8   8  
NO&J 0   0   13   +13  0   824   91   3   3  
SM 0   0   13   +13  0   198   22     10  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
NYNH 550   READ 520   MC 760   MN 510   MS 1020   FW&C 570   C&C 1010  
L&N 930   IC 925   CRIP 750   CB&Q 950   CASL 925   CNS 425   M&SP 1630  
MP 1415  

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