Continental Rails II - Club DE

Game # 13 - Turn # 7

Headline News 1853 to 1854

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1853: Franklin Pearce defeats Winfield Scott in Presidential race.
1854: Wells, Fargo and Company founded in Sacramento.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Sun-E Storm bought G&C for $1399, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought BRL for $4789, Darkwing bought GM&O for $7348, Darkwing bought MN for $3609, J. Pierpont Morgan bought FW&C for $1783, MaldoNash bought C&EI for $4600.

PCs Merged: WBSH merges into B&O, A&C merges into COG, READ merges into C&A, GTW merges into MRLE, W&W merges into SCL, TP&W merges into P&LE.

PCs Incorporated: SM, A&T, A&WP, NO&J.

New Engines Acquired: B&H bought 04/04/2000, NYC bought 04/04/2000, C&A bought 04/04/2000, B&O bought 04/04/2000, RF&P bought 04/04/2000, C&H bought 04/04/2000, SCL bought 04/04/2000, COG bought 04/04/2000, P&LE bought 04/04/2000.

New Technologies Acquired: C&A bought Grand Station, C&H bought switch yards, COG bought switch yards, P&LE bought Grand Station, P&LE bought switch yards.

RoWs built: C5 by NYC, PA1 by C&A, OH4 by PENN, IN1 by B&O, PA4 by RF&P, TN12 by SCL, GA4 by COG, PA7 by P&LE, PA11 by MRLE.

RF&P doubled RF&P, SCL doubled S&G, P&LE doubled P&LE.

New RoWs acquired: C&A got PA10, RF&P got VA2, C&H got SC1, MRLE got OH1, MC got MI6, P&LE got IN2, PENN got IN3, B&O got IN10, SCL got KY13, COG got TN5, NYC got C3.

Reorganized RRs: N&W.

New railroad Presidents: Louis McLane of PENN, J. Pierpont Morgan of C&H, Maggy of A&WP, Thomas Scott of A&T, MaldoNash of NO&J, Cornelius Vanderbilt of SM.

New Private Companies Available: MS, MON, C&C, L&N, IC, CB&Q.

Cornelius Vanderbilt earns the Heartland Award for linking the B&O from the Atlantic to Chicago.

Darkwing dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $3136. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Cornelius Vanderbilt, MaldoNash, Louis McLane, Sun-E Storm, Maggy, Thomas Scott, Salvator

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Recession.
Best locomotive available: American 4-4-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards

Tycoon Announcements:

1 Sun-E Storm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6 Gyro Gearloose --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) MaldoNash (11) Louis McLane (10) Sun-E Storm (1) Thomas Scott (7)
Rail Mogul Thomas Scott (7) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) MaldoNash (11) Darkwing (9) Maggy (8)
Rail Builder Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Thomas Scott (7) Darkwing (9) MaldoNash (11) Maggy (8)
Rail Magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Thomas Scott (7) Darkwing (9) MaldoNash (11) Louis McLane (10)
Rail Prodigal Thomas Scott (7) MaldoNash (11) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Sun-E Storm (1) Darkwing (9)
Rail Baron Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Thomas Scott (7) MaldoNash (11) Darkwing (9) Louis McLane (10)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt SM B&O BRL ....
8 Maggy A&WP COG .... ....
10 Louis McLane PENN P&LE .... ....
11 MaldoNash .... NO&J C&EI ....
7 Thomas Scott SCL A&T .... ....
2 Salvator RF&P C&A .... ....
6 Gyro Gearloose .... .... .... ....
1 Sun-E Storm .... .... .... G&C
9 Darkwing NYC MC MN GM&O
12 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
5 Derpendja von Rense .... B&H .... NYNH
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
4 J. Pierpont Morgan C&H MRLE FW&C ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
B&H Boston & Hartford 110   16754   9717   99   40948   17756   4   0   0   0  
NYC New York Central 1251   189481   104214   99   337121   184380   6   1   0   50  
C&A Camden & Amboy 579   102417   56329   99   132477   99093   9   4   160   300  
PENN Pennsylvania 807   104759   64950   95   184811   92319   4   4   280   598  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 1187   164356   90395   99   242291   151595   6   4   0   0  
RF&P Richmond, Fred. & Potomac 345   54525   31625   99   77230   53108   6   0   0   101  
R&D Richmond & Danville 463   45670   29685   95   87296   68895   0   0   0   183  
N&W Norfolk & Western 325   33281   23296   90   73125   0   0   0   0   0  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129   17656   10240   99   27613   1125   2   3   710   0  
SCL Sea Coast Line 1450   208002   118561   97   301470   192504   6   9   0   1051  
COG Central of Georgia 534   73814   43550   98   117116   69917   5   9   256   0  
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 710   90376   54226   94   148414   109109   3   4   350   221  
MRLE Mad River & Lake Erie 427   49701   36281   87   70751   58564   0   0   0   0  
A&WP Atlanta & West Point 152   16230   10712   91   27257   21418   1   0   0   0  
MC Michigan Central 152   16792   10747   93   23718   20277   2   1   550   0  
A&T Alabama & Tennessee 143   14354   10048   87   25101   19724   0   0   0   0  
NO&J New Orleans & Jackson 183   21442   15009   87   33417   26258   1   0   0   0  
SM Southern Mississippi 44   7739   5495   86   9547   7503   3   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)
Boston & Hartford (B&H ):   B&H
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
New York Central (NYC ):   NYC B&A  (Double) HRL  (Double) GT ERIE NY3 C4 C5
Unbuilt:: C3 [Regions: ALN]
Camden & Amboy (C&A ):   C&A  (Double) CNJ PA9 READ PA1
Unbuilt:: PA10 [Regions: A]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN LV PA5 PA6 P&FW OH4
Unbuilt:: IN3 [Regions: AO]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O WV1 M&C PA2  (Double) A&GW OH7 WBSH IN1
Unbuilt:: IN10 [Regions: AOC]
Richmond, Fred. & Potomac (RF&P):   RF&P  (Double) C&O MD1 PA4
Unbuilt:: VA2 [Regions: A]
Richmond & Danville (R&D ):   R&D VC VA7
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W N&S
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ):   C&H
Unbuilt:: SC1 [Regions: A]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):   SCL  (Double) S&G  (Double) S&A  (Double) GA1 NER  (Double) GA8 W&M
AL3 W&W TN12
Unbuilt:: KY13 [Regions: AD]
Central of Georgia (COG ):   COG  (Double) GA2 A&C GA4
Unbuilt:: TN5 [Regions: AD]
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE):   P&LE  (Double) LS OH3 TP&W PA7
Unbuilt:: IN2 [Regions: OL]
Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE):   MRLE GTW PA11
Unbuilt:: OH1 [Regions: L]
Atlanta & West Point (A&WP):   A&WP
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: D]
Michigan Central (MC ):   MC
Unbuilt:: MI6 [Regions: L]
Alabama & Tennessee (A&T ):   A&T
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: D]
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
B&H 17   24   32   +15  177   508   42   5   5   9    
NYC 36   40   44   +8  1400   6237   55   9   9   8     10    
C&A 37   45   53   +16  511   2796   99   2   2   3    
PENN 71   73   75   +4  850   3993   68   10   10   11    
B&O 46   50   54   +8  1315   5817   158   3   3   6     8    
RF&P 55   61   67   +12  210   1681   44   2   2   3     6    
R&D 65   42   20   -45  1567   2315   0      
N&W 16   15   9   -7  615   1625   0      
C&H 14   11   9   -5  510   2031   0   4   4   1     11    
SCL 37   42   48   +11  1052   7181   104   7   7   1     8     11    
COG 35   42   49   +14  458   2533   137   8   8  
P&LE 47   44   41   -6  1198   3405   145   10   10   9    
MRLE 17   20   24   +7  250   1991   144   4   4  
A&WP 0   0   13   +13  0   684   76   8   8  
MC 11   14   18   +7  306   760   0   9   9  
A&T 0   0   13   +13  0   644   71   7   7  
NO&J 0   0   13   +13  0   824   91   11   11  
SM 0   0   13   +13  0   198   22   3   3  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
B&M 725   N&C 755   MS 1020   MON 920   C&C 1010   L&N 930   IC 925  
CB&Q 950  

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