Continental Rails II - Club DE

Game # 13 - Turn # 9

Headline News 1857 to 1858

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1857: Western Union Telegraph Company begins operations.
1858: The Dred Scott decision by Supreme Court angers Northern anti-slavery elements.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Darkwing bought B&M for $1396, Thomas Scott bought O&M for $2167, Louis McLane bought C&NW for $5115, Gyro Gearloose bought CRIP for $11313, MaldoNash bought M&LR for $3800.

PCs Merged: C&C merges into PENN, N&C merges into A&T, L&N merges into B&O.

PCs Incorporated: MON, IC, CB&Q.

New Engines Acquired: MRLE bought 04/04/2000.

New Technologies Acquired: B&H bought steel rails, C&A bought steel rails, PENN bought Grand Station, PENN bought steel rails, B&O bought steel rails, RF&P bought steel rails, SCL bought steel rails, P&LE bought steel rails, MRLE bought switch yards, MC bought steel rails, A&T bought steel rails, GM&O bought steel rails, NO&J bought steel rails, SM bought steel rails, C&EI bought steel rails.

RoWs built: PA8 by C&A, IN9 by PENN, KY12 by B&O, SC5 by RF&P, SC2 by C&H, IL3 by SCL, KY7 by COG, MD2 by P&LE, OH5 by MRLE, AL6 by A&WP, OH6 by MC, AL5 by A&T, MS6 by NO&J, MS4 by SM.

C&A doubled READ, PENN doubled LV, B&O doubled WBSH, RF&P doubled MD1, SCL doubled GA1, P&LE doubled IN2, MC doubled C3.

New RoWs acquired: A&WP got FL6, MRLE got WV3, MC got OH8, COG got IN6, C&EI got IN7, SCL got IL1, PENN got IL6, RF&P got TN2, NO&J got TN10, B&O got TN13, GM&O got AL4, A&T got AL7, SM got MS3, P&LE got IN8.

RR Mergers: RF&P merges into C&A.

Loan Recalls: Louis McLane.

New railroad Presidents: J. Pierpont Morgan of R&D, Gyro Gearloose of IC, Sun-E Storm of CB&Q.

New Private Companies Available: CASL, FEC, M&SP, MP, V&T, CP, UP.

Darkwing dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $6386. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Cornelius Vanderbilt, Louis McLane, Maggy, Sun-E Storm, MaldoNash, Thomas Scott, Salvator

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Recession to Normal.
Best locomotive available: Mogul 2-6-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails

Tycoon Announcements:

6 Gyro Gearloose --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Top Victory Points

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

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 .... ....
2 Salvator .... C&A .... ....
9 Darkwing MC GM&O B&M ....
6 Gyro Gearloose .... IC CRIP ....
11 MaldoNash C&EI NO&J M&LR ....
10 Louis McLane PENN P&LE C&NW ....
7 Thomas Scott SCL A&T O&M ....
1 Sun-E Storm C&H CB&Q .... ....
4 J. Pierpont Morgan R&D MRLE FW&C MS
12 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
5 Derpendja von Rense .... B&H .... NYNH
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
B&H Boston & Hartford 110   16890   9289   99   42618   14959   5   1   0   0  
C&A Camden & Amboy 1494   244070   129357   98   324318   237597   8   10   995   199  
PENN Pennsylvania 1227   185892   102241   96   284756   166044   7   9   0   410  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 1655   236798   123135   99   342841   171815   8   15   0   0  
R&D Richmond & Danville 463   45908   29840   95   94630   68981   0   0   0   61  
N&W Norfolk & Western 325   33626   23202   91   77558   1547   3   0   0   0  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 475   57267   33216   99   100209   56794   2   2   0   234  
SCL Sea Coast Line 1719   248082   133965   97   371692   241182   7   9   0   376  
COG Central of Georgia 842   108540   59696   99   186069   109008   5   1   560   85  
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 932   129398   67288   99   208732   152576   6   9   0   439  
MRLE Mad River & Lake Erie 627   69841   43302   92   116010   91175   2   0   605   0  
A&WP Atlanta & West Point 271   28788   17272   97   54561   41975   2   11   0   71  
MC Michigan Central 1956   285624   154238   97   507732   284622   6   9   510   578  
A&T Alabama & Tennessee 427   45227   26232   96   85794   65600   2   4   300   366  
GM&O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 135   14787   8724   95   26542   20133   2   2   0   0  
NO&J New Orleans & Jackson 463   43528   23940   99   84094   64574   2   4   470   910  
SM Southern Mississippi 140   17279   9504   99   30624   23705   4   0   950   312  
MON Monon Line 184   21052   14105   87   33571   26379   1   0   0   0  
C&EI Chicago & Eastern Illinois 184   21279   11703   99   37821   28569   4   4   505   0  
IC Illinois Central 185   20885   13158   91   33725   26500   2   0   0   0  
CB&Q Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 190   21539   15508   82   34495   27105   0   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]
Camden & Amboy (C&A ):   C&A  (Double) CNJ PA9 READ  (Double) PA1  (Double) PA10 PA8 RF&P  (Double)
C&O MD1  (Double) PA4  (Double) VA2 SC5
Unbuilt:: TN2 [Regions: AL]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN  (Double) LV  (Double) PA5 PA6 P&FW OH4 IN3 C&C IN9
Unbuilt:: IL6 [Regions: AOC]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O WV1 M&C PA2  (Double) A&GW OH7 WBSH  (Double) IN1  (Double)
IN10 L&N KY12
Unbuilt:: TN13 [Regions: AOC]
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 G&C SC1 SC2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):   SCL  (Double) S&G  (Double) S&A  (Double) GA1  (Double) NER  (Double) GA8  (Double)
W&M AL3 W&W TN12 KY13 IL3
Unbuilt:: IL1 [Regions: AD]
Central of Georgia (COG ):   COG  (Double) GA2 A&C GA4 TN5 KY7
Unbuilt:: IN6 [Regions: ADO]
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE):   P&LE  (Double) LS  (Double) OH3 TP&W PA7 IN2  (Double) MD2
Unbuilt:: IN8 [Regions: AOL]
Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE):   MRLE GTW PA11 OH1 OH5
Unbuilt:: WV3 [Regions: L]
Atlanta & West Point (A&WP):   A&WP AL6
Unbuilt:: FL6 [Regions: D]
Michigan Central (MC ):   MC MN MI6 NYC B&A  (Double) HRL  (Double) GT ERIE NY3
C4 C5 C3  (Double) OH6
Unbuilt:: OH8 [Regions: ALN]
Alabama & Tennessee (A&T ):   A&T N&C AL5
Unbuilt:: AL7 [Regions: D]
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O):   GM&O
Unbuilt:: AL4 [Regions: G]
New Orleans & Jackson (NO&J):   NO&J MS6
Unbuilt:: TN10 [Regions: G]
Southern Mississippi (SM ):   SM MS4
Unbuilt:: MS3 [Regions: M]
Monon Line (MON ):   MON
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]
Chicago & Eastern Illinois (C&EI):   C&EI
Unbuilt:: IN7 [Regions: C]
Illinois Central (IC ):   IC
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q):   CB&Q
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]

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 34   37   41   +7  126   526   24   5   5   9     10    
C&A 66   53   54   -12  1495   7236   234   2   2   3     6    
PENN 72   60   48   -24  2548   5986   175   10   10   11    
B&O 55   64   73   +18  1115   8142   173   3   3   6     8    
R&D 17   19   21   +4  1139   2315   0   4   4  
N&W 10   13   16   +6  901   1625   0      
C&H 17   19   21   +4  876   3706   55   1   1   7     11    
SCL 28   30   32   +4  1545   8576   54   7   7   8     11    
COG 49   53   57   +8  811   4120   90   8   8   3    
P&LE 52   47   43   -9  777   4584   76   10   10   8     9    
MRLE 25   31   38   +13  783   3075   60   4   4   2     10    
A&WP 27   42   57   +30  277   1296   59   8   8  
MC 43   48   53   +10  1979   9767   50   9   9   8     11    
A&T 25   37   50   +25  187   1994   141   7   7  
GM&O 13   20   27   +14  296   675   0   9   9  
NO&J 18   20   23   +5  269   2175   140   11   11   7    
SM 33   54   75   +42  51   652   48   3   3  
MON 0   0   13   +13  0   828   92     8  
C&EI 13   19   25   +12  388   828   92   11   11  
IC 0   0   13   +13  0   833   92   6   6  
CB&Q 0   0   13   +13  0   855   95   1   1  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
CASL 925   FEC 1495   M&SP 1630   MP 1415   V&T 865   CP 770   UP 525  

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