Continental Rails II - Club DE

Game # 14 - Turn # 4

Headline News 1847 to 1848

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1847: U.S. and Britain reach peaceful agreement on Oregon border.
1848: Mexican war ends; California ceded to U.S.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Cornelius Vanderbilt bought N&S for $1380, Heckenspecht bought LS for $1111, Salvator bought MRLE for $700, B bought M&C for $4507.

PCs Merged: NYNH merges into C&A.

PCs Incorporated: HRL, GT, COG, W&W.

New Technologies Acquired: NYC bought Grand Station, ERIE bought Grand Station, C&A bought switch yards, B&O bought switch yards, C&O bought switch yards, N&W bought Grand Station, N&W bought switch yards, C&H bought switch yards, S&A bought switch yards, SCL bought switch yards.

RoWs built: NY3 by NYC, PA9 by PENN, WV1 by B&O.

C&A doubled C&A, N&W doubled N&W, SCL doubled SCL.

New RoWs acquired: ERIE got NY2, C&A got PA1, B&O got PA2, READ got PA5, PENN got PA10, NYC got PA11, C&O got VA4, S&A got GA1, SCL got GA4, N&W got VA2.

New railroad Presidents: Vanderbilt of GT, Salvator of HRL, Calypso of W&W, Cornelius Vanderbilt of C&H, Calypso of COG.

New Private Companies Available: VC, A&WP, BRL, A&GW, TP&W.

B dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1102. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Cornelius Vanderbilt

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Normal to Improved.
Best locomotive available: Lion 0-4-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards

Tycoon Announcements:

1 Sun-E Storm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8 McPenguin --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
15 Calypso --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron B (10) Darkwing (5) Gyro Gearloose (12) Sun-E Storm (1) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
Rail Mogul B (10) Darkwing (5) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Vanderbilt (9) Heckenspecht (13)
Rail Builder Vanderbilt (9) Sun-E Storm (1) Salvator (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) William Palmer (4)
Rail Magnate Darkwing (5) B (10) Salvator (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Vanderbilt (9)
Rail Prodigal B (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Sun-E Storm (1) Salvator (2) William Palmer (4)
Rail Baron B (10) Darkwing (5) Vanderbilt (9) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Gyro Gearloose (12)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
10 B READ PENN M&C ....
5 Darkwing B&O .... .... ....
12 Gyro Gearloose N&W .... .... ....
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt SCL C&H N&S ....
1 Sun-E Storm .... .... B&H ....
6 Mr. Winterbottom .... .... .... ....
9 Vanderbilt NYC GT .... B&M
13 Heckenspecht ERIE S&A LS ....
8 McPenguin .... .... CNJ ....
2 Salvator HRL C&A .... MRLE
15 Calypso COG W&W .... ....
11 Salvatore Petrillo .... .... B&A ....
7 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
4 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
14 Louis McLane .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 73   13540   9613   86   17747   12853   4   0   0   0  
NYC New York Central 297   35367   20513   99   69150   26417   5   4   0   0  
HRL Hudson River Line 142   21438   15007   87   31841   23059   2   0   0   0  
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 287   28101   16299   99   64741   44409   2   1   0   0  
C&A Camden & Amboy 202   49894   33928   89   52509   37331   8   1   0   0  
PENN Pennsylvania 388   56848   35814   97   91254   49239   5   9   800   424  
READ Reading 104   19330   12178   97   27351   19269   6   9   675   0  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 365   31699   18386   99   70890   28138   3   9   0   123  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 94   11510   6676   99   21532   15076   4   4   650   0  
N&W Norfolk & Western 275   44710   25484   97   62665   32468   8   5   520   0  
W&W Wilmington & Weldon 120   13434   9672   85   24011   17389   0   0   0   0  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129   19172   11120   99   23798   495   10   8   0   0  
S&A Savannah & Augusta 138   19888   11535   99   34619   23881   5   1   0   0  
SCL Sea Coast Line 324   58446   33899   99   70606   29142   10   9   695   0  
COG Central of Georgia 86   13202   8845   90   19313   13987   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)
Grand Trunk (GT ):   GT
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
New York Central (NYC ):   NYC NY3
Unbuilt:: PA11 [Regions: L]
Hudson River Line (HRL ):   HRL
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):   ERIE
Unbuilt:: NY2 [Regions: A]
Camden & Amboy (C&A ):   C&A  (Double) NYNH
Unbuilt:: PA1 [Regions: A]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN LV PA9
Unbuilt:: PA10 [Regions: A]
Reading (READ):   READ
Unbuilt:: PA5 [Regions: A]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O WV1
Unbuilt:: PA2 [Regions: A]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):   C&O
Unbuilt:: VA4 [Regions: A]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W  (Double) R&D RF&P
Unbuilt:: VA2 [Regions: A]
Wilmington & Weldon (W&W ):   W&W
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ):   C&H
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Savannah & Augusta (S&A ):   S&A
Unbuilt:: GA1 [Regions: A]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):   SCL  (Double) NER
Unbuilt:: GA4 [Regions: A]
Central of Georgia (COG ):   COG
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: D]

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 0   0   14   +14  0   329   36   9   9  
NYC 22   28   34   +12  235   1418   74   9   9  
HRL 0   0   14   +14  0   639   71   2   2  
ERIE 14   15   16   +2  500   1292   143   13   13  
C&A 14   17   20   +6  180   955   55   2   2   5    
PENN 31   32   33   +2  322   1868   77   10   10  
READ 14   17   21   +7  180   468   52   10   10   7    
B&O 33   40   48   +15  167   1731   102   5   5   1     6    
C&O 14   19   25   +11  185   423   47     3  
N&W 32   32   33   +1  386   1379   0   12   12  
W&W 0   0   14   +14  0   540   60   15   15  
C&H 18   26   35   +17  292   647   4   3   3  
S&A 14   17   20   +6  266   621   69   13   13   10    
SCL 23   25   28   +5  503   1627   0   3   3  
COG 0   0   14   +14  0   387   43   15   15  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
W&M 665   S&G 785   P&LE 655   GTW 535   VC 1465   A&WP 760   BRL 925  
A&GW 580   TP&W 700  

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