Continental Rails II - Club DE

Game # 14 - 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: Darkwing bought A&C for $5557, Sun-E Storm bought A&T for $999, Darkwing bought N&C for $4446, Gyro Gearloose bought O&M for $6313, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought MON for $3172, Heckenspecht bought C&C for $2511.

PCs Merged: P&LE merges into MRLE, TP&W merges into NYC, GTW merges into ERIE, W&M merges into W&W.

PCs Incorporated: MC, GM&O.

New Engines Acquired: C&O bought Norris 4-2-0, W&W bought Norris 4-2-0.

New Technologies Acquired: SCL bought Grand Station, COG bought Grand Station.

RoWs built: OH5 by NYC, PA8 by ERIE, MD2 by C&A, C5 by PENN, WV2 by READ, OH4 by B&O, VA5 by C&O, TN2 by N&W, AL3 by S&A, FL5 by SCL.

NYC doubled NY3, READ doubled READ, N&W doubled R&D, SCL doubled C&H.

New RoWs acquired: ERIE got NY1, READ got PA3, C&A got PA7, SCL got FL6, NYC got MI6, B&O got IN1, M&C got IN4, C&O got KY1, N&W got TN4, S&A got TN10, COG got AL6.

Loan Recalls: Darkwing, B.

New railroad Presidents: Thomas Durant of READ, Cornelius Vanderbilt of W&W, McPenguin of SCL, Salvator of MRLE, Gyro Gearloose of MC, B of GM&O.

New Private Companies Available: MS, C&EI, L&N, IC.

B dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $4112. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Cornelius Vanderbilt, McPenguin, Darkwing, Salvator

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Boom to Panic.
Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards

Tycoon Announcements:

8 McPenguin jpc danard schrieb:

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron B (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Gyro Gearloose (12) Darkwing (5) Vanderbilt (9)
Rail Mogul B (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Darkwing (5) Vanderbilt (9) Heckenspecht (13)
Rail Builder B (10) Vanderbilt (9) Heckenspecht (13) Salvator (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
Rail Magnate B (10) Heckenspecht (13) Salvator (2) Vanderbilt (9) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
Rail Prodigal B (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Darkwing (5) McPenguin (8) Salvator (2)
Rail Baron B (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Vanderbilt (9) Heckenspecht (13) Darkwing (5)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt W&W C&O .... MON
12 Gyro Gearloose N&W MC O&M ....
10 B GM&O M&C .... ....
9 Vanderbilt NYC GT .... ....
2 Salvator C&A MRLE .... ....
5 Darkwing B&O COG A&C N&C
13 Heckenspecht ERIE S&A C&C ....
8 McPenguin SCL .... MN ....
1 Sun-E Storm .... .... .... A&T
6 Mr. Winterbottom .... .... .... ....
7 Thomas Durant READ .... .... ....
15 Calypso .... .... .... ....
11 Salvatore Petrillo B&A .... .... ....
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 329   46552   29327   94   93406   58284   4   6   0   0  
B&A Boston & Albany 346   55625   36712   91   93435   45685   5   0   0   0  
NYC New York Central 846   125744   69159   99   271859   132908   7   4   550   107  
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 854   119884   82720   85   213268   132057   3   3   0   0  
C&A Camden & Amboy 987   198571   117157   95   281165   173050   10   4   300   0  
PENN Pennsylvania 933   184343   106918   99   266372   129554   11   1   0   177  
READ Reading 510   91316   53876   98   143432   86374   8   16   0   427  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 677   98226   55006   98   167828   82550   7   16   0   8  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 501   52677   31080   98   144146   81074   2   25   730   44  
N&W Norfolk & Western 1345   174931   96211   99   354173   204868   6   5   111   72  
W&W Wilmington & Weldon 253   31383   21340   89   66750   33104   2   0   0   0  
S&A Savannah & Augusta 785   120626   66345   99   225932   131468   7   3   0   0  
SCL Sea Coast Line 961   171311   94220   99   260590   123206   10   16   176   526  
COG Central of Georgia 423   59972   33584   98   114880   65889   6   9   119   0  
MRLE Mad River & Lake Erie 269   45484   32293   86   81263   40967   4   2   0   0  
M&C Marietta & Cincinnati 309   40668   23587   99   81755   44406   6   1   625   0  
MC Michigan Central 152   20382   14879   84   46727   24073   1   0   0   0  
GM&O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 135   18151   13432   83   40919   21081   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)
Grand Trunk (GT ):   GT C2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AN]
Boston & Albany (B&A ):   B&A B&M
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
New York Central (NYC ):   NYC  (Double) NY3  (Double) PA11 OH3 TP&W OH5
Unbuilt:: MI6 [Regions: L]
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):   ERIE NY2 LS GTW PA8
Unbuilt:: NY1 [Regions: AL]
Camden & Amboy (C&A ):   C&A  (Double) NYNH PA1 B&H MD1 HRL C3 MD2
Unbuilt:: PA7 [Regions: AN]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN LV  (Double) PA9 CNJ PA10 C4 C5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ALN]
Reading (READ):   READ  (Double) PA5 PA6 WV2
Unbuilt:: PA3 [Regions: AO]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O WV1 PA2  (Double) OH1 OH4
Unbuilt:: IN1 [Regions: A]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):   C&O VA4 VA5
Unbuilt:: KY1 [Regions: A]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W  (Double) R&D  (Double) RF&P  (Double) N&S  (Double) VA2 VC SC5
TN2
Unbuilt:: TN4 [Regions: A]
Wilmington & Weldon (W&W ):   W&W W&M
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Savannah & Augusta (S&A ):   S&A GA1 S&G GA8 AL3
Unbuilt:: TN10 [Regions: AD]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):   SCL  (Double) NER GA4 C&H  (Double) FL4 FL5
Unbuilt:: FL6 [Regions: AG]
Central of Georgia (COG ):   COG BRL A&WP
Unbuilt:: AL6 [Regions: D]
Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE):   MRLE P&LE
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: OL]
Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C ):   M&C A&GW
Unbuilt:: IN4 [Regions: O]
Michigan Central (MC ):   MC
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: L]
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O):   GM&O
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: G]

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 48   58   68   +20  530   1645   0   9   9   8    
B&A 22   24   26   +4  502   1619   111   11   9  
NYC 42   37   32   -10  1317   4107   130   9   9  
ERIE 31   33   36   +5  905   4180   90   13   13   2    
C&A 40   49   58   +18  1206   4859   76   2   2   1     10    
PENN 42   38   35   -7  1180   4545   125     10  
READ 37   35   34   -3  533   2470   80   7   10  
B&O 51   49   48   -3  585   3325   68   5   5   1     6    
C&O 62   56   50   -12  224   2367   138   3   3   12    
N&W 58   63   69   +11  1713   6630   99   12   12   3    
W&W 24   25   27   +3  185   1165   100   3   3   15    
S&A 37   32   27   -10  822   3844   81   13   13   1     10    
SCL 67   69   72   +5  1027   4716   102   8   3   10    
COG 41   36   32   -9  558   2115   0   5   5   15    
MRLE 16   17   18   +2  246   1228   117   2   2  
M&C 27   35   44   +17  476   1415   130   10   10   12    
MC 0   0   18   +18  0   684   76   12   12  
GM&O 0   0   18   +18  0   608   67   10   10  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
P&FW 955   G&C 470   WBSH 570   NO&J 915   SM 220   MS 1020   FW&C 570  
C&EI 920   L&N 930   IC 925  

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