Continental Rails II - DE 4

Game # 16 - Turn # 10

Headline News 1859 to 1860

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1859: John Brown is executed after seizing arsenal at Harper's Ferry.
1860: Rich silver strike at Comstock Lode in Nevada Territory.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Louis McLane bought CB&Q for $15936, Stepp bought MP for $22001, B bought V&T for $1406, Frederik Conrad bought L&A for $5324, Stepp bought CP for $22001, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought SL&A for $3011.

PCs Merged: FEC merges into C&H.

PCs Incorporated: M&LR, C&NW, CRIP.

New Engines Acquired: PENN bought 04/04/2000, N&W bought 04/04/2000, A&GW bought 04/04/2000.

New Technologies Acquired: B&O bought switch yards, NO&J bought switch yards.

RoWs built: IN7 by NYC, OH7 by C&A, KY5 by PENN, KY11 by B&O, TN6 by N&W, FL5 by C&H, KY13 by COG, MS1 by A&WP, MI1 by A&GW, TN13 by WBSH, AL4 by A&T, MS3 by GM&O, TN8 by NO&J.

WBSH doubled WBSH, NO&J doubled NO&J, IC doubled IC.

New RoWs acquired: C&A got IN4, MON got IN6, R&D got IN8, IC got IL2, NYC got IL4, O&M got IL7, COG got IL8, B&O got KY10, C&H got TN5, NO&J got TN7, N&W got TN9, WBSH got TN14, A&T got MS2, PENN got KY3.

Loan Recalls: Cornelius Vanderbilt, Stepp, George R. Obberbaron.

New railroad Presidents: Jim Hill of A&WP, Cheyenne of C&NW, Cornelius Vanderbilt of CRIP.

New Private Companies Available: MS, WP, MKT, SLSW, GW.

Sun-E Storm dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $5432. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Stepp, Jim Hill, B, George R. Obberbaron, Darkwing, Louis McLane

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Normal.
Best locomotive available: Mogul 2-6-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Jim Hill (9) Sun-E Storm (2) Louis McLane (11) B (4) Darkwing (1)
Rail Mogul B (4) Darkwing (1) Jim Hill (9) Stepp (6) Sun-E Storm (2)
Rail Builder Frederik Conrad (12) Stepp (6) Louis McLane (11) Darkwing (1) Jim Hill (9)
Rail Magnate Frederik Conrad (12) Stepp (6) Louis McLane (11) Darkwing (1) Sun-E Storm (2)
Rail Prodigal B (4) Jim Hill (9) George R. Obberbaron (8) Stepp (6) Darkwing (1)
Rail Baron Jim Hill (9) Stepp (6) B (4) Louis McLane (11) Frederik Conrad (12)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
11 Louis McLane .... C&A CB&Q ....
1 Darkwing NO&J PENN C&EI ....
9 Jim Hill A&WP COG .... L&N
4 B WBSH R&D .... V&T
2 Sun-E Storm C&H .... .... ....
12 Frederik Conrad B&O A&T L&A ....
6 Stepp NYC .... CP MP
7 Cheyenne A&GW C&NW .... ....
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt N&W CRIP SL&A ....
8 George R. Obberbaron O&M MON .... ....
5 Matthias W. Baldwin .... .... .... ....
13 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
15 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
14 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
10 Henry Farham .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
B&H Boston & Hartford 110   17993   12775   86   20310   17010   3   15   0   0  
NYC New York Central 2653   418701   230286   99   678424   427531   7   8   0   228  
C&A Camden & Amboy 2458   402087   237231   95   670934   465496   5   6   0   306  
PENN Pennsylvania 1444   191356   122469   93   355726   237690   2   1   404   587  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 1609   229501   126226   99   387725   219237   6   3   0   173  
R&D Richmond & Danville 848   98468   58097   95   209002   144196   2   1   505   370  
N&W Norfolk & Western 1828   192332   105782   99   375886   230799   4   2   0   659  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 2016   255067   140287   99   457844   133044   7   4   0   0  
COG Central of Georgia 982   133484   74752   98   216871   162296   3   4   0   501  
A&WP Atlanta & West Point 470   70402   40833   99   112718   69889   6   1   0   194  
A&GW Atlantic & Great Western 309   40850   25736   94   61460   48990   3   2   0   0  
WBSH Wabash Line 484   62225   36090   99   114326   82651   3   9   550   669  
A&T Alabama & Tennessee 446   48528   30088   95   80400   61672   2   1   1010   0  
GM&O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 325   30350   19121   94   58972   44449   1   0   0   570  
NO&J New Orleans & Jackson 651   82959   48946   98   130135   101792   4   9   200   500  
O&M Ohio & Mississippi 165   18761   11632   95   31503   24047   2   2   825   0  
MON Monon Line 184   22878   16243   86   36073   27557   1   2   560   0  
IC Illinois Central 185   30587   18964   95   39260   29105   6   0   545   0  
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 120   17922   12545   87   26795   19405   2   0   0   0  
CRIP Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 150   20047   14835   83   32015   23185   0   0   0   0  
M&LR Memphis & Little Rock 132   14408   10230   86   26447   19153   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]
New York Central (NYC ):   NYC B&A HRL  (Double) NY3 PA11 GTW P&LE OH5 OH6 C&C
IN3 GT B&M C2 C3 NY1 PA8 IN7
Unbuilt:: IL4 [Regions: AOLCN]
Camden & Amboy (C&A ):   C&A READ PA2 MD1 MD2 ERIE NYNH NY2 C4 C5 MC
MN PA7 MI5 LS OH3 TP&W OH7
Unbuilt:: IN4 [Regions: AOLCN]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN LV PA5 PA6 WV2 CNJ PA9 PA10 WV3 KY2 KY5
Unbuilt:: KY3 [Regions: AOL]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O WV1 OH1 P&FW M&C OH4 MRLE  (Double) IN1  (Double) IN2
IN9 KY11
Unbuilt:: KY10 [Regions: AOLC]
Richmond & Danville (R&D ):   R&D  (Double) VA4  (Double) VA5 KY1 VA7 IN5
Unbuilt:: IN8 [Regions: AO]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W N&S RF&P C&O NC2 W&W SC5 BRL VC TN2 TN4
TN6
Unbuilt:: TN9 [Regions: AD]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ):   C&H NER SC4 G&C GA1 W&M SCL S&A GA4 FL4 A&C
FEC FL5
Unbuilt:: TN5 [Regions: ADG]
Central of Georgia (COG ):   COG  (Double) GA8 GA2  (Double) S&G AL3 TN12 KY13
Unbuilt:: IL8 [Regions: AD]
Atlanta & West Point (A&WP):   A&WP  (Double) AL6 AL7 MS1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: DG]
Atlantic & Great Western (A&GW):   A&GW OH2 MI1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: OL]
Wabash Line (WBSH):   WBSH  (Double) IN10 KY12 TN13
Unbuilt:: TN14 [Regions: O]
Alabama & Tennessee (A&T ):   A&T N&C AL4
Unbuilt:: MS2 [Regions: D]
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O):   GM&O MS3
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: G]
New Orleans & Jackson (NO&J):   NO&J  (Double) SM MS6 TN8
Unbuilt:: TN7 [Regions: MG]
Ohio & Mississippi (O&M ):   O&M
Unbuilt:: IL7 [Regions: O]
Monon Line (MON ):   MON
Unbuilt:: IN6 [Regions: C]
Illinois Central (IC ):   IC  (Double)
Unbuilt:: IL2 [Regions: C]
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW):   C&NW
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):   CRIP
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR):   M&LR
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   22   28   +11  186   550   0     3   4    
NYC 33   32   32   -1  3655   13222   50   6   6  
C&A 48   45   42   -6  2834   12239   51   11   11   7    
PENN 40   42   44   +4  1426   7170   55   1   1   9    
B&O 27   26   26   -1  1980   8011   42   12   12   4    
R&D 33   30   27   -6  1275   4240   0   4   4  
N&W 50   42   35   -15  1481   9067   77   3   3   8     9    
C&H 28   27   27   -1  2314   9842   251   2   2  
COG 28   27   27   -1  1747   7260   80   9   9   1    
A&WP 37   50   63   +26  480   2192   158   9   9  
A&GW 28   33   38   +10  357   1516   29   7   7  
WBSH 44   49   54   +10  547   2376   44   4   4   1    
A&T 39   60   81   +42  254   2154   76   12   12   11    
GM&O 23   34   45   +22  183   1530   95     4  
NO&J 55   59   63   +8  845   3183   72   1   1   9    
O&M 13   18   24   +11  338   825   0   8   8  
MON 13   20   27   +14  380   920   0   8   8  
IC 13   17   22   +9  367   925   0     9  
C&NW 0   0   14   +14  0   540   60   7   7  
CRIP 0   0   14   +14  0   675   75   3   3  
M&LR 0   0   14   +14  0   594   66     10  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
MS 1020   FW&C 570   CASL 925   CNS 425   WP 710   MKT 1630   SLSW 775  
GW 700  

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