Continental Rails II - DE 4

Game # 16 - Turn # 3

Headline News 1845 to 1846

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1845: First telegraph line laid between Washington and Baltimore.
1846: Congress declares war with Mexico over Texas border incidents!

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Henry Farham bought B&M for $2746, Darkwing bought CNJ for $1010, Cheyenne bought READ for $780, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought C&O for $578, Jim Hill bought COG for $1869.

PCs Merged: NER merges into C&H, S&A merges into SCL, LV merges into PENN, N&S merges into N&W, RF&P merges into N&W, B&A merges into NYC.

PCs Incorporated: C&A, R&D, GT, ERIE.

New Technologies Acquired: NYC bought Grand Station.

New RoWs acquired: C&H got SC4, B&O got WV1.

Loan Recalls: Henry Farham.

New railroad Presidents: Darkwing of GT, Stepp of NYC, Louis McLane of ERIE, Cheyenne of C&A, Jim Hill of PENN, B of R&D, George R. Obberbaron of N&W, Sun-E Storm of SCL.

New Private Companies Available: LS, P&LE, MRLE, P&FW, G&C, GTW.

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

Tycoon Announcements:

2 Sun-E Storm auf in den west!

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Sun-E Storm (2) Jim Hill (9) Frederik Conrad (12) Darkwing (1) George R. Obberbaron (8)
Rail Mogul B (4) Sun-E Storm (2) Matthias W. Baldwin (5) Henry Farham (10) Darkwing (1)
Rail Builder Henry Farham (10) Darkwing (1) Sun-E Storm (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) B (4)
Rail Magnate Sun-E Storm (2) B (4) Henry Farham (10) Darkwing (1) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
Rail Prodigal B (4) Darkwing (1) Sun-E Storm (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Matthias W. Baldwin (5)
Rail Baron B (4) Henry Farham (10) Sun-E Storm (2) Jim Hill (9) Frederik Conrad (12)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
2 Sun-E Storm C&H SCL .... ....
8 George R. Obberbaron N&W .... .... ....
9 Jim Hill PENN .... .... COG
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt .... .... C&O ....
6 Stepp NYC .... .... ....
12 Frederik Conrad .... .... .... ....
1 Darkwing .... GT CNJ ....
11 Louis McLane ERIE .... .... ....
4 B B&O R&D .... ....
5 Matthias W. Baldwin .... .... HRL ....
10 Henry Farham .... .... B&M ....
13 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
7 Cheyenne .... C&A .... READ
14 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
15 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 73   12953   9974   83   15707   12343   1   0   0   0  
NYC New York Central 349   40942   23746   99   64504   30707   5   0   0   0  
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 287   26165   19362   86   48663   38237   -1   0   0   0  
C&A Camden & Amboy 92   19988   15391   83   21867   17183   2   0   0   0  
PENN Pennsylvania 234   39055   23824   99   49374   21647   8   1   0   0  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160   15778   9625   99   34278   1267   4   11   1025   0  
R&D Richmond & Danville 76   11818   8745   86   15553   12222   1   0   0   0  
N&W Norfolk & Western 442   47364   31260   94   80818   50268   2   8   0   0  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 314   38155   23275   99   63122   27762   5   2   0   0  
SCL Sea Coast Line 277   41985   25611   99   56882   21943   7   6   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 B&A
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):   ERIE
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Camden & Amboy (C&A ):   C&A
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN LV
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O
Unbuilt:: WV1 [Regions: A]
Richmond & Danville (R&D ):   R&D
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W N&S RF&P
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ):   C&H NER
Unbuilt:: SC4 [Regions: A]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):   SCL S&A
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]

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   13   +13  0   329   36   1   1  
NYC 25   26   28   +3  192   1652   100   6   6   5     10    
ERIE 0   0   13   +13  0   1292   143   11   11  
C&A 0   0   13   +13  0   414   46   7   7  
PENN 23   31   39   +16  145   1106   69   9   9  
B&O 19   24   30   +11  266   808   0   4   4   12    
R&D 0   0   13   +13  0   342   38   4   4  
N&W 27   24   22   -5  192   2032   182   8   8  
C&H 15   16   18   +3  202   1484   92   2   2  
SCL 17   20   23   +6  261   1317   75   2   2  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
B&H 550   NYNH 550   W&W 600   W&M 665   S&G 785   LS 910   P&LE 655  
MRLE 690   P&FW 955   G&C 470   GTW 535  

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