Continental Rails II - DE 5

Game # 17 - 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: Stepp bought C&NW for $25432, Dan Drew bought M&LR for $9581, B bought L&A for $7505, Maldonash bought WP for $31543.

PCs Merged: CNJ merges into ERIE, FEC merges into C&H, MON merges into N&W, C&EI merges into M&C, IC merges into NYC.

PCs Incorporated: CASL.

New Engines Acquired: N&W bought Norris 4-2-0, W&M bought Norris 4-2-0, BRL bought Norris 4-2-0.

New Technologies Acquired: NYC bought coal burning engines, ERIE bought coal burning engines, PENN bought coal burning engines, READ bought coal burning engines, B&O bought coal burning engines, C&O bought coal burning engines, N&W bought steel rails, W&M bought steel rails, W&M bought coal burning engines, C&H bought coal burning engines, COG bought coal burning engines, M&C bought coal burning engines, A&WP bought coal burning engines, GM&O bought coal burning engines, N&C bought coal burning engines, NO&J bought coal burning engines, SM bought coal burning engines, L&N bought coal burning engines, CRIP bought coal burning engines, CB&Q bought coal burning engines.

RoWs built: IL4 by NYC, IN8 by ERIE, KY3 by PENN, NC2 by READ, IL2 by B&O, TN6 by C&O, TN12 by N&W, KY7 by C&H, SC1 by COG, KY8 by M&C, AL8 by A&WP, AL2 by GM&O, TN8 by N&C, MS6 by NO&J.

NYC doubled B&H, C&O doubled MS, C&H doubled GA1, M&C doubled IN4, A&WP doubled AL7.

New RoWs acquired: READ got SC3, PENN got OH7, B&O got IL1, O&M got IL3, ERIE got IL5, M&C got KY10, L&N got TN7, C&O got TN9, NO&J got MS3, A&WP got MS4, CB&Q got IA1, CRIP got IA8, NYC got OH8, N&W got IL9, C&H got TN13.

Loan Recalls: Maldonash, Milton Littlefield, B.

Stock splits: ERIE splits 2 for 1, B&O splits 3 for 1.

Cornered stocks: B&O.

New railroad Presidents: Milton Littlefield of ERIE.

New Private Companies Available: CP, UP, SL&A, MKT, SLSF, SLSW, GW.

Stepp dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $11230. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Milton Littlefield, Henry Farham, Darkwing, B, Franziskus, Maldonash, George R. Obberbaron, Dan Drew, Frederik Conrad

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

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Darkwing (4) Cornelius Vanderbilt (9) Stepp (8) Dan Drew (10) Frederik Conrad (6)
Rail Mogul Dan Drew (10) Darkwing (4) Maldonash (2) Frederik Conrad (6) B (7)
Rail Builder Dan Drew (10) Stepp (8) Henry Farham (11) Frederik Conrad (6) B (7)
Rail Magnate Henry Farham (11) Stepp (8) Dan Drew (10) Frederik Conrad (6) B (7)
Rail Prodigal B (7) George R. Obberbaron (1) Milton Littlefield (3) Stepp (8) Darkwing (4)
Rail Baron Stepp (8) Dan Drew (10) B (7) Darkwing (4) Frederik Conrad (6)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
4 Darkwing B&O L&N .... ....
6 Frederik Conrad CRIP C&O .... ....
3 Milton Littlefield NO&J ERIE .... ....
5 Mister MP .... READ .... ....
11 Henry Farham .... N&C .... ....
10 Dan Drew O&M C&H M&LR ....
8 Stepp NYC .... .... C&NW
2 Maldonash GM&O M&C .... WP
9 Cornelius Vanderbilt .... .... GT MN
12 Franziskus .... .... .... ....
1 George R. Obberbaron PENN A&WP C&C MP
7 B N&W CB&Q .... L&A
15 J. Pierpont Morgan .... .... .... ....
14 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
13 Thomas Scott .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
NYC New York Central 2370   520258   270534   99   697416   413304   14   16   0   81  
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 1915   345506   186573   97   570654   352508   9   9   0   111  
PENN Pennsylvania 1189   214975   113936   98   350173   135582   11   8   510   218  
READ Reading 723   117891   61304   99   273857   159803   7   0   0   1  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 1099   176668   91868   99   311888   173164   5   9   0   209  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 2170   374478   194728   99   572705   283385   11   10   0   536  
N&W Norfolk & Western 2072   293116   161213   96   578896   341260   6   4   1150   280  
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 343   39490   22114   98   90319   46781   4   2   0   180  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 2936   538228   279877   99   836874   252771   12   9   0   755  
COG Central of Georgia 552   82980   45639   99   163055   90584   7   1   0   69  
M&C Marietta & Cincinnati 754   113150   63365   98   219003   129654   6   4   375   437  
A&WP Atlanta & West Point 586   84625   44006   99   165284   95147   7   1   480   266  
BRL Blue Ridge Line 185   21420   13923   92   46194   20043   3   0   0   0  
GM&O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 387   54559   30553   98   114052   68473   5   4   0   379  
N&C Nashville & Chattanooga 295   37405   21321   97   85788   50543   4   0   0   0  
NO&J New Orleans & Jackson 463   52837   29060   99   131673   77413   4   0   950   490  
SM Southern Mississippi 44   9433   6131   89   13941   7055   9   6   0   0  
O&M Ohio & Mississippi 165   21329   12797   94   43671   26129   4   0   0   0  
L&N Louisville & Nashville 186   25361   14963   95   50884   30252   4   1   500   0  
CRIP Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 150   23503   14337   93   42258   25292   5   4   1005   0  
CB&Q Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 190   26642   14653   99   53106   31374   6   4   650   0  
CASL Chicago, Alton & St. Louis 185   25421   16778   88   52559   29566   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)
New York Central (NYC ):   NYC  (Double) HRL  (Double) B&A  (Double) B&M  (Double) B&H  (Double) NY3
PA11 NYNH  (Double) C3 MRLE OH4 P&FW IN2 IN7 IC
IL4
Unbuilt:: OH8 [Regions: AOLCMN]
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):   ERIE NY2 C4  (Double) C5  (Double) MC NY1 GTW TP&W MI1
IN1  (Double) IN3 CNJ IN8
Unbuilt:: IL5 [Regions: ALCN]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN  (Double) LV  (Double) C&A  (Double) PA5 PA6  (Double) WV2 WV3
KY2 KY6 KY3
Unbuilt:: OH7 [Regions: AO]
Reading (READ):   READ PA3 MD1 VA7 VA3 VA1 NC2
Unbuilt:: SC3 [Regions: A]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O  (Double) WV1 OH1 A&GW  (Double) OH2 WBSH  (Double) MI2 IN10
IL2
Unbuilt:: IL1 [Regions: AOL]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):   C&O  (Double) RF&P  (Double) MD2 VA2 SC5 TN2 TN4 P&LE  (Double)
LS  (Double) OH3 OH5 FW&C  (Double) PA7 MS  (Double) TN6
Unbuilt:: TN9 [Regions: AOLC]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W R&D  (Double) N&S VA4 VA5 VC W&W KY1 IN5 IN9
KY13 MON TN12
Unbuilt:: IL9 [Regions: AOC]
Wilmington & Manchester (W&M ):   W&M SC2 NC1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ):   C&H  (Double) SC4 NER G&C GA1  (Double) SCL  (Double) S&G  (Double)
GA6 GA8  (Double) A&T AL3 TN11 TN5 S&A  (Double) GA4  (Double)
FL4 FL5 FL6 FEC KY7
Unbuilt:: TN13 [Regions: ADOMG]
Central of Georgia (COG ):   COG GA3 GA2 SC1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AD]
Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C ):   M&C IN4  (Double) IN6 C&EI KY8
Unbuilt:: KY10 [Regions: OC]
Atlanta & West Point (A&WP):   A&WP A&C AL6  (Double) AL7  (Double) AL8
Unbuilt:: MS4 [Regions: DG]
Blue Ridge Line (BRL ):   BRL
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: D]
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O):   GM&O AL4 AL2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: DG]
Nashville & Chattanooga (N&C ):   N&C TN8
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ]
New Orleans & Jackson (NO&J):   NO&J MS6
Unbuilt:: MS3 [Regions: G]
Southern Mississippi (SM ):   SM
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
Ohio & Mississippi (O&M ):   O&M
Unbuilt:: IL3 [Regions: O]
Louisville & Nashville (L&N ):   L&N
Unbuilt:: TN7 [Regions: O]
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):   CRIP
Unbuilt:: IA8 [Regions: C]
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q):   CB&Q
Unbuilt:: IA1 [Regions: C]
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL):   CASL
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
NYC 69   63   57   -12  1698   11705   152   8   8   9     12    
ERIE 85   96   53   +21  1608   18916   234   3   3   11    
PENN 62   53   44   -18  1108   5845   105   1   1   4     9    
READ 54   60   66   +12  628   3538   77   5   5   2     4     10    
B&O 92   111   43   +37  927   26811   162   4   4   2     5     6    
C&O 56   49   43   -13  2444   10773   77   6   6   3     12    
N&W 40   33   27   -13  2837   10228   136   7   7  
W&M 40   31   23   -17  539   1636   79     10   2    
C&H 63   55   48   -15  2524   14454   239   10   10   3    
COG 38   33   29   -9  556   2603   157     2   4     10    
M&C 41   44   48   +7  637   3608   162   2   2  
A&WP 91   73   56   -35  598   2841   89   1   1   6    
BRL 43   34   26   -17  164   895   30     6   2     7     10    
GM&O 61   70   79   +18  540   1885   50   2   2   1     4    
N&C 33   42   52   +19  183   1403   72   11   11  
NO&J 38   68   99   +61  228   2175   140   3   3  
SM 16   21   26   +10  91   203   17     10  
O&M 16   17   18   +2  263   825   0   10   10   11    
L&N 16   21   26   +10  364   930   0   4   4  
CRIP 16   28   40   +24  335   750   0   6   6  
CB&Q 16   24   32   +16  403   950   0   7   7  
CASL 0   0   17   +17  0   833   92     11  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
CP 770   UP 525   SL&A 495   MKT 1630   SLSF 1195   SLSW 775   GW 700  

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