Continental Rails II

Game # 19 - Turn # 6

Headline News 1851 to 1852

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1851: California admitted into Union as newest state.
1852: Average life expectancy now almost 42 years.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Griffes dÆargent bought BRL for $4120, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought TP&W for $7931, Railroad Bill bought MC for $9803, Jay Gould bought A&C for $6300, Casey Jones bought A&T for $11543, B bought GM&O for $22467, Jim Hill bought N&C for $9405, Thomas Durant bought SM for $1300.

PCs Merged: A&GW merges into P&FW, A&WP merges into COG, VC merges into C&O, GTW merges into P&LE.

PCs Incorporated: G&C.

New Engines Acquired: C&O bought 04/04/2000, C&H bought 04/04/2000.

New Technologies Acquired: NYC bought Grand Station, CNJ bought Grand Station, PENN bought Grand Station, C&O bought switch yards, C&H bought switch yards, S&G bought Grand Station.

RoWs built: C1 by GT, C4 by NYC, PA10 by CNJ, WV2 by PENN, PA1 by READ, WV1 by B&O, PA7 by C&O, KY1 by N&W, GA8 by C&H, FL5 by SCL, GA7 by S&G, OH3 by LS, OH4 by P&LE.

NYC doubled C&A, C&H doubled NER, SCL doubled GA4.

New RoWs acquired: CNJ got NY1, READ got MD1, C&O got VA2, SCL got FL6, PENN got WV3, LS got OH5, M&C got OH7, P&LE got IN2, N&W got IN4, S&G got AL1, C&H got AL3, COG got AL6, NYC got C5, B&O got OH1, P&FW got IN5.

Loan Recalls: B, Frederik Conrad, Griffes dÆargent, Henry Farham, Railroad Bill.

New railroad Presidents: Griffes dÆargent of G&C.

New Private Companies Available: NO&J, MON, FW&C.

Cornelius Vanderbilt dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $4031. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: B, Stepp, Frederik Conrad

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Boom to Panic.
Best locomotive available: American 4-4-0
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 Casey Jones (2) B (1) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Henry Farham (6) Railroad Bill (9)
Rail Mogul B (1) Casey Jones (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Jay Gould (7) Stepp (10)
Rail Builder Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Frederik Conrad (4) Henry Farham (6) Jim Hill (8) Stepp (10)
Rail Magnate B (1) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Casey Jones (2) Frederik Conrad (4) Henry Farham (6)
Rail Prodigal Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) B (1) Stepp (10) Frederik Conrad (4) Henry Farham (6)
Rail Baron Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) B (1) Casey Jones (2) Henry Farham (6) Stepp (10)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt NYC .... TP&W ....
2 Casey Jones LS CNJ .... A&T
8 Jim Hill COG GT .... N&C
1 B P&LE C&O GM&O ....
9 Railroad Bill N&W M&C MC ....
10 Stepp SCL .... .... ....
5 Griffes d’argent .... G&C BRL ....
7 Jay Gould S&G B&O A&C ....
4 Frederik Conrad C&H .... .... ....
6 Henry Farham PENN P&FW .... ....
11 Thomas Durant READ .... .... SM
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... RF&P ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
12 William Palmer .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 952 136631 79245 99 294542 164745 5 26 0 82
NYC New York Central 1223 233609 137830 95 385401 200253 9 16 0 0
CNJ Central New Jersey 735 106540 58597 99 219586 106056 7 5 1050 458
PENN Pennsylvania 640 107629 61349 97 196576 100357 8 4 605 322
READ Reading 199 45804 26566 99 66606 38247 12 4 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 365 38699 22446 99 96877 35353 4 1 400 307
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 689 80789 46857 99 210179 113085 3 9 1300 396
N&W Norfolk & Western 1074 141312 93266 91 301677 167404 3 4 0 83
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 858 147635 81199 99 237959 120926 10 6 0 125
SCL Sea Coast Line 647 120438 66242 99 185750 88477 11 16 0 0
S&G Savannah & Gulf 549 74607 43273 96 156608 91472 5 4 0 125
COG Central of Georgia 238 37440 22838 96 74792 40094 6 0 0 0
LS Lake Shore 289 41914 24310 99 87946 50610 5 2 600 187
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 513 79804 47085 98 158461 88444 6 1 350 240
P&FW Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne 307 43143 25454 98 92494 50558 5 9 0 0
G&C Greenville & Columbia 94 12012 8529 86 28247 14553 1 0 0 0
M&C Marietta & Cincinnati 193 21625 14056 92 47036 28394 2 2 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 B&M B&H ME1 C1
Unbuilt: none [Regions: AN]
New York Central (NYC ) NYC HRL C&A  (Double) NYNH NY3 B&A C3 C4
Unbuilt: C5 [Regions: ALN]
Central New Jersey (CNJ ) CNJ ERIE PA9 PA10
Unbuilt: NY1 [Regions: AL]
Pennsylvania (PENN) PENN LV PA5 PA6 WV2
Unbuilt: WV3 [Regions: AO]
Reading (READ) READ PA1
Unbuilt: MD1 [Regions: A]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ) B&O WV1
Unbuilt: OH1 [Regions: A]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ) C&O MD2 VC PA7
Unbuilt: VA2 [Regions: AO]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ) N&W N&S R&D W&W VA4 VA5 KY1
Unbuilt: IN4 [Regions: AO]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ) C&H  (Double) NER  (Double) W&M SC4 GA1 GA8
Unbuilt: AL3 [Regions: AD]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ) SCL  (Double) GA4  (Double) FL4 FL5
Unbuilt: FL6 [Regions: AG]
Savannah & Gulf (S&G ) S&G S&A GA6 GA7
Unbuilt: AL1 [Regions: A]
Central of Georgia (COG ) COG A&WP
Unbuilt: AL6 [Regions: D]
Lake Shore (LS ) LS OH3
Unbuilt: OH5 [Regions: L]
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE) P&LE MRLE GTW OH4
Unbuilt: IN2 [Regions: OL]
Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne (P&FW) P&FW A&GW
Unbuilt: IN5 [Regions: O]
Greenville & Columbia (G&C ) G&C
Unbuilt: none [Regions: ]
Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C ) M&C
Unbuilt: OH7 [Regions: O]

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 27 34 41 +14  1274 4644 116 8 8 7
NYC 41 46 52 +11  1527 6052 70 3 3
CNJ 36 43 51 +15  941 3595 80 2 2 9
PENN 43 37 32 -11  534 3125 80 6 6 2
READ 34 63 93 +59  151 948 47 11 11
B&O 73 54 35 -38  161 1731 102 7 7 2 5
C&O 50 48 46 -4  449 3224 221 1 1
N&W 34 30 26 -8  1255 5301 73 9 9 1
C&H 46 39 33 -13  829 4218 78 4 4 1
SCL 86 87 89 +3  489 3140 102 10 10 5
S&G 46 37 29 -17  515 2681 64 7 7 8
COG 16 22 28 +12  168 1114 76 8 8 7
LS 26 39 52 +26  298 1392 53 2 2
P&LE 32 32 33 +1  397 2444 121 1 1
P&FW 16 21 27 +11  376 1477 58 6 6
G&C 0 0 18 +18  0 423 47 5 5
M&C 16 20 25 +9  382 965 0 9 9

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
WBSH 570 NO&J 915 MN 510 MON 920 FW&C 570

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