Continental Rails II

Game # 21 - Turn # 5

Headline News 1849 to 1850

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1849: Gold found at Sutter's mill in California! Gold rush begins!
1850: Samuel Colt builds factory to manufacture new repeating pistol.

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: William Palmer bought R&D for $551, Henry Farham bought P&FW for $8551, J. Pierpont Morgan bought G&C for $2000, Eugene de Segur bought BRL for $4011, Leland Stanford bought A&GW for $3638.
  • PCs Merged: NYNH merges into NYC, LS merges into NYC.
  • PCs Incorporated: MRLE, READ, GTW.
  • New Engines Acquired: B&M bought 04/04/2000, GT bought 04/04/2000, B&H bought 04/04/2000, NYC bought 04/04/2000, C&O bought 04/04/2000, RF&P bought 04/04/2000, N&W bought 04/04/2000, C&H bought 04/04/2000, S&A bought 04/04/2000, SCL bought 04/04/2000, P&LE bought 04/04/2000.
  • New Technologies Acquired: NYC bought Grand Station, SCL bought switch yards.
  • RoWs built: C4 by NYC, PA5 by PENN, WV1 by B&O, MD2 by C&O, NC2 by N&W, SC2 by W&M, SC3 by C&H, GA1 by S&A, GA4 by SCL, GA6 by S&G.
  • NYC doubled HRL, C&H doubled SC1, SCL doubled SCL.
  • New RoWs acquired: B&M got ME1, PENN got PA6, C&O got PA7, N&W got VA2, W&M got NC1, S&G got GA7, S&A got GA8, SCL got FL4, B&O got OH1, GT got C2, NYC got C5, C&H got SC5.
  • Loan Recalls: Nicholas van Rijn, Eudes L'Artuby, J. Pierpont Morgan, Henry Farham.
  • New railroad Presidents: Eudes L'Artuby of READ, Henry Farham of MRLE, Milton Littlefield of GTW.
  • New Private Companies Available: COG, M&C, VC, A&WP, TP&W, WBSH, MC, A&C, A&T, GM&O, N&C.
  • Henry Farham dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $2015. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Jay Gould
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Depression.
  • 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 Eugene de Segur (10) Milton Littlefield (6) Henry Farham (11) Eudes L'Artuby (2) Nicolas Koechlin (8)
Rail Mogul Henry Farham (11) Leland Stanford (5) Nicholas van Rijn (1) Thomas Scott (7) Eugene de Segur (10)
Rail Builder Milton Littlefield (6) Leland Stanford (5) Eugene de Segur (10) Nicholas van Rijn (1) Eudes L'Artuby (2)
Rail Magnate Milton Littlefield (6) Leland Stanford (5) Nicholas van Rijn (1) Eudes L'Artuby (2) J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
Rail Prodigal Jay Gould (9) Henry Farham (11) Nicholas van Rijn (1) Eudes L'Artuby (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Rail Baron Milton Littlefield (6) Henry Farham (11) Leland Stanford (5) Eugene de Segur (10) Nicholas van Rijn (1)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
10 Eugene de Segur .... B&M BRL ....
6 Milton Littlefield NYC GTW .... ....
11 Henry Farham MRLE S&G .... P&FW
7 Thomas Scott N&W C&O .... ....
9 Jay Gould .... .... .... ....
2 Eudes L'Artuby SCL READ .... ....
5 Leland Stanford C&H S&A A&GW ....
8 Nicolas Koechlin B&O .... .... ....
1 Nicholas van Rijn P&LE RF&P .... ....
12 William Palmer GT B&H R&D ....
4 J. Pierpont Morgan W&M .... .... G&C
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
13 George R. Obberbaron .... .... .... ....
3 J. Edgar Thompson .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
B&M Boston & Maine 145 17161 10468 96 20956 19702 3 4 680 0
GT Grand Trunk 73 11670 6885 98 11557 11033 6 0 0 0
B&H Boston & Hartford 110 14869 8921 97 16445 15655 4 0 0 0
NYC New York Central 1359 178585 101795 97 272269 145835 5 3 0 387
PENN Pennsylvania 595 92196 57160 95 151283 84255 4 13 440 0
READ Reading 104 16086 11099 88 16964 15661 3 0 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 365 27801 17236 95 63964 29330 1 7 0 717
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 246 21076 13489 96 53866 37249 -2 1 750 0
RF&P Richmond, Fred. & Potomac 117 13098 8776 90 15142 12426 2 1 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 480 42457 25049 98 114870 60383 0 1 1300 101
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 363 34736 21536 95 93969 54896 -1 0 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 380 54431 31570 99 69137 30603 7 4 0 0
S&A Savannah & Augusta 309 34867 20571 98 72743 47729 1 1 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 635 84434 46438 99 149755 70062 5 4 0 516
S&G Savannah & Gulf 282 29951 18570 95 71387 44843 0 1 0 0
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 131 16555 11920 85 17274 14107 2 1 0 0
MRLE Mad River & Lake Erie 138 13618 9669 86 19070 17605 0 0 0 0
GTW Grand Trunk Western 107 11248 7761 88 14858 13717 1 0 0 0

Railroad Lines:

Regions:  A = Atlantic ;  D = Deep South ;  O = Ohio ;  L = Great Lakes ;  C = Central ;  M = Mississippi ;  G = Gulf ;  W = Midwest ;  S = Southwest ;  T = Mountain ;  P = Pacific ;  N = Canada ;  X = Mexico 
  • Boston & Maine (B&M)
  • Grand Trunk (GT)
  • Boston & Hartford (B&H)
  • New York Central (NYC)
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
  • Reading (READ)
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
  • Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
  • Richmond, Fred. & Potomac (RF&P)
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
  • Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
  • Savannah & Augusta (S&A)
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
  • Savannah & Gulf (S&G)
  • Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE)
  • Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE)
  • Grand Trunk Western (GTW)

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&M 10 13 17 +7  291 725 0 10 10
GT 10 12 15 +5  137 365 0 12 12
B&H 10 11 13 +3  165 550 0 12 12 11
NYC 29 29 30 +1  1277 6481 321 6 6 9 10
PENN 50 50 50 +0  900 2913 67   11
READ 0 0 11 +11  0 468 52 2 2
B&O 34 40 46 +12  266 1731 102 8 8 7
C&O 21 17 13 -8  135 1154 76 7 7
RF&P 10 11 12 +2  203 541 44 1 1 7
N&W 22 20 19 -3  468 2327 77 7 7
W&M 23 19 15 -8  368 1760 55 4 4
C&H 39 36 34 -5  368 1852 54 5 5
S&A 29 32 36 +7  134 1460 85 5 5
SCL 39 36 34 -5  619 3093 89 2 2 1
S&G 30 25 20 -10  224 1348 62 11 11
P&LE 10 11 13 +3  244 606 49 1 1 9
MRLE 0 0 11 +11  0 621 69 11 11
GTW 0 0 11 +11  0 482 53 6 6

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
COG Central of Georgia 430
M&C Marietta & Cincinnati 965
VC Virginia Central 1465
A&WP Atlanta & West Point 760
TP&W Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw 700
WBSH Wabash Line 570
MC Michigan Central 760
A&C Atlanta & Chattanooga 685
A&T Alabama & Tennessee 715
GM&O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 675
N&C Nashville & Chattanooga 755

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