1853: Franklin Pearce defeats Winfield Scott in Presidential race.
1854: Wells, Fargo and Company founded in Sacramento.
Railroad News
Private Companies Purchased: William Palmer bought VC for $1467, Eudes L'Artuby bought A&WP for $765, Henry Farham bought WBSH for $6003, Milton Littlefield bought MC for $900, Eudes L'Artuby bought SM for $1268, Jay Gould bought MS for $1514, Thomas Scott bought O&M for $3253, Eugene de Segur bought C&C for $2424, Milton Littlefield bought C&EI for $2200.
PCs Merged: COG merges into SCL, A&C merges into C&H.
RoWs built: C1 by B&M, C3 by NYC, PA1 by READ, OH1 by B&O, WV2 by C&O, VA4 by N&W, TN2 by W&M, AL3 by C&H, FL5 by SCL, AL1 by S&G, OH4 by MRLE, OH5 by GTW.
PENN doubled CNJ, C&H doubled GA8, SCL doubled NER.
Loan Recalls: J. Pierpont Morgan, Eugene de Segur, Henry Farham.
New railroad Presidents: Nicolas Koechlin of TP&W, Henry Farham of A&T, Eugene de Segur of GM&O, Thomas Scott of N&C.
New Private Companies Available: NO&J, MON, FW&C, L&N, IC.
Eugene de Segur dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $2424. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Henry Farham, George R. Obberbaron, Thomas Scott
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Depression.
Best locomotive available: Mogul 2-6-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails.
Tycoon Announcements:
1
Nicholas van Rijn
illness caused to miss turn 4
11
Henry Farham
hello gro, your name is still too long, but nevertheless welcome back to cr2!
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)
Thomas Scott (7)
Eudes L'Artuby (2)
Rail Mogul
Henry Farham (11)
Leland Stanford (5)
Thomas Scott (7)
Nicholas van Rijn (1)
Eudes L'Artuby (2)
Rail Builder
Milton Littlefield (6)
Eudes L'Artuby (2)
Eugene de Segur (10)
Leland Stanford (5)
Thomas Scott (7)
Rail Magnate
Milton Littlefield (6)
Leland Stanford (5)
Nicholas van Rijn (1)
Henry Farham (11)
Eudes L'Artuby (2)
Rail Prodigal
Jay Gould (9)
Henry Farham (11)
Thomas Scott (7)
Nicholas van Rijn (1)
Eugene de Segur (10)
Rail Baron
Henry Farham (11)
Milton Littlefield (6)
Eugene de Segur (10)
Thomas Scott (7)
Eudes L'Artuby (2)
Player Summary
President of
PCs owned
Player #
Tycoon name
RR 1
RR 2
PC 1
PC 2
10
Eugene de Segur
GM&O
B&M
C&C
....
6
Milton Littlefield
NYC
GTW
C&EI
MC
7
Thomas Scott
N&W
N&C
O&M
....
11
Henry Farham
A&T
PENN
....
WBSH
5
Leland Stanford
C&H
A&GW
....
....
2
Eudes L'Artuby
SCL
READ
SM
A&WP
9
Jay Gould
....
....
MS
....
1
Nicholas van Rijn
P&LE
RF&P
....
....
12
William Palmer
R&D
B&H
....
VC
8
Nicolas Koechlin
B&O
TP&W
....
....
4
J. Pierpont Morgan
W&M
....
....
....
13
George R. Obberbaron
....
....
....
....
3
J. Edgar Thompson
....
....
....
....
15
Cyrus Holliday
....
....
....
....
14
Dan Drew
....
....
....
....
Railroad Summary
RR
Name
Tracks
Revenues
Expense
Efficiency
Bonds
Loans
Profit / share
Dividend / share
Grant
Land
B&M
Boston & Maine
513
47040
27754
95
80586
69944
1
5
0
1078
B&H
Boston & Hartford
183
27025
16755
95
30725
28357
4
0
0
0
NYC
New York Central
1711
225721
117375
99
345495
175815
7
5
0
203
PENN
Pennsylvania
1171
169575
93266
99
265501
173117
5
4
0
695
READ
Reading
199
32554
17904
99
35712
27289
9
2
0
0
B&O
Baltimore & Ohio
445
34665
22879
91
84511
33086
0
1
135
376
C&O
Chesapeake & Ohio
557
52938
31234
95
106601
84459
0
1
605
889
RF&P
Richmond, Fred. & Potomac
117
13098
8121
95
19639
14350
2
2
470
0
R&D
Richmond & Danville
76
10784
6470
94
12758
11487
5
1
0
0
N&W
Norfolk & Western
870
71757
38750
97
180230
118373
1
1
1385
788
W&M
Wilmington & Manchester
756
64862
42808
91
154345
107805
-1
1
0
746
C&H
Charleston & Hamburg
1405
174649
92563
98
252965
120028
7
7
0
0
SCL
Sea Coast Line
1090
148828
77390
99
219089
115925
7
6
0
271
S&G
Savannah & Gulf
508
56770
35198
95
111242
79393
1
0
0
0
P&LE
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
131
16483
10219
95
22228
16464
3
3
535
0
GTW
Grand Trunk Western
227
21709
12591
99
33138
25849
3
2
0
0
A&GW
Atlantic & Great Western
116
13425
7384
99
18438
16419
4
2
0
0
TP&W
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw
140
10973
7462
86
17900
16525
-1
0
0
0
A&T
Alabama & Tennessee
143
12922
8529
88
19070
17605
0
0
0
0
GM&O
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
135
12335
7894
90
18134
16741
1
0
0
0
N&C
Nashville & Chattanooga
151
13109
8128
92
20006
18469
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