Continental Rails II

Game # 25 - Turn # 8

Headline News 1855 to 1856

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

  1. 1855: The Know-Nothing Party sweeps Northern congressional elections.
  2. 1856: Soo Canal completed connecting Lake Superior to Lake Huron.

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: Maurin Jolybois bought MON for $11000, Henry Farham bought FW&C for $2305, William Ogden bought C&C for $6600, Cyrus Holliday bought C&EI for $26885, Byron Kilbourn bought L&N for $11311, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought IC for $11317, Jay Gould bought CRIP for $11111, Jay Gould bought CB&Q for $10824.
  • PCs Merged: C&O merges into READ, A&C merges into COG, NO&J merges into SM, VC merges into N&W, N&C merges into SCL.
  • PCs Incorporated: O&M, MS.
  • New Technologies Acquired: SCL bought Grand Station.
  • RoWs built: MI5 by NYC, IN3 by PENN, WV1 by READ, WV2 by B&O, IN9 by N&W, TN2 by W&M, FL5 by C&H, TN12 by S&A, MS2 by SCL, AL7 by COG, IN2 by LS, IN6 by MRLE, OH8 by M&C, OH7 by WBSH.
  • NYC doubled NYC, PENN doubled PA2, READ doubled MD2, N&W doubled IN4, C&H doubled NER, S&A doubled GA8, SCL doubled AL1, SM doubled SM.
  • New RoWs acquired: C&H got GA2, READ got OH1, WBSH got OH6, NYC got MI6, PENN got IN7, M&C got KY3, MRLE got KY8, SCL got KY10, S&A got KY12, N&W got KY13, W&M got TN4, COG got TN6, GM&O got MS3, SM got MS6, LS got IN8.
  • Loan Recalls: Cornelius Vanderbilt, Maurin Jolybois, Henry Farham, William Ogden.
  • Stock splits: M&C splits 3 for 1.
  • New railroad Presidents: William Ogden of O&M.
  • New Private Companies Available: FEC, CNS, M&LR.
  • Cornelius Vanderbilt dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $4137. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Louis McLane, Byron Kilbourn, Cyrus Holliday, Henry Farham, Maurin Jolybois
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Depression to Recession.
  • Best locomotive available: Mogul 2-6-0
  • 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 Byron Kilbourn (6) Maurin Jolybois (4) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Louis McLane (7) Henry Farham (5)
Rail Mogul Louis McLane (7) Maurin Jolybois (4) Byron Kilbourn (6) William Ogden (8) Cyrus Holliday (2)
Rail Builder Louis McLane (7) Byron Kilbourn (6) Maurin Jolybois (4) Cyrus Holliday (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
Rail Magnate Byron Kilbourn (6) Louis McLane (7) Cyrus Holliday (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Maurin Jolybois (4)
Rail Prodigal Cyrus Holliday (2) Byron Kilbourn (6) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Maurin Jolybois (4) Louis McLane (7)
Rail Baron Byron Kilbourn (6) Louis McLane (7) Maurin Jolybois (4) Cyrus Holliday (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
7 Louis McLane NYC WBSH .... ....
6 Byron Kilbourn PENN GM&O .... L&N
2 Cyrus Holliday MRLE SCL C&EI ....
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt C&H S&A .... IC
5 Henry Farham LS COG FW&C ....
4 Maurin Jolybois N&W SM .... MON
8 William Ogden M&C O&M .... C&C
9 Jay Gould .... W&M CRIP CB&Q
10 Edward Harriman .... .... .... ....
1 Railroad Bill Jr .... .... .... ....
13 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
12 Robert Schuyler .... .... .... ....
11 Milton Littlefield .... .... .... ....
15 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
14 William Palmer .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 851 87123 47917 99 241530 103757 2 2 0 0
B&H Boston & Hartford 110 14747 8553 99 33852 12055 4 0 0 0
NYC New York Central 1143 177673 97719 99 289463 177671 6 9 550 144
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 952 97566 56587 99 281198 111091 1 0 0 0
C&A Camden & Amboy 635 84074 46241 99 175377 88092 4 2 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 1412 215106 118309 99 385191 231470 5 9 505 470
READ Reading 689 82046 48406 98 139220 85367 3 4 400 45
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 560 61345 36194 98 119455 63175 3 0 0 202
N&W Norfolk & Western 1637 158538 87195 99 317349 81542 5 4 0 255
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 1025 92615 59274 93 249759 166417 -2 5 222 139
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 964 112594 61927 99 230877 140579 3 9 0 1139
S&A Savannah & Augusta 716 88396 51270 99 186075 124431 2 4 0 1042
SCL Sea Coast Line 1295 158293 88643 98 280471 182995 4 4 0 1277
COG Central of Georgia 554 61432 35629 99 122106 86192 2 1 0 0
LS Lake Shore 619 66224 38409 99 133590 97052 1 1 101 0
MRLE Mad River & Lake Erie 491 59827 34700 99 115998 80266 2 4 0 795
M&C Marietta & Cincinnati 295 29932 17660 98 69808 45044 0 1 0 0
WBSH Wabash Line 216 31152 19003 96 54769 37250 3 1 500 382
GM&O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 135 12857 7971 95 17508 16732 1 0 950 0
SM Southern Mississippi 227 28522 16543 99 36654 32743 4 1 1400 0
MS Michigan Southern 204 17871 12152 89 26792 24733 0 0 0 0
O&M Ohio & Mississippi 165 15218 10044 91 22229 20521 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 
  • Grand Trunk (GT)
    GTB&MC2C3ME1NYCB&HNYCERIEERIEc1Boston New York Quebec Montreal
    GT ; B&M ; C2 ; C3 ; ME1
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: AN]
  • Boston & Hartford (B&H)
    B&HGTGTNYCERIEBoston New York
    B&H
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • New York Central (NYC)
    NYCB&ANY3C4C5MCMI1MI5mi6MSfw&cLSWBSHmi4GTGTB&HERIELSPENNLSmnMSmonfw&cc&cc&eiicc&nwcripcb&qcaslcnsERIEERIEC&Apa11oh2LSLSmi2mi4PENNil1il10il12il14wi1GTBoston New York Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Chicago Montreal London
    NYC  (Double) ; B&A  (Double) ; NY3 ; C4  (Double) ; C5  (Double) ; MC ; MI1 ; MI5
    Unbuilt: MI6
    [Regions: ALCN]
  • Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)
    ERIENY2NYNHHRLNY1NYCB&HNYCC&AC&ALSNYCpa8C&Apa11GTNYCBoston New York Philadelphia Buffalo Cleveland Montreal London
    ERIE ; NY2 ; NYNH ; HRL ; NY1
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: AL]
  • Camden & Amboy (C&A)
    C&ACNJPA1PA9PA10ERIEERIEERIEPENNPENNREADB&OLSERIENYCPENNREADB&Opa8pa11READNYCNew York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Buffalo Cleveland London
    C&A ; CNJ ; PA1 ; PA9 ; PA10
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: AL]
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
    PENNLVPA5PA6PA2P&LEP&FWGTWOH4IN1IN3in7monc&eiicLSN&WMRLEMRLELSN&Wil1il2il3il4il5C&AC&AREADB&OLSMRLEMRLELSmonfw&cc&cc&eiicc&nwcripcb&qcaslcnsC&AREADB&OB&Opa8C&Apa11READB&OREADoh2LSLSWBSHWBSHM&CNYCmi2NYCLSN&WMRLEMRLELSN&Wil1il10il12il14wi1New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Pittsburgh Cincinnati Louisville Chicago St. Louis
    PENN  (Double) ; LV  (Double) ; PA5 ; PA6 ; PA2  (Double) ; P&LE ; P&FW ; GTW ; OH4 ; IN1 ; IN3
    Unbuilt: IN7
    [Regions: AOLC]
  • Reading (READ)
    READPA3MD1MD2C&OWV1oh1MRLEPENNM&CMRLEB&Owv3oh2PENNC&APENNPENNB&ON&WN&WM&CN&WC&APENNB&OPENNB&Ova2va3N&Wva7B&Owv3New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati
    READ  (Double) ; PA3 ; MD1 ; MD2  (Double) ; C&O ; WV1
    Unbuilt: OH1
    [Regions: A]
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
    B&OPA7PA4WV2PENNREADPENNPENNM&CC&APENNREADPENNPENNREADREADREADwv3READPhiladelphia Baltimore Washington Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati
    B&O  (Double) ; PA7 ; PA4 ; WV2
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: AO]
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
    N&WR&DVA4RF&PVA5KY1N&SIN4VCIN9ky13O&Min10il2il3il6il7il8il9ky9ky11S&Aky14S&Atn13tn14tn15READW&MM&CMRLEWBSHO&Mmonc&eiREADREADva1va2va3va6va7nc1nc2wv3wv4WBSHM&CLSPENNMRLEMRLEPENNLSin10il2il3il6il7ky2M&Cky11S&ABaltimore Washington Norfolk Wilmington Cincinnati Louisville Chicago St. Louis Memphis
    N&W ; R&D ; VA4 ; RF&P  (Double) ; VA5 ; KY1 ; N&S ; IN4  (Double) ; VC ; IN9
    Unbuilt: KY13
    [Regions: AO]
  • Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)
    W&MW&WSC2G&CSC3BRLSC5TN2tn4COGSCLSCLtn1tn3tn5COGN&WC&HC&HCOGCOGCOGva1va2nc1nc2C&Hsc4S&AS&Atn1tn3Norfolk Wilmington Charleston Savannah Atlanta Birmingham
    W&M ; W&W ; SC2 ; G&C ; SC3 ; BRL ; SC5 ; TN2
    Unbuilt: TN4
    [Regions: AD]
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
    C&HNERSC1GA4FL4FL5ga2S&ASCLSCLCOGga3W&MS&ASCLSCLW&Mfecnc1W&MW&Msc4ga5fl3fl6Wilmington Charleston Savannah Atlanta Pensacola
    C&H  (Double) ; NER  (Double) ; SC1 ; GA4 ; FL4 ; FL5
    Unbuilt: GA2
    [Regions: AG]
  • Savannah & Augusta (S&A)
    S&AGA1GA8AL3TN12ky12O&MN&Win10il2il3il6il7il8il9ky9ky11N&Wky14tn13tn14tn15SCLSCLCOGCOGW&MCOGSCLC&Hsc4C&HC&Hil8il9ky9N&Wky14tn8tn9tn10tn11tn13tn14tn15SCLal2SCLal5GM&OSMCharleston Savannah Louisville Atlanta Birmingham St. Louis Memphis
    S&A  (Double) ; GA1 ; GA8  (Double) ; AL3 ; TN12
    Unbuilt: KY12
    [Regions: AD]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCLS&GGA6GA7AL1A&TAL4N&CMS2ky10l&nMRLEky9ky11ky14tn7tn8C&HC&HS&ACOGCOGGM&OSMl&nl&agwC&HC&Hga3C&Hga5S&Aky14W&Mtn5COGtn7tn8al2S&Aal5COGal8ms1GM&Oms4la3Charleston Savannah Louisville Atlanta Birmingham Mobile New Orleans
    SCL  (Double) ; S&G ; GA6 ; GA7 ; AL1  (Double) ; A&T ; AL4 ; N&C ; MS2
    Unbuilt: KY10
    [Regions: ADG]
  • Central of Georgia (COG)
    COGA&WPAL6A&CAL7tn6SCLSCLW&Mtn5tn7tn9al2W&MSCLGM&OSCLS&AC&Hga3SCLS&Afl6W&Mtn5SCLal5al8ms1Savannah Atlanta Birmingham Pensacola Mobile New Orleans
    COG ; A&WP ; AL6 ; A&C ; AL7
    Unbuilt: TN6
    [Regions: DG]
  • Lake Shore (LS)
    LSOH3TP&WOH5IN2in8monc&eiicPENNN&WMRLEMRLEPENNN&Wil1il2il3il4il5PENNMRLEPENNMSmonfw&cc&cc&eiERIENYCC&Apa11oh2PENNWBSHWBSHM&CNYCmi2NYCPENNPENNN&WMRLEMRLEPENNN&WNYCBuffalo Cleveland Detroit Pittsburgh Cincinnati Louisville Chicago St. Louis London
    LS  (Double) ; OH3 ; TP&W ; OH5 ; IN2
    Unbuilt: IN8
    [Regions: L]
  • Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE)
    MRLEA&GWIN5IN6ky8WBSHO&Ml&nin10ky5ky7ky9SCLky11LSPENNPENNPENNM&CWBSHO&Mmonc&eil&npa11READoh2LSPENNWBSHM&CLSPENNN&WPENNLSN&Win10N&WM&Cky5ky7Buffalo Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati Louisville Chicago
    MRLE ; A&GW  (Double) ; IN5 ; IN6
    Unbuilt: KY8
    [Regions: OL]
  • Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C)
    M&COH8ky3MRLEWBSHWBSHN&WMRLEN&Wky2ky4ky5ky6MRLELSWBSHc&cREADB&Owv3READPENNWBSHWBSHPENNLSPENNN&WMRLEN&WPittsburgh Cincinnati Louisville Chicago
    M&C  (Double) ; OH8
    Unbuilt: KY3
    [Regions: O]
  • Wabash Line (WBSH)
    WBSHOH7oh6LSMSfw&cc&cPENNLSM&CNYCPENNLSPENNM&CMRLELSO&Mc&cl&nPENNM&CPENNLSPENNN&WMRLEMRLEin10N&WM&Cky5ky7MRLEDetroit Cincinnati Louisville Chicago
    WBSH  (Double) ; OH7
    Unbuilt: OH6
    [Regions: O]
  • Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O)
    GM&Oms3tn8tn9tn10tn11S&Atn13S&ASCLal8SCLms4SMSCLCOGal8ms1SCLms4Birmingham Mobile New Orleans Memphis
    GM&O
    Unbuilt: MS3
    [Regions: G]
  • Southern Mississippi (SM)
    SMNO&Jms6tn8tn9tn10tn11S&Atn13S&AGM&Oms4ms5ms7v&tl&agwms1SCLms4ms5ms7la3la5Birmingham Mobile New Orleans Memphis Vicksburg
    SM  (Double) ; NO&J
    Unbuilt: MS6
    [Regions: MG]
  • Michigan Southern (MS)
    MSNYCmnfw&cLSWBSHNYCmi2NYCNYCDetroit Chicago London
    MS
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: L]
  • Ohio & Mississippi (O&M)
    O&MWBSHl&nMRLEN&Win10il2il3il6il7ky5ky7MRLEky11S&AN&WCincinnati Louisville St. Louis
    O&M
    Unbuilt: none
    [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 33 29 25 -8  1194 4114 141   4 8
B&H 31 37 43 +12  125 550 0   7 2 4 8
NYC 36 37 38 +2  1284 5630 92 7 7
ERIE 31 29 27 -4  1547 4511 249   5 3
C&A 41 35 29 -12  902 3057 118   8 4
PENN 35 40 45 +10  2041 7030 35 6 6 5
READ 87 72 57 -30  667 3296 149   8 4 6
B&O 35 34 34 -1  538 2684 124   4 7
N&W 42 40 39 -3  1833 7969 220 4 4 6
W&M 43 47 51 +8  1726 5026 99 9 9
C&H 51 43 35 -16  1167 4724 102 3 3 7
S&A 57 47 38 -19  1024 3536 44 3 3 7 9
SCL 32 38 44 +12  1399 6306 176 2 2
COG 62 47 32 -30  537 2613 157 5 5
LS 76 55 35 -41  990 2931 164 5 5
MRLE 45 52 59 +14  627 2399 56 2 2 6 7
M&C 36 73 36 +72  231 4272 153 8 8
WBSH 29 43 57 +28  150 1029 51 7 7
GM&O 10 13 17 +7  266 675 0 6 6
SM 10 12 14 +4  100 1044 91 4 4
MS 0 0 11 +11  0 918 102   7
O&M 0 0 11 +11  0 743 82 8 8

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
MN Michigan Northern 510
FEC Florida East Coast 1495
CNS Chicago North Shore 425
M&LR Memphis & Little Rock 660
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