Continental Rails II

Game # 28 - Turn # 4

Headline News 1847 to 1848

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

  1. 1847: U.S. and Britain reach peaceful agreement on Oregon border.
  2. 1848: Mexican war ends; California ceded to U.S.

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: Zorglub von Raspouti bought C&O for $550, Railroad Bill Jr bought RF&P for $610, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought W&W for $1507, Milton Littlefield bought P&LE for $2799, Hannibal Kimball bought MRLE for $2891, Jim Fisk bought G&C for $1456, Jay Gould bought GTW for $2487, Leland Stanford bought M&C for $3146.
  • PCs Merged: B&M merges into NYC, N&S merges into N&W, ERIE merges into NYNH.
  • PCs Incorporated: LS.
  • New Technologies Acquired: GT bought switch yards, NYC bought switch yards, NYNH bought switch yards, CNJ bought switch yards, C&A bought switch yards, SCL bought switch yards.
  • RoWs built: NY3 by NYC, WV1 by B&O, VA4 by N&W, SC4 by C&H, GA6 by SCL.
  • NYNH doubled NYNH.
  • New RoWs acquired: NYNH got NY2, READ got PA1, PENN got PA5, CNJ got PA9, N&W got VA6, S&A got GA1, SCL got GA7, B&O got OH1, GT got C2, NYC got C4, C&A got PA2, C&H got SC1.
  • Loan Recalls: Railroad Bill Jr.
  • New railroad Presidents: Thomas Scott of NYC, Jay Gould of NYNH, Cornelius Vanderbilt of N&W, Hannibal Kimball of LS.
  • New Private Companies Available: COG, P&FW, VC, A&GW, TP&W, MC.
  • Jim Fisk dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1000.
  • 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.

Tycoon Announcements:

7 Thomas Scott >

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Hannibal Kimball (10) Jim Fisk (1) Milton Littlefield (6) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Mogul Leland Stanford (5) Edward Harriman (2) Zorglub von Raspouti (11) Jay Gould (9) Hannibal Kimball (10)
Rail Builder Hannibal Kimball (10) Zorglub von Raspouti (11) Jim Fisk (1) Edward Harriman (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
Rail Magnate Edward Harriman (2) Leland Stanford (5) Hannibal Kimball (10) Zorglub von Raspouti (11) Jim Fisk (1)
Rail Prodigal Jim Fisk (1) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Leland Stanford (5) Edward Harriman (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
Rail Baron Leland Stanford (5) Hannibal Kimball (10) Zorglub von Raspouti (11) Jim Fisk (1) Edward Harriman (2)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt N&W .... .... W&W
5 Leland Stanford .... B&O M&C ....
10 Hannibal Kimball .... LS MRLE ....
7 Thomas Scott NYC .... .... ....
11 Zorglub von Raspouti .... READ C&O ....
1 Jim Fisk SCL .... G&C ....
8 John Forbes .... S&A .... ....
4 J. Pierpont Morgan .... .... .... ....
2 Edward Harriman C&H GT .... ....
9 Jay Gould NYNH .... .... GTW
6 Milton Littlefield CNJ .... P&LE ....
12 Railroad Bill Jr PENN C&A RF&P ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 73 11630 6978 97 11647 11089 6 9 0 0
NYC New York Central 785 95623 52592 99 125612 89172 5 6 700 0
NYNH New York & New Haven 397 43815 25851 98 56293 51547 3 3 1015 0
CNJ Central New Jersey 134 18303 11897 92 19161 18519 3 0 770 0
C&A Camden & Amboy 92 18087 11937 91 15340 14900 6 1 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 234 34599 21106 99 39841 19010 7 1 675 0
READ Reading 104 16718 12371 86 15660 15212 2 4 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 365 27323 16667 99 64758 29263 1 9 0 666
N&W Norfolk & Western 531 51141 31196 99 84091 60417 2 13 0 488
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 212 31149 19001 99 44327 14798 7 4 0 116
S&A Savannah & Augusta 138 16752 10219 99 20108 18984 3 1 855 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 606 75348 43701 99 95552 60630 5 4 645 469
LS Lake Shore 182 18718 12728 89 25037 23113 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)
    GTc2c3NYCNYCb&hBoston Montreal
    GT
    Unbuilt: C2
    [Regions: A]
  • New York Central (NYC)
    NYCHRLB&AB&MNY3c4LSNYNHpa10pa11c5GTb&hNYNHNYNHCNJC&ALSme1ny1NYNHpa10pa11c3Boston New York Philadelphia Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Montreal London
    NYC  (Double) ; HRL ; B&A ; B&M ; NY3
    Unbuilt: C4
    [Regions: AL]
  • New York & New Haven (NYNH)
    NYNHERIEny2LSny1NYCpa8pa10pa11NYCb&hNYCCNJC&Any1pa8Boston New York Philadelphia Buffalo Cleveland London
    NYNH  (Double) ; ERIE
    Unbuilt: NY2
    [Regions: A]
  • Central New Jersey (CNJ)
    CNJpa9PENNpa8pa10NYCNYNHNYNHC&APENNpa8New York Philadelphia Buffalo
    CNJ
    Unbuilt: PA9
    [Regions: A]
  • Camden & Amboy (C&A)
    C&Apa2PENNPENNREADB&OREADpa3pa4md1NYCNYNHNYNHCNJPENNPENNREADREADNew York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington
    C&A
    Unbuilt: PA2
    [Regions: A]
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
    PENNLVpa5READpa3pa4pa6CNJC&AREADREADC&Apa3pa4pa8CNJNew York Philadelphia Baltimore Pittsburgh
    PENN ; LV
    Unbuilt: PA5
    [Regions: A]
  • Reading (READ)
    READpa1C&APENNPENNB&OC&Apa3pa4md1C&APENNPENNC&Apa3pa4PENNNew York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington
    READ
    Unbuilt: PA1
    [Regions: A]
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
    B&OWV1oh1mrlep&fwm&ca&gwwv2wv3oh2oh4m&cREADC&Apa3pa4pa7md1md2wv2wv3Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati
    B&O ; WV1
    Unbuilt: OH1
    [Regions: A]
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
    N&WR&DN&SVA4va6va5tn1c&orf&pw&wvcva1va2va3va5va7nc1nc2Washington Norfolk Wilmington
    N&W ; R&D ; N&S ; VA4
    Unbuilt: VA6
    [Regions: A]
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
    C&HSC4sc1S&ASCLSCLg&csc2sc3ga2ga4SCLS&ASCLg&csc2sc3S&ACharleston Savannah Atlanta
    C&H  (Double) ; SC4
    Unbuilt: SC1
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Augusta (S&A)
    S&Aga1coga&wpbrla&cC&Hga8SCLSCLC&HC&Hga2ga4Charleston Savannah Atlanta Birmingham
    S&A
    Unbuilt: GA1
    [Regions: A]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCLNERS&GGA6ga7a&wpal1al6w&mC&HS&Anc1C&Hsc2ga2ga3ga4ga5Wilmington Charleston Savannah Atlanta Birmingham
    SCL  (Double) ; NER ; S&G ; GA6
    Unbuilt: GA7
    [Regions: A]
  • Lake Shore (LS)
    LSp&lemrlegtwNYNHNYCpa10pa11oh3NYCBuffalo Cleveland Pittsburgh London
    LS
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: L]

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 10 15 20 +10  157 365 0 2 2
NYC 28 30 32 +4  434 3756 176 7 7 4 10 11
NYNH 10 11 13 +3  177 1842 143 9 9 6
CNJ 10 11 13 +3  215 670 0 6 6 2
C&A 10 14 18 +8  185 460 0 12 12
PENN 35 31 27 -8  290 1175 0 12 12
READ 10 13 16 +6  204 520 0 11 11
B&O 26 29 32 +6  216 1731 102 5 5 8
N&W 22 27 33 +11  219 2473 186 3 3 5
C&H 24 28 32 +8  176 1025 41 2 2
S&A 10 12 14 +4  258 690 0 8 8 1
SCL 27 25 23 -4  675 2975 62 1 1 9
LS 0 0 11 +11  0 819 91 10 10

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
B&H Boston & Hartford 550
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 665
COG Central of Georgia 430
P&FW Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne 955
VC Virginia Central 1465
A&GW Atlantic & Great Western 580
TP&W Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw 700
MC Michigan Central 760
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