Continental Rails II

Game # 33 - Turn # 5

Headline News 1849 to 1850

World & National New

  1. 1849: Gold found at Sutter's mill in California! Gold rush begins!
  2. 1850: Samuel Colt builds factory to manufacture new repeating pistol.

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: William Ogden bought MRLE for $5869, Thomas Scott bought GTW for $950, John Forbes bought A&WP for $2297, Thomas Durant bought A&GW for $3322, Cyrus Holliday bought WBSH for $4438.
  • PCs Merged: ERIE merges into NYC, B&H merges into NYC, LS merges into NYC, CNJ merges into NYNH, VC merges into C&O.
  • PCs Incorporated: M&C, W&M.
  • New Engines Acquired: GT bought Norris 4-2-0, NYC bought Norris 4-2-0, NYNH bought Norris 4-2-0, PENN bought Norris 4-2-0, READ bought Norris 4-2-0, B&O bought Norris 4-2-0, C&O bought Norris 4-2-0, N&W bought Norris 4-2-0, C&H bought Norris 4-2-0, SCL bought Norris 4-2-0, S&G bought Norris 4-2-0, P&LE bought Norris 4-2-0.
  • New Technologies Acquired: NYC bought Grand Station, B&O bought Grand Station.
  • RoWs built: C4 by NYC, PA9 by PENN, PA1 by READ, WV2 by B&O, VA4 by R&D, VA3 by N&W, GA1 by S&A, GA6 by S&G.
  • GT doubled GT, NYC doubled B&A, NYNH doubled NYNH, READ doubled READ, C&O doubled C&O, S&G doubled S&G.
  • New RoWs acquired: READ got PA5, NYNH got PA8, PENN got PA10, P&LE got PA11, N&W got MD1, R&D got VA5, C&H got SC1, S&G got GA7, S&A got GA8, B&O got OH1, NYC got OH3, GT got C2, C&O got WV4.
  • New railroad Presidents: Thomas Durant of C&O, J. Edgar Thompson of W&M, Cyrus Holliday of C&H, Cyrus Holliday of M&C.
  • New Private Companies Available: P&FW, G&C, TP&W, MC, A&C, GM&O, N&C, SM, MN.
  • Cyrus Holliday dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1122. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Cornelius Vanderbilt, Oakes Ames
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Panic to Depression.
  • Best locomotive available: American 4-4-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station.

Tycoon Announcements:

2Edward Harriman "much good work is lost for the lack of a little more."
8John Forbes please do not worry about that length of rope with the funny knot in my office.
9Jay Gould the new haven line announces service to new jersey!
11Thomas Durant things were going so well before the panic...

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber BaronThomas Durant (11)Milton Littlefield (6)Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)Cyrus Holliday (15)Mick A'Wish (5)
Rail MogulWilliam Ogden (13)Milton Littlefield (6)Thomas Durant (11)Cyrus Holliday (15)Edward Harriman (2)
Rail BuilderThomas Durant (11)Edward Harriman (2)William Ogden (13)Mark Hopkins (1)J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Rail MagnateThomas Durant (11)Edward Harriman (2)William Ogden (13)Oakes Ames (4)Thomas Scott (7)
Rail ProdigalCyrus Holliday (15)Oakes Ames (4)Thomas Scott (7)Thomas Durant (11)Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)
Rail BaronThomas Durant (11)Cyrus Holliday (15)William Ogden (13)Edward Harriman (2)Oakes Ames (4)

Player Summary

President ofPCs owned
Player #Tycoon nameRR 1RR 2PC 1PC 2
11Thomas Durant NYCC&O....A&GW
14Cornelius Vanderbilt ....READ........
6Milton Littlefield ....R&D........
10Hannibal Kimball ................
15Cyrus Holliday M&CC&H....WBSH
2Edward Harriman B&O............
13William Ogden GTS&AMRLE....
4Oakes Ames N&W............
9Jay Gould ....NYNH........
8John Forbes S&G....A&WP....
3J. Edgar Thompson W&M........NER
5Mick A'Wish SCL....COG....
12Sir Eton Lenefsky ................
1Mark Hopkins ................
7Thomas Scott P&LE....GTW....

Railroad Summary

RRNameTracksRevenuesExpenseEfficiencyBondsLoansProfit / shareDividend / shareGrantLand
GTGrand Trunk 731407190059625530144723500
NYCNew York Central 1359159377940339826687517846636321196
NYNHNew York & New Haven 24436020248549154986388941000
PENNPennsylvania 4806241438697981087466447221500
READReading 1993726222729994732135796696750
B&OBaltimore & Ohio 47141931243209910203347615140655
C&OChesapeake & Ohio 3872897421730856096148044-3400
R&DRichmond & Danville 2062043613896923845530830-1400
N&WNorfolk & Western 518507313094699125778700010700
W&MWilmington & Manchester 133102437273891459914601-1000
C&HCharleston & Hamburg 12915538978997269559886400
S&ASavannah & Augusta 3093251122108926083147457-1700
SCLSea Coast Line 139293841792499320681598131300
S&GSavannah & Gulf 282289521766199564954183504516500
P&LEPittsburgh & Lake Erie 131155829817974147723578-1100
M&CMarietta & Cincinnati 1931421610946832099921001-2000

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)
    GT  (Double)
    Unbuilt C2
    [Regions: A]
  • New York Central (NYC)
    NYC ; B&A  (Double) ; HRL ; NY3 ; ERIE ; B&H ; LS ; C4
    Unbuilt OH3
    [Regions: ALN]
  • New York & New Haven (NYNH)
    NYNH (Double) ; CNJ
    Unbuilt PA8
    [Regions: A]
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
    PENN ; LV ; C&A ; PA9
    Unbuilt PA10
    [Regions: A]
  • Reading (READ)
    READ (Double) ; PA1
    Unbuilt PA5
    [Regions: A]
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
    B&O ; PA7 ; WV2
    Unbuilt OH1
    [Regions: AO]
  • Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
    C&O  (Double) ; VC
    Unbuilt WV4
    [Regions: A]
  • Richmond & Danville (R&D)
    R&D ; VA4
    Unbuilt VA5
    [Regions: ]
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
    N&W ; N&S ; RF&P ; VA3
    Unbuilt MD1
    [Regions: A]
  • Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)
    W&M
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
    C&H
    Unbuilt SC1
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Augusta (S&A)
    S&A ; GA1
    Unbuilt GA8
    [Regions: AD]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCL  (Double)
    Unbuilt GA4
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Gulf (S&G)
    S&G  (Double) ; GA6
    Unbuilt GA7
    [Regions: A]
  • Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE)
    P&LE
    Unbuilt PA11
    [Regions: OL]
  • Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C)
    M&C
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: O]

Stock Market Report

RR stock data

RRStart priceTrade priceEnd priceNet change# Shares traded# Shares issued# Shares in treasuryPresidentChairmanDirectors
GT172330+13 140 365 01313
NYC363739+3 754 6 443 3591111
NYNH171819+2 179 1 098 12299
PENN373738+1 517 2 328 77 1514
READ172023+6 146 948 471414
B&O444750+6 449 2 283 802211
C&O172227+10 185 1 789 14611116
R&D222835+13 135 965 656613
N&W403429-11 633 2 474 1204410
W&M0010+10 0 599 6633
C&H334048+15 195 646 515159
S&A171921+4 228 1 460 851313
SCL555657+2 166 702 05513
S&G192226+7 224 1 348 628811
P&LE172534+17 277 655 077
M&C0010+10 0 869 961515

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CFPrice
B&MBoston & Maine 725
W&WWilmington & Weldon 600
P&FWPittsburgh & Ft Wayne 955
G&CGreenville & Columbia 470
BRLBlue Ridge Line 925
TP&WToledo, Peoria & Warsaw 700
MCMichigan Central 760
A&CAtlanta & Chattanooga 685
GM&OGulf, Mobile & Ohio 675
N&CNashville & Chattanooga 755
SMSouthern Mississippi 220
MNMichigan Northern 510
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