Continental Rails II

Game # 34 - Turn # 4

Headline News 1847 to 1848

World & National New

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

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Rotshild bought B&M for $1050, J. Pierpont Morgan bought COG for $1500, Edward Harriman bought LS for $3276, Hannibal Kimball bought MRLE for $2165, J. Edgar Thompson bought P&FW for $2751, Milton Littlefield bought M&C for $4501, J. Edgar Thompson bought VC for $1477.
PCs Merged: CNJ merges into PENN, NYNH merges into PENN, RF&P merges into N&W.
PCs Incorporated: B&H, READ.
New Engines Acquired: GT bought Norris 4-2-0, NYC bought Norris 4-2-0, ERIE bought Norris 4-2-0, PENN bought Norris 4-2-0, C&O bought Norris 4-2-0, R&D 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.
New Technologies Acquired: GT bought switch yards, NYC bought switch yards, ERIE bought switch yards, N&W bought switch yards, C&H bought switch yards, SCL bought Grand Station, SCL bought switch yards, S&G bought switch yards.
RoWs built: NY3 by NYC, PA5 by PENN, WV1 by B&O, VA3 by N&W, SC4 by C&H, GA4 by SCL.
NYC doubled HRL, PENN doubled C&A.
New RoWs acquired: ERIE got NY2, PENN got PA6, C&O got MD2, N&W got VA4, C&H got GA1, S&G got GA6, SCL got FL4, B&O got OH1, GT got C2, NYC got C4, S&A got GA2.
New railroad Presidents: Rotshild of B&H, John Forbes of READ, Thomas Scott of R&D.
New Private Companies Available: P&LE, GTW, A&WP, BRL, A&GW, MC.
Milton Littlefield dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1001.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Mild Depression to Recession.
Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards.

Tycoon Announcements:

5	Leland Stanford	no loan recall! happy days are here again. at least for this turn?
6	Milton Littlefield	penn news release--president proposes building grand station to the board
10	Hannibal Kimball	all aboard the erie for the ride of a lifetime!

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):

Robber Baron	Edward Harriman (2)	Milton Littlefield (6)	Jim Fisk (1)	John Forbes (8)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Rail Mogul	Edward Harriman (2)	William Palmer (12)	Milton Littlefield (6)	Sleeping Dog (9)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Rail Builder	Edward Harriman (2)	Jim Fisk (1)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)	Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Magnate	Edward Harriman (2)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)	Leland Stanford (5)	Milton Littlefield (6)	Sleeping Dog (9)
Rail Prodigal	Milton Littlefield (6)	Thomas Scott (7)	Jim Fisk (1)	Edward Harriman (2)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Rail Baron	Edward Harriman (2)	Milton Littlefield (6)	William Palmer (12)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)	Jim Fisk (1)

Player Summary

		President of		PCs owned
Player #	Tycoon name	RR 1	RR 2	PC 1	PC 2
2	Edward Harriman	NYC	....	LS	....
6	Milton Littlefield	PENN	....	M&C	....
1	Jim Fisk	....	GT	....	....
3	J. Edgar Thompson	N&W	....	P&FW	VC
8	John Forbes	....	READ	....	....
12	William Palmer	C&H	C&O	....	....
7	Thomas Scott	....	R&D	....	....
9	Sleeping Dog	SCL	....	....	....
10	Hannibal Kimball	....	ERIE	MRLE	....
13	Railroad Bill Sr	....	....	....	....
14	Dan Drew	....	....	....	W&M
5	Leland Stanford	B&O	....	....	....
15	Cyrus Holliday	S&A	S&G	....	....
11	Rotshild	....	B&H	B&M	....
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	....	....	COG	....

Railroad Summary

RR	Name	Tracks	Revenues	Expense	Efficiency	Bonds	Loans	Profit / share	Dividend / share	Grant	Land
GT	Grand Trunk	73	12186	7068	99	11601	10989	7	4	1280	0
B&H	Boston & Hartford	110	15615	10462	90	19439	16561	3	0	0	0
NYC	New York Central	640	87209	53197	96	108451	70791	5	9	0	484
ERIE	Erie Lackawanna	287	25459	14766	99	38763	35630	2	1	203	0
PENN	Pennsylvania	705	121028	73827	99	129409	93824	7	2	0	0
READ	Reading	104	17215	12395	85	19574	16676	2	0	0	0
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	365	33025	21466	95	64904	27270	2	1	0	0
C&O	Chesapeake & Ohio	94	10249	6252	99	13365	12419	3	1	152	0
R&D	Richmond & Danville	76	11418	7878	91	10829	8686	4	1	0	0
N&W	Norfolk & Western	518	60685	35197	99	83368	58398	5	7	0	0
C&H	Charleston & Hamburg	212	26868	15583	99	46195	15284	6	4	855	0
S&A	Savannah & Augusta	138	17818	11760	94	18789	18095	3	1	860	0
SCL	Sea Coast Line	463	70278	38653	99	80425	37814	9	9	0	0
S&G	Savannah & Gulf	157	17106	11803	88	20408	19618	1	1	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)

GT
Unbuilt C2
[Regions: A]
Boston & Hartford (B&H)

B&H
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]
New York Central (NYC)

NYC ; HRL (Double) ; B&A ; NY3
Unbuilt C4
[Regions: AL]
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)

ERIE
Unbuilt NY2
[Regions: A]

Pennsylvania (PENN)

PENN (Double) ; LV ; C&A (Double) ; CNJ ; NYNH ; PA5

Unbuilt PA6

[Regions: A]

Reading (READ)

READ
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

B&O (Double) ; WV1
Unbuilt OH1
[Regions: A]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)

C&O
Unbuilt MD2
[Regions: A]
Richmond & Danville (R&D)

R&D
Unbuilt none
[Regions: ]
Norfolk & Western (N&W)

N&W (Double) ; N&S ; RF&P ; VA3
Unbuilt VA4
[Regions: A]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)

C&H ; SC4
Unbuilt GA1
[Regions: A]
Savannah & Augusta (S&A)

S&A
Unbuilt GA2
[Regions: A]
Sea Coast Line (SCL)

SCL (Double) ; NER ; GA4
Unbuilt FL4
[Regions: A]
Savannah & Gulf (S&G)

S&G
Unbuilt GA6
[Regions: A]

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	13	17	+7	146	365	0	1	1
B&H	0	0	12	+12	0	495	55	11	11
NYC	33	34	35	+2	590	3 133	74	2	2	1
ERIE	10	12	14	+4	531	1 432	3	10	10	6
PENN	31	32	34	+3	387	3 341	189	6	6
READ	0	0	12	+12	0	468	52	8	8
B&O	24	27	31	+7	266	1 731	102	5	5	7
C&O	10	12	15	+5	172	470	0	12	12
R&D	10	13	17	+7	204	351	29	7	7
N&W	31	33	35	+4	301	2 374	220	3	3	7 8
C&H	29	31	33	+4	129	1 025	41	12	12	8 15
S&A	10	11	12	+2	248	621	69	15	15
SCL	25	27	30	+5	524	2 161	161	9	9	14
S&G	10	11	13	+3	251	707	78	15	15	6

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF		Price
W&W	Wilmington & Weldon	600
P&LE	Pittsburgh & Lake Erie	655
G&C	Greenville & Columbia	470
GTW	Grand Trunk Western	535
A&WP	Atlanta & West Point	760
BRL	Blue Ridge Line	925
A&GW	Atlantic & Great Western	580
MC	Michigan Central	760

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