Continental Rails II

Game # 34 - Turn # 5

Headline News 1849 to 1850

World & National New

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

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Jim Fisk bought W&W for $800, Milton Littlefield bought P&LE for $3326, Cyrus Holliday bought G&C for $1124, William Palmer bought A&WP for $3473, Edward Harriman bought A&GW for $7212, Sleeping Dog bought MC for $2713.
PCs Merged: VC merges into C&O, LS merges into NYC.
PCs Incorporated: MRLE, COG, M&C.
New Engines Acquired: B&O bought Norris 4-2-0, S&A bought Norris 4-2-0.
New Technologies Acquired: NYC bought Grand Station, PENN bought Grand Station, PENN bought switch yards, B&O bought switch yards, C&O bought switch yards, R&D bought switch yards, N&W bought Grand Station, C&H bought Grand Station.
RoWs built: C2 by GT, C4 by NYC, NY2 by ERIE, PA6 by PENN, OH1 by B&O, MD2 by C&O, VA4 by N&W, GA1 by C&H, GA2 by S&A, FL4 by SCL, GA6 by S&G.
NYC doubled B&A, PENN doubled CNJ, C&O doubled C&O, N&W doubled RF&P.
New RoWs acquired: READ got PA2, C&O got PA7, ERIE got PA11, N&W got VA5, S&A got SC1, S&G got GA7, C&H got GA8, SCL got FL5, PENN got WV2, NYC got OH3, B&O got OH4, GT got C3, R&D got VA7.
New railroad Presidents: J. Pierpont Morgan of COG, Hannibal Kimball of MRLE, Milton Littlefield of M&C.
New Private Companies Available: TP&W, WBSH, A&C, A&T, N&C, NO&J, SM, MN.
Milton Littlefield dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1066. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Thomas Scott, Sleeping Dog
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Recession to Improved.
Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards.

Tycoon Announcements:

5	Leland Stanford	"government even in its best state is but a necessary evil..." leland stanford
6	Milton Littlefield	penn builds grand station. promises made--promises kept.
10	Hannibal Kimball	i feel like an ant trying to get missed by shoes coming down.

Top Victory Points

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

Robber Baron	Milton Littlefield (6)	Edward Harriman (2)	Jim Fisk (1)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)	John Forbes (8)
Rail Mogul	William Palmer (12)	Milton Littlefield (6)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	Edward Harriman (2)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Rail Builder	Edward Harriman (2)	Jim Fisk (1)	Milton Littlefield (6)	William Palmer (12)	Hannibal Kimball (10)
Rail Magnate	Edward Harriman (2)	Milton Littlefield (6)	William Palmer (12)	Jim Fisk (1)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Rail Prodigal	Milton Littlefield (6)	Thomas Scott (7)	Sleeping Dog (9)	Jim Fisk (1)	Edward Harriman (2)
Rail Baron	Milton Littlefield (6)	Edward Harriman (2)	William Palmer (12)	Jim Fisk (1)	Thomas Scott (7)

Player Summary

		President of		PCs owned
Player #	Tycoon name	RR 1	RR 2	PC 1	PC 2
6	Milton Littlefield	PENN	M&C	....	P&LE
2	Edward Harriman	NYC	....	....	A&GW
1	Jim Fisk	....	GT	....	W&W
3	J. Edgar Thompson	N&W	....	P&FW	....
12	William Palmer	C&H	C&O	A&WP	....
8	John Forbes	....	READ	....	....
15	Cyrus Holliday	S&A	S&G	G&C	....
7	Thomas Scott	....	R&D	....	....
9	Sleeping Dog	SCL	....	MC	....
10	Hannibal Kimball	MRLE	ERIE	....	....
14	Dan Drew	....	....	....	W&M
13	Railroad Bill Sr	....	....	....	....
5	Leland Stanford	B&O	....	....	....
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	329	37238	22342	97	54586	44534	3	6	0	704
B&H	Boston & Hartford	110	16957	11361	90	20310	14067	5	3	0	0
NYC	New York Central	962	150565	82811	99	182513	126197	8	7	0	266
ERIE	Erie Lackawanna	490	49292	29082	98	81251	68502	2	2	0	122
PENN	Pennsylvania	815	154416	84929	99	157469	114614	11	9	322	0
READ	Reading	104	18493	11836	93	21290	17560	5	1	0	0
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	445	41857	24277	99	84253	41171	3	2	0	0
C&O	Chesapeake & Ohio	539	46805	27147	99	93899	74801	1	4	300	84
R&D	Richmond & Danville	76	12006	6963	99	12133	9358	8	4	0	0
N&W	Norfolk & Western	648	80000	44799	98	109150	77639	6	8	1385	0
C&H	Charleston & Hamburg	383	49230	27076	99	83464	44076	6	4	0	513
S&A	Savannah & Augusta	310	39968	24381	99	57267	47935	4	4	0	559
SCL	Sea Coast Line	628	88283	48556	99	110892	52927	8	5	0	0
S&G	Savannah & Gulf	282	28983	17389	97	47433	40125	2	4	0	0
COG	Central of Georgia	86	12595	8691	88	17093	13432	2	0	0	0
MRLE	Mad River & Lake Erie	138	15732	11170	86	25101	19724	0	0	0	0
M&C	Marietta & Cincinnati	193	17001	12071	86	32339	25411	-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)

GT ; C2
Unbuilt C3
[Regions: AN]
Boston & Hartford (B&H)

B&H
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]

New York Central (NYC)

NYC ; HRL (Double) ; B&A (Double) ; NY3 ; LS ; C4

Unbuilt OH3

[Regions: ALN]

Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)

ERIE ; NY2
Unbuilt PA11
[Regions: AL]

Pennsylvania (PENN)

PENN (Double) ; LV ; C&A (Double) ; CNJ (Double) ; NYNH ; PA5 ; PA6

Unbuilt WV2

[Regions: AO]

Reading (READ)

READ
Unbuilt PA2
[Regions: A]

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

B&O (Double) ; WV1 ; OH1

Unbuilt OH4

[Regions: A]

Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)

C&O (Double) ; VC ; MD2
Unbuilt PA7
[Regions: A]
Richmond & Danville (R&D)

R&D
Unbuilt VA7
[Regions: ]
Norfolk & Western (N&W)

N&W (Double) ; N&S ; RF&P (Double) ; VA3 ; VA4
Unbuilt VA5
[Regions: A]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)

C&H ; SC4 ; GA1
Unbuilt GA8
[Regions: AD]
Savannah & Augusta (S&A)

S&A ; GA2
Unbuilt SC1
[Regions: A]
Sea Coast Line (SCL)

SCL (Double) ; NER ; GA4 ; FL4
Unbuilt FL5
[Regions: A]
Savannah & Gulf (S&G)

S&G ; GA6
Unbuilt GA7
[Regions: A]
Central of Georgia (COG)

COG
Unbuilt none
[Regions: D]
Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE)

MRLE
Unbuilt none
[Regions: L]
Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C)

M&C
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	17	23	30	+13	112	1 517	128	1	1
B&H	12	15	19	+7	226	508	42	11	11
NYC	35	35	35	+0	829	4 656	161	2	2	1
ERIE	14	17	20	+6	436	2 349	101	10	10	6
PENN	34	37	40	+6	1009	4 025	55	6	6	13
READ	12	16	21	+9	209	520	0	8	8
B&O	31	31	31	+0	451	2 193	40	5	5	7
C&O	15	22	30	+15	147	2 473	222	12	12	3
R&D	17	28	40	+23	141	380	0	7	7	3 8 12
N&W	35	40	45	+10	486	2 959	285	3	3	7 8
C&H	33	35	38	+5	206	1 836	85	12	12	8 15
S&A	12	13	15	+3	249	1 464	86	15	15
SCL	30	35	41	+11	770	3 065	82	9	9	1 14
S&G	13	14	16	+3	225	1 348	62	15	15	6
COG	0	0	13	+13	0	387	43	4	4
MRLE	0	0	13	+13	0	621	69	10	10
M&C	0	0	13	+13	0	869	96	6	6

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF		Price
GTW	Grand Trunk Western	535
BRL	Blue Ridge Line	925
TP&W	Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw	700
WBSH	Wabash Line	570
A&C	Atlanta & Chattanooga	685
A&T	Alabama & Tennessee	715
N&C	Nashville & Chattanooga	755
NO&J	New Orleans & Jackson	915
SM	Southern Mississippi	220
MN	Michigan Northern	510

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