Continental Rails II

Game # 34 - Turn # 7

Headline News 1853 to 1854

World & National New

1853: Franklin Pearce defeats Winfield Scott in Presidential race.
1854: Wells, Fargo and Company founded in Sacramento.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: J. Edgar Thompson bought GM&O for $15644, Jim Fisk bought MN for $600, Cyrus Holliday bought MS for $8865, William Palmer bought O&M for $14173.
PCs Merged: A&C merges into COG, WBSH merges into A&GW, BRL merges into G&C, GTW merges into ERIE.
PCs Incorporated: N&C, SM, A&T.
New Technologies Acquired: GT bought Grand Station, GT bought steel rails, B&H bought steel rails, NYC bought steel rails, ERIE bought steel rails, PENN bought steel rails, READ bought steel rails, B&O bought steel rails, C&O bought steel rails, R&D bought steel rails, N&W bought steel rails, W&W bought steel rails, C&H bought steel rails, SCL bought steel rails, COG bought steel rails, MRLE bought steel rails, G&C bought steel rails, M&C bought steel rails, A&WP bought steel rails, A&GW bought steel rails, MC bought steel rails.
RoWs built: NY1 by GT, OH5 by NYC, PA8 by ERIE, PA1 by PENN, MD1 by READ, IN1 by B&O, WV4 by C&O, VA2 by R&D, KY1 by N&W, AL3 by C&H, SC3 by S&A, FL6 by SCL, AL6 by S&G, OH2 by MRLE, IN4 by M&C.
ERIE doubled PA11, PENN doubled NYNH, READ doubled PA2, B&O doubled OH4, C&H doubled GA1, G&C doubled G&C.
New RoWs acquired: PENN got PA3, ERIE got PA10, W&W got NC2, R&D got SC5, COG got GA3, NYC got OH6, MRLE got MI2, B&O got IN2, N&W got IN5, M&C got IN9, A&GW got IN10, C&O got KY2, G&C got TN2, C&H got TN12, SCL got AL5, S&G got AL8, MC got C5, READ got PA4.
Stock splits: R&D splits 4 for 1.
New railroad Presidents: Jim Fisk of B&H, William Palmer of C&O, J. Edgar Thompson of A&T, Thomas Scott of N&C, Milton Littlefield of SM.
New Private Companies Available: FW&C, C&C, C&EI, L&N, IC, C&NW, CRIP, CB&Q.
Leland Stanford earns the Heartland Award for linking the B&O from the Atlantic to Chicago.
Milton Littlefield dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $5555. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Cyrus Holliday, Edward Harriman, William Palmer, Leland Stanford, John Forbes, Sleeping Dog, Thomas Scott, Jim Fisk
Invention of coal burning engine for locomotives improves operations, reduces operating costs.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Good to Boom.
Best locomotive available: American 4-4-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines.

Tycoon Announcements:

5	Leland Stanford	ride the b&o --- the only train direct from the east coast to chicago!
6	Milton Littlefield	it's good to see more players donating to the widows and orphans.
10	Hannibal Kimball	those shoes are coming fast but i'm dodging them as well as i can.

Top Victory Points

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

Robber Baron	Milton Littlefield (6)	Jim Fisk (1)	Edward Harriman (2)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)	John Forbes (8)
Rail Mogul	Milton Littlefield (6)	William Palmer (12)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	Jim Fisk (1)	J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Rail Builder	Leland Stanford (5)	Edward Harriman (2)	Milton Littlefield (6)	William Palmer (12)	Jim Fisk (1)
Rail Magnate	Edward Harriman (2)	Milton Littlefield (6)	Leland Stanford (5)	William Palmer (12)	Jim Fisk (1)
Rail Prodigal	Milton Littlefield (6)	Thomas Scott (7)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	Sleeping Dog (9)	Edward Harriman (2)
Rail Baron	Milton Littlefield (6)	Edward Harriman (2)	William Palmer (12)	Leland Stanford (5)	Jim Fisk (1)

Player Summary

		President of		PCs owned
Player #	Tycoon name	RR 1	RR 2	PC 1	PC 2
6	Milton Littlefield	SM	M&C	....	....
3	J. Edgar Thompson	N&W	A&T	GM&O	....
8	John Forbes	....	READ	NO&J	....
1	Jim Fisk	W&W	B&H	....	MN
12	William Palmer	C&H	C&O	O&M	....
7	Thomas Scott	N&C	R&D	....	....
2	Edward Harriman	NYC	A&GW	....	....
15	Cyrus Holliday	G&C	S&G	MS	....
13	Railroad Bill Sr	....	....	....	....
10	Hannibal Kimball	MRLE	ERIE	....	TP&W
9	Sleeping Dog	SCL	MC	....	....
5	Leland Stanford	B&O	....	....	....
14	Dan Drew	....	....	....	W&M
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	COG	....	....	....
11	Rotshild	....	....	B&M	....

Railroad Summary

RR	Name	Tracks	Revenues	Expense	Efficiency	Bonds	Loans	Profit / share	Dividend / share	Grant	Land
GT	Grand Trunk	780	101755	54948	97	173761	114020	6	6	0	575
B&H	Boston & Hartford	110	19478	10908	98	22499	9772	12	5	0	0
NYC	New York Central	1189	206340	109360	98	264278	154515	11	4	500	324
ERIE	Erie Lackawanna	854	119002	65451	96	187975	134520	6	3	0	221
PENN	Pennsylvania	1393	294243	153009	99	323299	218874	14	16	0	80
READ	Reading	244	61855	34020	99	71834	49518	15	10	0	0
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	784	100276	52143	99	192314	106760	6	6	0	0
C&O	Chesapeake & Ohio	747	86868	47776	99	153221	110886	5	1	0	193
R&D	Richmond & Danville	430	51762	28468	99	94968	60933	5	9	0	0
N&W	Norfolk & Western	1071	138662	72104	99	213185	100796	8	9	0	280
W&W	Wilmington & Weldon	120	14692	8081	99	29242	18848	4	1	775	0
C&H	Charleston & Hamburg	702	113646	64778	94	163028	60101	9	4	0	384
S&A	Savannah & Augusta	561	79956	46374	99	129021	91883	6	0	0	126
SCL	Sea Coast Line	876	144870	75331	99	177758	60610	12	5	665	0
S&G	Savannah & Gulf	530	60323	34987	99	119289	84828	3	4	590	0
COG	Central of Georgia	223	32265	20327	91	53810	34373	5	3	152	0
MRLE	Mad River & Lake Erie	273	33227	18275	99	61789	41322	5	1	174	270
G&C	Greenville & Columbia	279	32421	18805	96	68964	42583	4	4	0	0
M&C	Marietta & Cincinnati	318	37783	21158	98	76837	51427	4	4	740	250
A&WP	Atlanta & West Point	152	19661	11403	96	39548	24969	4	4	0	0
A&GW	Atlantic & Great Western	230	36159	19887	99	65799	38326	7	2	610	0
MC	Michigan Central	152	19118	11088	96	36484	18363	5	4	555	0
A&T	Alabama & Tennessee	143	17234	11374	88	35370	21680	2	0	0	0
N&C	Nashville & Chattanooga	151	17396	11307	89	37106	22744	2	0	0	0
SM	Southern Mississippi	44	9023	5955	88	13453	8247	7	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 (Double) ; C2 ; C3 ; NY1
Unbuilt none
[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 ; OH3 ; OH5

Unbuilt OH6

[Regions: ALN]

Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)

ERIE ; NY2 ; PA11 (Double) ; GTW ; PA8

Unbuilt PA10

[Regions: AL]

Pennsylvania (PENN)

PENN (Double) ; LV (Double) ; C&A (Double) ; CNJ (Double) ; NYNH (Double) ; PA5 ; PA6 ; P&FW ; P&LE ; WV2 ; PA1

Unbuilt PA3

[Regions: AOL]

Reading (READ)

READ ; PA2 (Double) ; MD1
Unbuilt PA4
[Regions: A]

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

B&O (Double) ; WV1 ; OH1 ; OH4 (Double) ; IN1

Unbuilt IN2

[Regions: AC]

Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)

C&O (Double) ; VC ; MD2 ; PA7 ; WV4

Unbuilt KY2

[Regions: AO]

Richmond & Danville (R&D)

R&D ; VA7 ; VA2
Unbuilt SC5
[Regions: A]

Norfolk & Western (N&W)

N&W (Double) ; N&S ; RF&P (Double) ; VA3 ; VA4 ; VA5 ; KY1

Unbuilt IN5

[Regions: AO]

Wilmington & Weldon (W&W)

W&W
Unbuilt NC2
[Regions: A]

Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)

C&H (Double) ; SC4 ; GA1 (Double) ; GA8 ; AL3

Unbuilt TN12

[Regions: AD]

Savannah & Augusta (S&A)

S&A ; GA2 ; SC1 ; SC3
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]

Sea Coast Line (SCL)

SCL (Double) ; NER ; GA4 (Double) ; FL4 ; FL5 ; FL6

Unbuilt AL5

[Regions: AG]

Savannah & Gulf (S&G)

S&G ; GA6 ; GA7 ; AL6
Unbuilt AL8
[Regions: A]
Central of Georgia (COG)

COG ; A&C
Unbuilt GA3
[Regions: D]
Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE)

MRLE ; OH2
Unbuilt MI2
[Regions: L]
Greenville & Columbia (G&C)

G&C (Double) ; BRL
Unbuilt TN2
[Regions: D]
Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C)

M&C ; IN4
Unbuilt IN9
[Regions: O]
Atlanta & West Point (A&WP)

A&WP
Unbuilt none
[Regions: D]
Atlantic & Great Western (A&GW)

A&GW ; WBSH
Unbuilt IN10
[Regions: O]
Michigan Central (MC)

MC
Unbuilt C5
[Regions: L]
Alabama & Tennessee (A&T)

A&T
Unbuilt none
[Regions: D]
Nashville & Chattanooga (N&C)

N&C
Unbuilt none
[Regions: ]
Southern Mississippi (SM)

SM
Unbuilt none
[Regions: M]

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	30	33	36	+6	1060	3 795	105		1
B&H	29	35	42	+13	126	518	32	1	1	7 11
NYC	42	45	48	+6	1269	5 892	60	2	2	1
ERIE	23	29	36	+13	1170	4 142	128	10	10	6
PENN	56	64	72	+16	1530	6 923	47		6	13
READ	40	49	58	+18	292	1 198	22	8	8	6
B&O	36	44	52	+16	961	3 827	101	5	5	6 7
C&O	36	42	48	+12	1033	3 631	104	12	12	3
R&D	96	148	50	+104	179	8 080	520	7	7	3 8 12
N&W	51	59	68	+17	1018	5 286	73	3	3	2 7 8
W&W	15	22	29	+14	248	600	0	1	1
C&H	47	51	56	+9	593	3 435	81	12	12	8 15
S&A	29	34	39	+10	754	2 680	125		15
SCL	51	53	55	+4	1021	4 365	22	9	9	1 14
S&G	28	35	42	+14	581	2 591	59	15	15	3 6
COG	25	39	54	+29	129	1 047	68	4	4
MRLE	25	42	59	+34	206	1 298	67	10	10
G&C	15	19	23	+8	178	1 303	92	15	15
M&C	28	54	81	+53	271	1 528	62	6	6
A&WP	15	23	31	+16	318	760	0		12
A&GW	15	23	31	+16	242	1 093	57	2	2
MC	15	22	30	+15	325	760	0	9	9
A&T	0	0	16	+16	0	644	71	3	3
N&C	0	0	16	+16	0	680	75	7	7
SM	0	0	16	+16	0	198	22	6	6

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF		Price
FW&C	Ft. Wayne & Chicago	570
C&C	Cincinnati & Chicago	1010
C&EI	Chicago & Eastern Illinois	920
L&N	Louisville & Nashville	930
IC	Illinois Central	925
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	600
CRIP	Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific	750
CB&Q	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	950

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