Continental Rails II

Game # 9 - Turn # 3

Headline News 1845 to 1846

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1845: First telegraph line laid between Washington and Baltimore.
1846: Congress declares war with Mexico over Texas border incidents!

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: J. Pierpont Morgan bought ERIE for $1968, Byron Kilbourn bought R&D for $1125, J. Pierpont Morgan bought N&S for $1668, Byron Kilbourn bought COG for $1341, Cante bought P&LE for $2009.

PCs Merged: LV merges into PENN, S&A merges into SCL, B&A merges into NYC.

PCs Incorporated: GT, S&G, HRL, READ, C&A, C&O.

Double Tracked Lines: PENN doubled PENN.

New RoWs acquired: PENN got PA5, B&O got PA7.

New railroad Presidents: Baron Louis Aubade of GT, Crazy French II of NYC, Crazy French II of HRL, William Ogden of C&A, William Ogden of READ, Leland Stanford of C&O, Henry Farham of N&W, Jim Hill of S&G.

New Private Companies Available: MRLE, P&FW, G&C.

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Normal to Improved.
Best locomotive available: Lion 0-4-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station

Tycoon Announcements:

2 Leland Stanford C&O goes West - other Directors welcome!!
4 Baron Louis Aubade super, une partie à 15 !!!
6 Crazy French II let's go !

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Edward Harriman (3) Cante (13) Crazy French II (6) Byron Kilbourn (1) Jim Hill (11)
Rail Mogul Edward Harriman (3) Baron Louis Aubade (4) Sleeping Dog (7) Cyrus Holliday (12) Leland Stanford (2)
Rail Builder Byron Kilbourn (1) Leland Stanford (2) Edward Harriman (3) Baron Louis Aubade (4) Jay Gould (5)
Rail Magnate Edward Harriman (3) Baron Louis Aubade (4) Sleeping Dog (7) Cyrus Holliday (12) Byron Kilbourn (1)
Rail Prodigal William Ogden (8) Jay Gould (5) Byron Kilbourn (1) Leland Stanford (2) Edward Harriman (3)
Rail Baron Edward Harriman (3) Baron Louis Aubade (4) Sleeping Dog (7) Cyrus Holliday (12) William Ogden (8)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
3 Edward Harriman PENN .... .... ....
6 Crazy French II NYC HRL .... ....
11 Jim Hill .... S&G .... ....
4 Baron Louis Aubade B&O GT .... ....
2 Leland Stanford .... C&O .... ....
13 Cante .... .... P&LE ....
12 Cyrus Holliday SCL .... .... ....
1 Byron Kilbourn .... .... COG R&D
14 Henry Farham N&W .... .... ....
7 Sleeping Dog C&H .... NER ....
9 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
15 Louis McLane .... .... .... ....
10 J. Pierpont Morgan .... .... ERIE N&S
5 Jay Gould .... .... .... ....
8 William Ogden READ C&A .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 73   13492   9579   89   17747   12853   3   0   0   0  
NYC New York Central 349   44300   30124   92   73743   31498   3   1   0   0  
HRL Hudson River Line 142   21438   15435   88   31841   23059   2   0   0   0  
C&A Camden & Amboy 92   20860   15228   87   24707   17893   4   0   0   0  
PENN Pennsylvania 234   48873   31279   96   56074   22446   10   9   675   0  
READ Reading 104   19060   13342   90   25229   18271   4   0   0   0  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160   16504   10067   99   32239   512   5   9   0   0  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 94   11388   8313   87   19487   14113   0   0   0   0  
N&W Norfolk & Western 82   12990   8833   92   17348   315   7   1   0   0  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129   19088   12598   94   27382   454   7   3   0   0  
SCL Sea Coast Line 277   44376   28845   95   59043   22382   7   2   0   0  
S&G Savannah & Gulf 157   18803   12974   91   32363   23437   1   0   0   0  

Railroad Lines:
(Region Key: A=Atl D=DpSouth O=Ohio L=GtLakes C=Central M=Miss G=Gulf W=MidWest S=SWest T=Mtn P=Pacific N=Canada X=Mexico)
GT :   GT
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
NYC :   NYC B&A
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
HRL :   HRL
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
C&A :   C&A
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
PENN:  (Double)   PENN LV
Unbuilt:: PA5 [Regions: A]
READ:   READ
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
B&O :   B&O
Unbuilt:: PA7 [Regions: A]
C&O :   C&O
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
N&W :   N&W
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
C&H :   C&H
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
SCL :   SCL S&A
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
S&G :   S&G
Unbuilt:: none [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 0   0   14   +14  0   329   36   4   4  
NYC 23   24   25   +2  238   1647   105   6   6  
HRL 0   0   14   +14  0   639   71   6   6  
C&A 0   0   14   +14  0   414   46   8   8  
PENN 24   28   33   +9  179   1110   65   3   3  
READ 0   0   14   +14  0   468   52   8   8  
B&O 26   31   37   +11  191   808   0   4   4   2    
C&O 0   0   14   +14  0   423   47   2   2  
N&W 23   31   40   +17  121   411   3   14   14   1     3    
C&H 18   20   22   +4  221   647   4   7   7  
SCL 23   24   25   +2  205   1317   75   12   12   11    
S&G 0   0   14   +14  0   707   78   11   11  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
B&M 725   B&H 550   NYNH 550   CNJ 670   RF&P 585   W&W 600   W&M 665  
MRLE 690   P&FW 955   G&C 470  

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