Continental Rails II

Game # 35 - Turn # 10

Headline News 1859 to 1860

World & National New

1859: John Brown is executed after seizing arsenal at Harper's Ferry.
1860: Rich silver strike at Comstock Lode in Nevada Territory.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: William Ogden bought MN for $3000, William Ogden bought CASL for $38000, Thomas Durant bought FEC for $4501, AdamZ bought M&LR for $27487, Jay Gould bought V&T for $16333, Railroad Dan bought L&A for $5621, B bought UP for $56774.
PCs Merged: L&N merges into N&C, TP&W merges into B&O.
PCs Incorporated: IC, CNS, CRIP.
New Engines Acquired: GT bought Norris 4-2-0, HRL bought 04/04/2000.
New Technologies Acquired: B&M bought block signal system, GT bought coal burning engines, ERIE bought block signal system, CNJ bought block signal system, PENN bought block signal system, READ bought block signal system, B&O bought block signal system, N&W bought block signal system, C&H bought block signal system, S&A bought block signal system, SCL bought block signal system, S&G bought block signal system, COG bought block signal system, P&LE bought block signal system, P&FW bought block signal system, A&T bought coal burning engines, A&T bought block signal system, C&C bought block signal system, C&NW bought block signal system, CB&Q bought block signal system.
RoWs built: IL4 by ERIE, KY9 by PENN, IN8 by B&O, KY13 by N&W, NC1 by W&M, TN7 by C&H, KY14 by S&A, MS7 by SCL, TN12 by S&G, OH7 by P&LE, MI5 by MC, AL7 by A&T, AL4 by GM&O, KY11 by N&C, MS6 by SM, IL2 by O&M, OH8 by C&C.
ERIE doubled PA11, PENN doubled NYNH, N&W doubled C&EI, SCL doubled MS4, COG doubled COG, P&LE doubled FW&C, P&FW doubled MI2.
New RoWs acquired: VC got VA2, MC got MI4, O&M got IL1, ERIE got IL3, B&O got IL5, N&C got IL7, S&G got IL8, PENN got IL9, SM got TN13, N&W got TN14, A&T got MS1, SCL got MS5, C&NW got WI4, CB&Q got IA4, S&A got AL6.
RR Mergers: P&FW merges into MC, O&M merges into COG.
Landslide buries GT train and passengers. Damages estimated at $2961.
Inadequate signal system slows RF&P rail service: mail contracts worth $5872 cancelled.
Inadequate signal system slows VC rail service: mail contracts worth $3516 cancelled.
Inadequate signal system slows GM&O rail service: mail contracts worth $6846 cancelled.
Insolvent RRs: VC.
Stock splits: A&T splits 2 for 1, GM&O splits 3 for 1.
New railroad Presidents: William Ogden of C&H, Edward Harriman of IC, J. Pierpont Morgan of CRIP, William Palmer of CNS.
New Private Companies Available: MP, CP, WP, SL&A, GW, SP.
Thomas Durant dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $7510. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Hannibal Kimball, AdamZ, B, J. Pierpont Morgan, Railroad Dan, William Palmer, William Ogden, Aubin de Verlin
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, block signal system.

Tycoon Announcements:

7	Edward Harriman	harriman wins appeal. durant + judge in serious legal trouble.
11	Thomas Durant	anyone interested in a no diplomacy / "team" game for cr 36??

Top Victory Points

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

Robber Baron	B (3)	AdamZ (2)	Thomas Durant (11)	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)	Jay Gould (9)
Rail Mogul	Thomas Durant (11)	AdamZ (2)	Aubin de Verlin (8)	William Ogden (13)	Jay Gould (9)
Rail Builder	Hannibal Kimball (10)	AdamZ (2)	William Palmer (12)	Aubin de Verlin (8)	Thomas Durant (11)
Rail Magnate	Hannibal Kimball (10)	William Palmer (12)	AdamZ (2)	Thomas Durant (11)	Aubin de Verlin (8)
Rail Prodigal	AdamZ (2)	B (3)	Thomas Durant (11)	William Palmer (12)	Hannibal Kimball (10)
Rail Baron	AdamZ (2)	Thomas Durant (11)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	William Palmer (12)	Aubin de Verlin (8)

Player Summary

		President of		PCs owned
Player #	Tycoon name	RR 1	RR 2	PC 1	PC 2
2	AdamZ	N&W	A&T	M&LR	....
3	B	S&A	....	UP	....
9	Jay Gould	PENN	C&C	V&T	....
11	Thomas Durant	NYC	C&NW	FEC	....
8	Aubin de Verlin	SCL	CB&Q	....	....
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	MC	CRIP	....	....
13	William Ogden	COG	C&H	CASL	MN
10	Hannibal Kimball	B&O	SM	GTW	M&SP
12	William Palmer	ERIE	CNS	....	....
1	Railroad Dan	P&LE	S&G	L&A	....
7	Edward Harriman	IC	N&C	....	....
6	Louis J Desy Jr	VC	GT	....	....
15	Cyrus Holliday	....	....	....	....
14	Dan Drew	....	....	....	....
5	Leland Stanford	....	....	....	....

Railroad Summary

RR	Name	Tracks	Revenues	Expense	Efficiency	Bonds	Loans	Profit / share	Dividend / share	Grant	Land
B&M	Boston & Maine	281	36405	20387	98	62049	25198	7	0	0	0
GT	Grand Trunk	329	42987	34390	74	59508	12013	2	1	0	158
NYC	New York Central	1099	213695	113258	98	245502	166404	12	9	0	0
HRL	Hudson River Line	593	78897	47338	94	132558	97267	4	0	0	0
ERIE	Erie Lackawanna	1526	276193	143621	99	354684	205082	12	4	218	86
CNJ	Central New Jersey	523	88344	46822	98	121580	91308	9	4	0	13
PENN	Pennsylvania	1704	323315	168124	99	436792	282061	11	11	1150	254
READ	Reading	427	92140	50676	99	108059	45616	14	13	0	116
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	1207	169690	88239	99	299029	73343	9	4	0	340
RF&P	Richmond, Fred. & Potomac	734	92323	54471	95	163666	99603	5	0	0	0
N&W	Norfolk & Western	1830	299774	158878	98	381390	248705	3	5	0	0
W&M	Wilmington & Manchester	605	78270	43831	98	128210	71184	6	0	0	14
C&H	Charleston & Hamburg	1054	131747	72461	96	225426	92965	7	7	0	547
S&A	Savannah & Augusta	1454	201300	104675	99	311950	222971	7	16	595	296
SCL	Sea Coast Line	1301	216845	112758	99	298500	176465	10	9	0	264
S&G	Savannah & Gulf	856	110783	60932	96	199498	145189	5	4	1150	147
COG	Central of Georgia	977	141264	76283	97	217237	135092	7	6	925	605
P&LE	Pittsburgh & Lake Erie	784	137439	71468	99	193361	138091	10	16	0	281
VC	Virginia Central	293	25868	19660	78	50510	31339	0	0	0	0
MC	Michigan Central	720	105246	57884	96	183303	122229	6	1	0	542
A&T	Alabama & Tennessee	336	48098	27416	97	76345	52802	6	9	0	0
GM&O	Gulf, Mobile & Ohio	489	62880	34584	99	115556	78817	5	0	0	273
N&C	Nashville & Chattanooga	497	69115	38014	99	121832	79885	6	4	825	33
SM	Southern Mississippi	507	62650	34458	99	132411	85243	4	0	440	700
C&C	Cincinnati & Chicago	304	44612	24537	99	79884	52404	6	4	0	204
IC	Illinois Central	185	24977	16984	86	47522	29128	2	0	0	0
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	120	20057	11232	98	29819	20581	8	1	1400	0
CRIP	Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific	150	21945	15581	83	39927	24473	2	0	0	0
CB&Q	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	190	25348	14702	96	44447	30353	5	1	0	0
CNS	Chicago North Shore	85	19304	13899	82	27341	16759	5	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

Boston & Maine (B&M)

B&M ; ME1
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]
Grand Trunk (GT)

GT ; C2
Unbuilt none
[Regions: AN]

New York Central (NYC)

NYC ; B&A (Double) ; B&H (Double) ; NY3 ; LS (Double) ; C4 (Double) ; C5 ; MI1

Unbuilt none

[Regions: ALN]

Hudson River Line (HRL)

HRL ; C3 ; NY1
Unbuilt none
[Regions: AN]

Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)

ERIE ; NY2 ; PA11 (Double) ; MRLE ; A&GW ; IN4 ; MON (Double) ; IN2 ; IN7 ; IL4

Unbuilt IL3

[Regions: AOLCM]

Central New Jersey (CNJ)

CNJ (Double) ; PA9 ; PA10 ; PA8 (Double)
Unbuilt none
[Regions: AL]

Pennsylvania (PENN)

PENN (Double) ; C&A (Double) ; LV (Double) ; PA5 ; PA6 ; NYNH (Double) ; WV2 ; PA2 (Double) ; PA4 ; M&C ; WBSH (Double) ; KY3 ; KY8 ; KY9

Unbuilt IL9

[Regions: AO]

Reading (READ)

READ (Double) ; PA1 ; MD1 ; PA3 ; VA7
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

B&O ; WV1 ; OH1 ; OH4 ; IN1 ; IN3 ; IN6 ; TP&W ; IN8

Unbuilt IL5

[Regions: AOC]

Richmond, Fred. & Potomac (RF&P)

RF&P ; VA1 ; NC2 ; MD2 ; PA7
Unbuilt none
[Regions: AO]

Norfolk & Western (N&W)

N&W (Double) ; R&D (Double) ; N&S (Double) ; VA4 (Double) ; C&O (Double) ; VA5 ; KY1 ; IN5 ; IN9 ; C&EI (Double) ; IL6 ; KY13

Unbuilt TN14

[Regions: AOCM]

Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)

W&M ; W&W (Double) ; SC2 ; SC1 ; NC1
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]

Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)

C&H (Double) ; SC4 (Double) ; SC3 ; G&C (Double) ; SC5 ; TN2 ; TN4 ; TN6 ; TN7

Unbuilt none

[Regions: A]

Savannah & Augusta (S&A)

S&A (Double) ; GA1 ; GA8 (Double) ; AL3 ; MS3 ; A&WP ; BRL ; TN8 ; KY14

Unbuilt AL6

[Regions: AD]

Sea Coast Line (SCL)

SCL (Double) ; NER (Double) ; GA4 (Double) ; FL4 ; FL5 (Double) ; FL6 ; AL8 ; MS4 (Double) ; MS7

Unbuilt MS5

[Regions: AMG]

Savannah & Gulf (S&G)

S&G ; GA6 ; GA7 ; AL1 (Double) ; AL2 ; TN9 ; TN12

Unbuilt IL8

[Regions: AD]

Central of Georgia (COG)

COG (Double) ; A&C ; GA2 ; TN5 ; KY7 ; O&M ; IL2

Unbuilt IL1

[Regions: ADO]

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE)

P&LE (Double) ; OH3 ; OH5 ; OH6 ; FW&C (Double) ; MI6 ; OH7

Unbuilt none

[Regions: OLC]

Virginia Central (VC)

VC
Unbuilt VA2
[Regions: ]

Michigan Central (MC)

MC ; MI5 ; P&FW ; OH2 ; MI2 (Double)

Unbuilt MI4

[Regions: OLC]

Alabama & Tennessee (A&T)

A&T ; AL5 ; AL7
Unbuilt MS1
[Regions: DG]
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O)

GM&O ; MS2 ; AL4
Unbuilt none
[Regions: DG]

Nashville & Chattanooga (N&C)

N&C ; KY10 ; L&N ; KY11

Unbuilt IL7

[Regions: O]

Southern Mississippi (SM)

SM ; NO&J ; MS6
Unbuilt TN13
[Regions: MG]
Cincinnati & Chicago (C&C)

C&C ; OH8
Unbuilt none
[Regions: OC]
Illinois Central (IC)

IC
Unbuilt none
[Regions: C]
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)

C&NW
Unbuilt WI4
[Regions: C]
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)

CRIP
Unbuilt none
[Regions: C]
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)

CB&Q
Unbuilt IA4
[Regions: C]
Chicago North Shore (CNS)

CNS
Unbuilt none
[Regions: C]

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
B&M	44	57	70	+26	468	1 354	51		2	8 10 11
GT	36	43	51	+15	473	1 645	0	6	6	2 10 12
NYC	35	44	53	+18	1342	5 502	0	11	11	4
HRL	47	50	54	+7	1538	2 965	0		12	1 4 11
ERIE	50	56	63	+13	1283	7 302	328	12	12	9 10
CNJ	45	55	66	+21	687	2 615	0		12	9 10
PENN	46	56	67	+21	2072	8 460	65	9	9	4 10
READ	52	66	80	+28	675	2 066	69		13	1 8 11
B&O	53	53	54	+1	898	5 923	120	10	10	4 9 12
RF&P	31	36	41	+10	1165	3 584	86		2
N&W	36	38	41	+5	3068	25 782	80	2	2	3
W&M	37	39	42	+5	460	2 975	50		13	8 10
C&H	50	67	84	+34	1508	5 149	127	13	13	3 8
S&A	91	74	58	-33	1921	7 193	77	3	3	7 8
SCL	52	53	55	+3	1295	6 407	105	8	8	13
S&G	42	51	61	+19	1050	4 236	44	1	1	2 11
COG	61	60	53	-8	787	4 831	54	13	13	8
P&LE	65	65	66	+1	608	3 869	51	1	1	4 11
VC	32	34	37	+5	267	1 465	0	6	6	10 11
MC	27	38	55	+28	204	3 508	92	4	4	10
A&T	53	77	51	+49	558	3 300	60	2	2	1 9
GM&O	98	119	47	+43	580	6 804	531		11	1
N&C	40	43	47	+7	275	2 350	135	7	7	1 12
SM	26	32	39	+13	437	2 395	140	10	9
C&C	25	39	53	+28	312	1 469	51	9	9
IC	0	0	16	+16	0	833	92	7	7
C&NW	14	25	36	+22	277	600	0	11	11
CRIP	0	0	16	+16	0	675	75	4	4
CB&Q	14	25	37	+23	424	950	0	8	8
CNS	0	0	16	+16	0	383	42	12	12

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF		Price
MS	Michigan Southern	1020
MP	Missouri Pacific	1415
CP	Central Pacific	770
WP	Western Pacific	710
SL&A	St Louis & Alton	495
GW	Great Western	700
SP	Southern Pacific	450

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