Continental Rails II

Game # 35 - 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: J. Pierpont Morgan bought P&FW for $3707, Aubin de Verlin bought G&C for $600, Hannibal Kimball bought M&C for $5262, Louis J Desy Jr bought VC for $1500, B bought A&WP for $2026, B bought BRL for $2143, Hannibal Kimball bought A&GW for $6462, Jay Gould bought WBSH for $6103.
PCs Merged: C&O merges into N&W.
PCs Incorporated: B&M, COG, MRLE.
New Technologies Acquired: GT bought steel rails, NYC bought Grand Station, PENN bought Grand Station, B&O bought Grand Station, B&O bought steel rails, C&H bought Grand Station.
RoWs built: NY3 by NYC, C3 by HRL, NY2 by ERIE, PA9 by CNJ, PA6 by PENN, OH1 by B&O, VA1 by RF&P, VA5 by N&W, SC2 by W&M, SC3 by C&H, GA1 by S&A, FL4 by SCL, GA6 by S&G.
PENN doubled C&A, N&W doubled VA4, SCL doubled GA4.
New RoWs acquired: HRL got NY1, READ got PA1, CNJ got PA10, ERIE got PA11, RF&P got NC2, W&M got SC1, C&H got SC5, S&G got GA7, S&A got GA8, SCL got FL5, PENN got WV2, B&O got OH4, N&W got KY1, NYC got C4, P&LE got OH3.
RR Mergers: NYNH merges into PENN.
Loan Recalls: Jay Gould.
New railroad Presidents: William Ogden of COG, Jay Gould of MRLE.
New Private Companies Available: A&C, A&T, GM&O, N&C.
AdamZ dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1110. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: B
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Recession.
Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails.

Tycoon Announcements:

4	J. Pierpont Morgan	buy penn! great results. astonishing dividend yields. major expansion plans west
7	Edward Harriman	the s&a is heading west. all aboard!
11	Thomas Durant	thomas durant retirement fund is now accepting donations.

Top Victory Points

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

Robber Baron	Jay Gould (9)	B (3)	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)	William Ogden (13)	Aubin de Verlin (8)
Rail Mogul	William Ogden (13)	AdamZ (2)	Thomas Durant (11)	Aubin de Verlin (8)	Jay Gould (9)
Rail Builder	Thomas Durant (11)	Edward Harriman (7)	Jay Gould (9)	William Palmer (12)	Railroad Dan (1)
Rail Magnate	Thomas Durant (11)	Railroad Dan (1)	AdamZ (2)	Edward Harriman (7)	Aubin de Verlin (8)
Rail Prodigal	AdamZ (2)	B (3)	Railroad Dan (1)	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)	Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Baron	Thomas Durant (11)	AdamZ (2)	Jay Gould (9)	William Ogden (13)	William Palmer (12)

Player Summary

		President of		PCs owned
Player #	Tycoon name	RR 1	RR 2	PC 1	PC 2
11	Thomas Durant	NYC	HRL	....	....
3	B	....	N&W	A&WP	BRL
2	AdamZ	....	RF&P	....	....
13	William Ogden	C&H	COG	....	....
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	....	....	P&FW	LS
8	Aubin de Verlin	SCL	READ	G&C	....
12	William Palmer	ERIE	CNJ	....	....
10	Hannibal Kimball	B&O	....	A&GW	M&C
9	Jay Gould	PENN	MRLE	WBSH	....
1	Railroad Dan	P&LE	S&G	....	....
7	Edward Harriman	S&A	....	....	....
6	Louis J Desy Jr	....	GT	VC	....
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	145	18733	12364	88	27565	21660	2	0	0	0
GT	Grand Trunk	73	12908	9939	77	10244	10229	2	2	1280	0
NYC	New York Central	608	88736	46143	99	106901	69255	9	16	0	0
HRL	Hudson River Line	383	47819	26778	98	72140	59748	4	16	0	0
ERIE	Erie Lackawanna	490	48355	27562	97	82054	69134	2	4	546	0
CNJ	Central New Jersey	288	35796	19688	99	52425	44255	5	4	0	0
PENN	Pennsylvania	681	117686	62374	98	133232	91873	10	9	805	0
READ	Reading	104	18428	10688	96	19435	16840	8	4	0	0
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	445	39312	20442	99	84034	43491	3	1	685	693
RF&P	Richmond, Fred. & Potomac	277	32552	20833	90	50448	42073	2	7	0	0
N&W	Norfolk & Western	902	95152	53285	98	149916	110535	4	9	0	0
W&M	Wilmington & Manchester	363	35489	19874	98	59125	50614	3	4	0	330
C&H	Charleston & Hamburg	321	45618	25090	96	62203	28166	8	4	375	300
S&A	Savannah & Augusta	309	38692	22441	99	53447	44924	4	2	0	470
SCL	Sea Coast Line	628	94824	49309	99	115451	70232	9	6	1020	536
S&G	Savannah & Gulf	282	28828	15855	99	47872	40628	3	4	0	0
COG	Central of Georgia	86	12276	8470	85	17093	13432	2	0	0	0
P&LE	Pittsburgh & Lake Erie	131	18422	10132	99	22874	19565	6	4	535	0
MRLE	Mad River & Lake Erie	138	15220	9589	91	25101	19724	2	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
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]
Grand Trunk (GT)

GT
Unbuilt C2
[Regions: A]
New York Central (NYC)

NYC ; B&A (Double) ; B&H ; NY3
Unbuilt C4
[Regions: AL]
Hudson River Line (HRL)

HRL ; C3
Unbuilt NY1
[Regions: AN]
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)

ERIE ; NY2
Unbuilt PA11
[Regions: AL]
Central New Jersey (CNJ)

CNJ ; PA9
Unbuilt PA10
[Regions: A]

Pennsylvania (PENN)

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

Unbuilt WV2

[Regions: AO]

Reading (READ)

READ
Unbuilt PA1
[Regions: A]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

B&O ; WV1 ; OH1
Unbuilt OH4
[Regions: A]
Richmond, Fred. & Potomac (RF&P)

RF&P ; VA1
Unbuilt NC2
[Regions: A]

Norfolk & Western (N&W)

N&W (Double) ; R&D (Double) ; N&S ; VA4 (Double) ; C&O ; VA5

Unbuilt KY1

[Regions: A]

Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)

W&M ; W&W ; SC2
Unbuilt SC1
[Regions: A]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)

C&H (Double) ; SC4 ; SC3
Unbuilt SC5
[Regions: A]
Savannah & Augusta (S&A)

S&A ; GA1
Unbuilt GA8
[Regions: AD]
Sea Coast Line (SCL)

SCL (Double) ; NER ; GA4 (Double) ; 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]
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE)

P&LE
Unbuilt OH3
[Regions: OL]
Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE)

MRLE
Unbuilt none
[Regions: L]

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	0	0	13	+13	0	653	72		2
GT	13	13	14	+1	99	365	0	6	6
NYC	30	34	38	+8	620	2 973	74	11	11	4
HRL	17	25	34	+17	210	1 795	120	11	11
ERIE	14	17	20	+6	395	2 349	101	12	12	10
CNJ	15	18	22	+7	216	1 363	77	12	12
PENN	56	47	37	-19	583	3 355	55	9	9	4 10
READ	11	14	17	+6	204	520	0	8	8
B&O	21	22	24	+3	619	2 193	40	10	10
RF&P	12	15	18	+6	211	1 305	80	2	2
N&W	34	40	46	+12	721	4 329	185	3	3	2
W&M	15	17	20	+5	362	1 760	55		13	8
C&H	42	42	43	+1	246	1 557	54	13	13	3
S&A	12	16	21	+9	280	1 460	85	7	7
SCL	26	30	34	+8	735	3 065	82	8	8	13
S&G	16	19	23	+7	201	1 348	62	1	1	11
COG	0	0	13	+13	0	387	43	13	13
P&LE	11	15	19	+8	262	655	0	1	1
MRLE	0	0	13	+13	0	621	69	9	9

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF		Price
A&C	Atlanta & Chattanooga	685
A&T	Alabama & Tennessee	715
GM&O	Gulf, Mobile & Ohio	675
N&C	Nashville & Chattanooga	755

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