Continental Rails II

Game # 35 - 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. Pierpont Morgan bought MC for $8253, Hannibal Kimball bought SM for $8888, William Ogden bought O&M for $12001, William Palmer bought MON for $10104, Jay Gould bought C&C for $8111.
PCs Merged: WBSH merges into M&C, A&C merges into COG.
PCs Incorporated: GM&O, A&T, N&C.
New Technologies Acquired: S&G bought Grand Station, P&LE bought Grand Station.
RoWs built: C5 by NYC, PA8 by CNJ, PA2 by PENN, MD1 by READ, IN1 by B&O, MD2 by RF&P, IN5 by N&W, TN2 by C&H, AL3 by S&A, FL6 by SCL, AL1 by S&G, GA2 by COG, OH5 by P&LE, IN4 by MRLE.
NYC doubled LS, CNJ doubled CNJ, PENN doubled PENN, READ doubled READ, C&H doubled G&C, S&A doubled S&A, SCL doubled NER.
New RoWs acquired: B&M got ME1, READ got PA3, RF&P got PA7, P&FW got OH2, P&LE got OH6, NYC got MI1, MRLE got IN2, B&O got IN3, N&W got IN9, M&C got KY3, C&H got TN4, COG got TN5, S&G got AL2, SCL got AL8, S&A got MS3, PENN got PA4.
New railroad Presidents: J. Pierpont Morgan of HRL, AdamZ of N&W, Hannibal Kimball of MRLE, Jay Gould of M&C, AdamZ of A&T, Thomas Durant of GM&O, Edward Harriman of N&C.
New Private Companies Available: GTW, NO&J, FW&C, C&EI, IC, C&NW, CB&Q.
Hannibal Kimball earns the Heartland Award for linking the B&O from the Atlantic to Chicago.
Thomas Durant dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $3002. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: William Palmer, J. Pierpont Morgan, Railroad Dan, B, Aubin de Verlin , AdamZ
Invention of coal burning engine for locomotives improves operations, reduces operating costs.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Recession to Normal.
Best locomotive available: American 4-4-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines.

Tycoon Announcements:

7	Edward Harriman	really mr. durant? refused secret corporate info + you start a smear campaign?
11	Thomas Durant	hrl board sacks durant, citing failure to build a grand station.

Top Victory Points

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

Robber Baron	Thomas Durant (11)	B (3)	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)	Jay Gould (9)	AdamZ (2)
Rail Mogul	Thomas Durant (11)	William Ogden (13)	AdamZ (2)	Aubin de Verlin (8)	Jay Gould (9)
Rail Builder	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Thomas Durant (11)	Jay Gould (9)	William Palmer (12)	Edward Harriman (7)
Rail Magnate	Thomas Durant (11)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Railroad Dan (1)	Edward Harriman (7)	Aubin de Verlin (8)
Rail Prodigal	AdamZ (2)	B (3)	Thomas Durant (11)	William Palmer (12)	Railroad Dan (1)
Rail Baron	Thomas Durant (11)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	AdamZ (2)	Jay Gould (9)	B (3)

Player Summary

		President of		PCs owned
Player #	Tycoon name	RR 1	RR 2	PC 1	PC 2
11	Thomas Durant	NYC	GM&O	....	....
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	HRL	P&FW	....	MC
3	B	....	....	A&WP	BRL
2	AdamZ	N&W	A&T	....	....
13	William Ogden	C&H	COG	....	O&M
8	Aubin de Verlin	SCL	READ	....	....
10	Hannibal Kimball	B&O	MRLE	SM	....
12	William Palmer	ERIE	CNJ	MON	....
9	Jay Gould	PENN	M&C	....	C&C
1	Railroad Dan	P&LE	S&G	....	....
7	Edward Harriman	S&A	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	145	19002	10831	97	30532	20692	5	13	0	0
GT	Grand Trunk	73	12953	11140	68	10244	8273	0	1	1280	0
NYC	New York Central	1041	162851	84684	99	207447	145189	9	9	0	0
HRL	Hudson River Line	593	68645	37755	99	122287	96916	3	16	0	0
ERIE	Erie Lackawanna	672	70692	39587	98	128053	96903	3	4	0	195
CNJ	Central New Jersey	523	75467	39243	99	106580	85232	7	4	0	98
PENN	Pennsylvania	937	169781	88288	99	201876	142455	10	10	0	244
READ	Reading	244	53893	29642	99	56295	45206	12	6	0	0
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	784	80113	41659	99	163500	71046	5	2	0	1144
RF&P	Richmond, Fred. & Potomac	584	59808	35285	95	115700	90857	2	9	0	0
N&W	Norfolk & Western	1173	134286	73857	99	212177	155653	4	9	0	0
W&M	Wilmington & Manchester	505	55444	31603	97	92863	61034	4	2	0	118
C&H	Charleston & Hamburg	689	81082	42164	99	134188	81796	6	6	555	789
S&A	Savannah & Augusta	628	82803	43057	99	117892	94179	6	4	380	155
SCL	Sea Coast Line	876	131024	68133	99	172601	102792	8	6	590	646
S&G	Savannah & Gulf	508	58213	30271	99	100705	80730	4	2	0	0
COG	Central of Georgia	395	49962	29478	95	76475	59150	4	4	640	224
P&LE	Pittsburgh & Lake Erie	358	44131	22948	99	72670	57944	5	2	0	176
MRLE	Mad River & Lake Erie	379	48597	26728	99	80636	61503	4	1	0	406
P&FW	Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne	191	19273	11757	93	35658	27371	1	3	675	0
M&C	Marietta & Cincinnati	307	33610	18485	99	62927	43253	3	2	0	0
VC	Virginia Central	293	21436	15005	84	47123	37027	-1	1	0	0
A&T	Alabama & Tennessee	143	14530	10316	83	25101	19724	0	0	0	0
GM&O	Gulf, Mobile & Ohio	135	13953	9488	86	23869	18756	0	0	0	0
N&C	Nashville & Chattanooga	151	15024	10367	85	26333	20692	0	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 ME1
[Regions: A]
Grand Trunk (GT)

GT
Unbuilt C2
[Regions: A]

New York Central (NYC)

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

Unbuilt MI1

[Regions: ALN]

Hudson River Line (HRL)

HRL ; C3 ; NY1
Unbuilt none
[Regions: AN]
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)

ERIE ; NY2 ; PA11
Unbuilt none
[Regions: AL]
Central New Jersey (CNJ)

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

Pennsylvania (PENN)

PENN (Double) ; C&A (Double) ; LV (Double) ; PA5 ; PA6 ; NYNH ; WV2 ; PA2

Unbuilt PA4

[Regions: AO]

Reading (READ)

READ (Double) ; PA1 ; MD1
Unbuilt PA3
[Regions: A]

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

B&O ; WV1 ; OH1 ; OH4 ; IN1

Unbuilt IN3

[Regions: AC]

Richmond, Fred. & Potomac (RF&P)

RF&P ; VA1 ; NC2 ; MD2
Unbuilt PA7
[Regions: A]

Norfolk & Western (N&W)

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

Unbuilt IN9

[Regions: AO]

Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)

W&M ; W&W ; SC2 ; SC1
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]

Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)

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

Unbuilt TN4

[Regions: A]

Savannah & Augusta (S&A)

S&A (Double) ; GA1 ; GA8 ; AL3

Unbuilt MS3

[Regions: AD]

Sea Coast Line (SCL)

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

Unbuilt AL8

[Regions: AG]

Savannah & Gulf (S&G)

S&G ; GA6 ; GA7 ; AL1
Unbuilt AL2
[Regions: AD]
Central of Georgia (COG)

COG ; A&C ; GA2
Unbuilt TN5
[Regions: AD]
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE)

P&LE ; OH3 ; OH5
Unbuilt OH6
[Regions: OL]

Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE)

MRLE ; A&GW ; IN4

Unbuilt IN2

[Regions: OL]

Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne (P&FW)

P&FW
Unbuilt OH2
[Regions: O]
Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C)

M&C ; WBSH
Unbuilt KY3
[Regions: O]
Virginia Central (VC)

VC
Unbuilt none
[Regions: ]
Alabama & Tennessee (A&T)

A&T
Unbuilt none
[Regions: D]
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O)

GM&O
Unbuilt none
[Regions: G]
Nashville & Chattanooga (N&C)

N&C
Unbuilt none
[Regions: ]

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	17	26	36	+19	276	725	0		2	11
GT	19	23	27	+8	87	365	0	6	6	2 12
NYC	53	60	67	+14	1138	5 157	55	11	11	4
HRL	40	48	56	+16	835	2 965	0	4	11
ERIE	27	27	27	+0	723	3 269	91	12	12	10
CNJ	28	29	31	+3	652	2 498	117	12	12
PENN	42	40	38	-4	854	4 643	47	9	9	4 10
READ	25	30	35	+10	310	1 198	22	8	8	1
B&O	22	24	26	+4	972	3 827	101	10	10
RF&P	36	34	33	-3	666	2 844	76		2
N&W	58	57	56	-2	3111	5 807	62	2	2	3
W&M	28	27	26	-2	617	2 430	95		13	8
C&H	52	59	66	+14	674	3 352	99	13	13	3 8
S&A	32	40	49	+17	728	3 059	81	7	7	8
SCL	42	41	41	-1	966	4 365	22	8	8	13
S&G	34	34	34	+0	462	2 492	48	1	1	11
COG	24	32	41	+17	108	1 821	154	13	13
P&LE	37	47	58	+21	336	1 730	60	1	1	4 11
MRLE	27	34	42	+15	412	1 833	62	10	9
P&FW	13	19	26	+13	406	955	0	4	4
M&C	13	19	26	+13	389	1 478	57	9	10
VC	13	16	20	+7	574	1 319	146	6	6	10 11
A&T	0	0	13	+13	0	644	71	2	2
GM&O	0	0	13	+13	0	608	67	11	11
N&C	0	0	13	+13	0	680	75	7	7

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF		Price
GTW	Grand Trunk Western	535
TP&W	Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw	700
NO&J	New Orleans & Jackson	915
MN	Michigan Northern	510
MS	Michigan Southern	1020
FW&C	Ft. Wayne & Chicago	570
C&EI	Chicago & Eastern Illinois	920
IC	Illinois Central	925
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	600
CB&Q	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	950

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