Continental Rails II - Club DE

Game # 11 - Turn # 9

Headline News 1857 to 1858

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1857: Western Union Telegraph Company begins operations.
1858: The Dred Scott decision by Supreme Court angers Northern anti-slavery elements.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Vanderbilt bought L&N for $6323, Erastus Corning bought M&SP for $12345, Edward Harriman bought MP for $7136.

PCs Merged: G&C merges into COG, B&H merges into P&LE, A&GW merges into P&LE, O&M merges into P&LE, MON merges into WBSH.

PCs Incorporated: GM&O.

New Engines Acquired: B&O bought Atlantic 4-4-2, C&H bought Atlantic 4-4-2, P&LE bought Atlantic 4-4-2, WBSH bought Atlantic 4-4-2, N&C bought Atlantic 4-4-2, NO&J bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SM bought Atlantic 4-4-2.

New Technologies Acquired: B&O bought steel rails, C&H bought steel rails, SCL bought steel rails, P&LE bought steel rails, WBSH bought steel rails, N&C bought steel rails, NO&J bought steel rails, SM bought steel rails.

RoWs built: OH3 by ERIE, PA9 by PENN, VA6 by N&W, FL6 by C&H, AL3 by SCL, TN9 by COG, IN1 by P&FW, IN10 by WBSH, AL5 by A&T.

RoWs abandoned: KY12 was abandoned by P&LE.

Double Tracked Lines: PENN doubled C&A, B&O doubled IN4, P&LE doubled C&EI, WBSH doubled WBSH.

New RoWs acquired: PENN got PA10, C&O got SC5, ERIE got MI1, B&O got IL4, P&LE got KY7, WBSH got KY13, A&T got TN5, COG got TN10, SCL got TN12, C&H got AL8, NO&J got MS6, P&FW got MI2.

New railroad Presidents: Vanderbilt of GM&O.

New Private Companies Available: FEC, M&LR, CP.

Erastus Corning dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $7111., Florian, Edward Harriman, Sun-E Storm, Vanderbilt

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Recession to Normal.
Best locomotive available: Atlantic 4-4-2
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails

Tycoon Announcements:

4 Florian i am looking for a competent partner.

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Florian (4) Maggy (7) Erastus Corning (10) Edward Harriman (9) Sun-E Storm (2)
Rail Mogul Florian (4) Maggy (7) Edward Harriman (9) Erastus Corning (10) Scrooge McDuck (8)
Rail Builder Edward Harriman (9) Erastus Corning (10) Maggy (7) George R. Obberbaron (1) Florian (4)
Rail Magnate Edward Harriman (9) Florian (4) Erastus Corning (10) Vanderbilt (3) Maggy (7)
Rail Prodigal Maggy (7) Florian (4) Erastus Corning (10) Edward Harriman (9) Sun-E Storm (2)
Rail Baron Edward Harriman (9) Florian (4) Maggy (7) Erastus Corning (10) Sun-E Storm (2)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
4 Florian B&O PENN .... ....
7 Maggy C&H P&FW .... ....
9 Edward Harriman P&LE A&T MP ....
10 Erastus Corning SCL WBSH M&SP ....
3 Vanderbilt GM&O COG .... L&N
8 Scrooge McDuck N&W N&C .... ....
1 George R. Obberbaron .... .... .... ....
2 Sun-E Storm ERIE C&O .... ....
11 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
14 Leland Stanford .... .... .... ....
13 Collis Huntington .... .... .... ....
12 Hannibal Kimball .... .... .... ....
5 Jim Hill .... .... .... ....
15 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
6 Jay Gould .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 854   95034   62722   91   224087   120536   0   2   0   85  
PENN Pennsylvania 1926   297282   181342   93   446408   237548   6   4   0   636  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 784   86701   45084   99   173562   97737   4   6   0   167  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 399   42197   29538   87   105842   50605   -1   1   300   214  
N&W Norfolk & Western 1621   173856   109530   91   315090   216536   2   0   0   153  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 906   109371   61248   98   208160   136619   3   6   590   38  
SCL Sea Coast Line 1748   247591   148553   91   461868   286934   3   6   0   115  
COG Central of Georgia 1140   128830   76010   95   223721   174775   2   1   0   176  
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 2126   351266   182658   99   469611   324857   9   4   900   415  
P&FW Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne 788   84170   52186   95   157389   121604   1   20   0   116  
WBSH Wabash Line 532   76533   42093   99   116170   88800   6   10   0   44  
A&T Alabama & Tennessee 276   29043   18007   95   56534   43401   1   1   640   399  
GM&O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 135   14202   9373   88   23869   18756   1   0   0   0  
N&C Nashville & Chattanooga 151   15304   9948   89   27529   18630   1   2   0   0  
NO&J New Orleans & Jackson 183   21442   13294   92   36074   27627   2   7   0   0  
SM Southern Mississippi 44   7765   4892   91   9837   6147   7   3   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)
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):   ERIE NY2 LS PA8 OH3
Unbuilt:: MI1 [Regions: AL]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN LV  (Double) PA5 C&A  (Double) PA6 CNJ GT  (Double) B&M
C2 C3 HRL  (Double) NY1 PA9
Unbuilt:: PA10 [Regions: AON]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O  (Double) WV1 M&C IN4  (Double) IN7
Unbuilt:: IL4 [Regions: AO]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):   C&O VA2 MD1
Unbuilt:: SC5 [Regions: A]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W  (Double) RF&P  (Double) R&D N&S VA1  (Double) VC W&W VA7
NC2 VA4 VA6
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ):   C&H SC4 SC1 GA4 FL4 FL5 FL6
Unbuilt:: AL8 [Regions: AG]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):   SCL  (Double) S&G S&A  (Double) NER W&M GA1 A&WP GA8  (Double)
AL4 MS2 AL3
Unbuilt:: TN12 [Regions: ADG]
Central of Georgia (COG ):   COG GA2  (Double) A&C GA3 BRL TN6 G&C TN9
Unbuilt:: TN10 [Regions: AD]
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE):   P&LE  (Double) MRLE OH4 NYC  (Double) B&A  (Double) NY3 PA11 C4
IN3 C&EI  (Double) GTW IN9 B&H A&GW O&M
Unbuilt:: KY7 [Regions: AOLCN]
Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne (P&FW):   P&FW OH2 TP&W OH5 IN1
Unbuilt:: MI2 [Regions: OC]
Wabash Line (WBSH):   WBSH  (Double) IN6 MON IN10
Unbuilt:: KY13 [Regions: OC]
Alabama & Tennessee (A&T ):   A&T AL5
Unbuilt:: TN5 [Regions: D]
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O):   GM&O
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: G]
Nashville & Chattanooga (N&C ):   N&C
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ]
New Orleans & Jackson (NO&J):   NO&J
Unbuilt:: MS6 [Regions: G]
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
ERIE 22   22   22   +0  846   4217   53   2   4   7    
PENN 52   49   47   -5  3449   9558   77   4   4   7    
B&O 58   58   58   +0  1145   3928   0   4   4   8    
C&O 39   40   41   +2  307   1995   0   2   2   1     7     9    
N&W 34   29   25   -9  2703   7969   140   8   8  
C&H 42   50   58   +16  1561   4514   22   7   7  
SCL 36   36   36   +0  2046   8666   81   10   10   7    
COG 58   66   75   +17  1061   5573   127   3   3   7    
P&LE 43   52   61   +18  2067   10442   195   9   9   4    
P&FW 87   89   92   +5  812   3709   231   7   7  
WBSH 27   31   36   +9  284   2507   153   10   10   9    
A&T 22   23   25   +3  223   1314   66   9   9   4    
GM&O 0   0   13   +13  0   608   67   3   3  
N&C 13   16   19   +6  296   698   57   8   8   3     9    
NO&J 13   18   24   +11  376   915   0     3  
SM 13   14   15   +2  74   203   17     10  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
NYNH 550   READ 520   MC 760   MN 510   MS 1020   FW&C 570   C&C 1010  
IC 925   CRIP 750   CB&Q 950   CASL 925   FEC 1495   CNS 425   M&LR 660  
CP 770  

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