Continental Rails II

Game # 12 - 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: Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo bought NYNH for $555, Leland Stanford bought S&G for $981.

PCs Merged: R&D merges into N&W, S&A merges into SCL, NER merges into SCL, B&A merges into NYC, HRL merges into NYC.

PCs Incorporated: RF&P, GT, READ, ERIE, C&O.

PENN doubled PENN, N&W doubled N&W, C&H doubled C&H, SCL doubled SCL.

New RoWs acquired: NYC got NY3, PENN got PA5, N&W got VA4, C&H got SC4, SCL got GA1, B&O got WV1.

Stock splits: PENN splits 2 for 1.

New railroad Presidents: Leland Stanford of GT, J. Pierpont Morgan of NYC, Thomas Scott of ERIE, Jim Fisk of READ, Thomas Durant of C&O, J. Edgar Thompson of RF&P, Bill Bouquett of SCL.

New Private Companies Available: COG, LS, P&LE, G&C.

Jim Fisk dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1053. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: J. Edgar Thompson

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

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron J. Edgar Thompson (3) Bill Bouquett (10) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Thomas Scott (7) Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo (9)
Rail Mogul J. Edgar Thompson (3) Sleeping Dog (2) Thomas Scott (7) Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo (9) Thomas Durant (11)
Rail Builder J. Edgar Thompson (3) Jim Fisk (1) Sleeping Dog (2) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Magnate Sleeping Dog (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Thomas Scott (7) Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo (9) Thomas Durant (11)
Rail Prodigal Jim Fisk (1) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Leland Stanford (5) Sleeping Dog (2) J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
Rail Baron J. Edgar Thompson (3) Thomas Scott (7) Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo (9) Thomas Durant (11) Sleeping Dog (2)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
10 Bill Bouquett SCL .... .... ....
7 Thomas Scott .... ERIE .... ....
4 J. Pierpont Morgan NYC .... .... ....
3 J. Edgar Thompson RF&P N&W .... ....
5 Leland Stanford .... GT S&G ....
9 Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo .... PENN NYNH ....
2 Sleeping Dog .... C&H .... ....
11 Thomas Durant B&O C&O .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
12 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
6 Milton Littlefield .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
8 John Forbes .... .... .... ....
1 Jim Fisk .... READ .... C&A

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 73   10642   7875   86   10199   10201   1   0   0   0  
NYC New York Central 491   52101   31782   99   76895   44963   3   16   745   0  
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 287   22332   15409   91   31599   31601   -1   0   0   0  
PENN Pennsylvania 104   21881   13347   99   19906   499   13   9   0   0  
READ Reading 104   15356   11517   85   14499   14501   1   0   0   0  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160   13619   9261   92   32643   781   2   10   1025   0  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 94   9159   6778   86   11199   11201   -1   0   0   0  
RF&P Richmond, Fred. & Potomac 117   12145   8987   86   14199   14201   0   0   0   0  
N&W Norfolk & Western 158   23193   14380   98   29515   11348   6   4   650   0  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129   20372   12427   99   29141   619   9   4   166   0  
SCL Sea Coast Line 462   61792   37693   99   73151   41926   5   17   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)
Grand Trunk (GT ):   GT
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
New York Central (NYC ):   NYC B&A HRL
Unbuilt:: NY3 [Regions: A]
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):   ERIE
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN  (Double)
Unbuilt:: PA5 [Regions: A]
Reading (READ):   READ
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O
Unbuilt:: WV1 [Regions: A]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):   C&O
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Richmond, Fred. & Potomac (RF&P):   RF&P
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W  (Double) R&D
Unbuilt:: VA4 [Regions: A]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ):   C&H  (Double)
Unbuilt:: SC4 [Regions: A]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):   SCL  (Double) S&A NER
Unbuilt:: GA1 [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   10   +10  0   329   36   5   5  
NYC 31   36   41   +10  104   2321   171   4   4   2     3     5    
ERIE 0   0   10   +10  0   1292   143   7   7  
PENN 32   66   50   +68  61   1092   0   9   9   1     3     11    
READ 0   0   10   +10  0   468   52   1   1  
B&O 37   52   67   +30  106   840   0   11   11   5     7     9    
C&O 0   0   10   +10  0   423   47   11   11  
RF&P 0   0   10   +10  0   527   58   3   3  
N&W 20   30   40   +20  56   772   38   3   3   2    
C&H 12   18   24   +12  149   677   0   2   2  
SCL 24   46   68   +44  100   2184   161   10   10   7    

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   CNJ 670   LV 650   N&S 1215   W&W 600   W&M 665  
COG 430   LS 910   P&LE 655   G&C 470  

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