Continental Rails II - Club DE

Game # 13 - Turn # 5

Headline News 1849 to 1850

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

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: Derpendja von Rense bought NYNH for $550, Sun-E Storm bought W&W for $2232, Darkwing bought LS for $4020, Gyro Gearloose bought A&GW for $950, Louis McLane bought TP&W for $6218, Darkwing bought MC for $7989.

PCs Merged: CNJ merges into C&A, C&O merges into RF&P, M&C merges into B&O, VC merges into R&D, NER merges into SCL.

PCs Incorporated: MRLE.

New Engines Acquired: B&H bought Norris 4-2-0, NYC bought Norris 4-2-0, PENN bought Norris 4-2-0, B&O bought Norris 4-2-0, R&D bought Norris 4-2-0, SCL bought Norris 4-2-0, COG bought Norris 4-2-0, P&LE bought Norris 4-2-0.

New Technologies Acquired: NYC bought Grand Station, B&O bought Grand Station, SCL bought Grand Station.

RoWs built: NY3 by NYC, PA6 by PENN, PA2 by B&O, VA7 by R&D, GA8 by SCL.

RoWs abandoned: NC2 was abandoned by N&W, SC1 was abandoned by C&H.

NYC doubled HRL, C&A doubled C&A, SCL doubled S&A, COG doubled COG.

New RoWs acquired: C&A got PA9, RF&P got MD1, COG got GA2, R&D got WV4, P&LE got OH3, B&O got OH7, SCL got AL3, NYC got C4.

Insolvent RRs: N&W.

Loan Recalls: Thomas Scott, Darkwing, MaldoNash.

New railroad Presidents: Cornelius Vanderbilt of R&D, J. Pierpont Morgan of MRLE.

New Private Companies Available: A&WP, BRL, WBSH, A&C, A&T, NO&J, SM, MN.

Cornelius Vanderbilt dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $3000. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Sun-E Storm, Thomas Scott, Louis McLane, Darkwing

Development of switch yards facilitates operations, reduces operating costs.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Panic to Depression.
Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards

Tycoon Announcements:

1 Sun-E Storm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt who REALLY wants the N&H?? I don't!!
4 J. Pierpont Morgan --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6 Gyro Gearloose --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Sun-E Storm (1) Thomas Scott (7) MaldoNash (11) Louis McLane (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
Rail Mogul Thomas Scott (7) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) MaldoNash (11) Darkwing (9) Maggy (8)
Rail Builder Thomas Scott (7) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Darkwing (9) MaldoNash (11) Sun-E Storm (1)
Rail Magnate Thomas Scott (7) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) MaldoNash (11) Darkwing (9) Louis McLane (10)
Rail Prodigal Thomas Scott (7) MaldoNash (11) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Sun-E Storm (1) Darkwing (9)
Rail Baron Thomas Scott (7) MaldoNash (11) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Darkwing (9) Louis McLane (10)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt R&D B&O .... ....
10 Louis McLane .... P&LE TP&W ....
8 Maggy .... COG .... ....
7 Thomas Scott SCL .... .... ....
11 MaldoNash PENN .... P&FW ....
9 Darkwing NYC .... MC LS
1 Sun-E Storm .... .... W&W W&M
6 Gyro Gearloose .... .... .... A&GW
2 Salvator RF&P C&A .... ....
12 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
5 Derpendja von Rense .... B&H .... NYNH
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
4 J. Pierpont Morgan .... MRLE .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
B&H Boston & Hartford 110   14223   9387   94   39335   20465   -2   0   0   0  
NYC New York Central 1000   121830   70663   99   277977   147799   2   16   0   119  
C&A Camden & Amboy 226   42832   29982   90   57020   38170   3   2   770   0  
PENN Pennsylvania 479   58093   35438   99   127095   45410   3   10   0   574  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 653   58816   35289   97   140062   73612   1   16   0   0  
RF&P Richmond, Fred. & Potomac 211   21755   15663   88   45067   27961   -2   2   225   0  
R&D Richmond & Danville 463   39131   23869   99   69887   59249   0   16   290   376  
N&W Norfolk & Western 325   27727   20241   87   77831   36456   -2   0   0   0  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129   14935   9708   95   26765   599   1   1   0   0  
SCL Sea Coast Line 947   119413   69259   99   211377   120027   3   9   810   759  
COG Central of Georgia 86   13090   7985   99   30335   15785   1   6   0   0  
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 131   15446   10040   95   46018   24160   -2   8   535   0  
MRLE Mad River & Lake Erie 138   13176   9223   90   16299   16301   0   0   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)
Boston & Hartford (B&H ):   B&H
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
New York Central (NYC ):   NYC B&A  (Double) HRL  (Double) GT ERIE NY3
Unbuilt:: C4 [Regions: AL]
Camden & Amboy (C&A ):   C&A  (Double) CNJ
Unbuilt:: PA9 [Regions: A]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN LV PA5 PA6
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AO]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O WV1 M&C PA2
Unbuilt:: OH7 [Regions: AO]
Richmond, Fred. & Potomac (RF&P):   RF&P C&O
Unbuilt:: MD1 [Regions: A]
Richmond & Danville (R&D ):   R&D VC VA7
Unbuilt:: WV4 [Regions: A]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W N&S
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ):   C&H
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):   SCL  (Double) S&G S&A  (Double) GA1 NER GA8
Unbuilt:: AL3 [Regions: AD]
Central of Georgia (COG ):   COG  (Double)
Unbuilt:: GA2 [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&H 18   21   25   +7  189   495   55   5   5   9    
NYC 52   48   44   -8  1012   4963   74   9   9   8     10    
C&A 18   22   26   +8  163   1063   67   2   2  
PENN 52   52   53   +1  668   2299   122   11   11   10    
B&O 36   42   49   +13  336   3162   143   3   3   6     8    
RF&P 26   43   61   +35  144   1008   47   2   2   6    
R&D 30   41   52   +22  90   2122   193   3   3   7    
N&W 62   40   19   -43  1265   1645   0     6  
C&H 46   25   5   -41  1047   2031   0     7  
SCL 61   53   45   -16  852   4600   170   7   7   1     11    
COG 18   31   44   +26  190   430   0   8   8  
P&LE 18   31   44   +26  293   655   0   10   10  
MRLE 0   0   10   +10  0   621   69   4   4  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
B&M 725   READ 520   G&C 470   GTW 535   A&WP 760   BRL 925   WBSH 570  
A&C 685   A&T 715   NO&J 915   SM 220   MN 510  

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