Continental Rails II - Club DE

Game # 13 - Turn # 6

Headline News 1851 to 1852

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1851: California admitted into Union as newest state.
1852: Average life expectancy now almost 42 years.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Salvator bought READ for $1000, Salvator bought GTW for $600, Maggy bought A&WP for $3474, Gyro Gearloose bought WBSH for $913, Maggy bought A&C for $1719, Thomas Scott bought A&T for $11302, MaldoNash bought NO&J for $10669, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought SM for $4999.

PCs Merged: W&M merges into SCL, LS merges into P&LE, A&GW merges into B&O, P&FW merges into PENN.

PCs Incorporated: MC.

New Engines Acquired: C&A bought Norris 4-2-0, RF&P bought Norris 4-2-0, C&H bought Norris 4-2-0.

New Technologies Acquired: B&H bought switch yards, NYC bought switch yards, C&A bought switch yards, PENN bought switch yards, B&O bought switch yards, RF&P bought switch yards, SCL bought switch yards.

RoWs built: C4 by NYC, PA9 by C&A, OH7 by B&O, MD1 by RF&P, AL3 by SCL, GA2 by COG, OH3 by P&LE.

RoWs abandoned: WV4 was abandoned by R&D.

B&O doubled PA2, SCL doubled NER.

New RoWs acquired: C&A got PA1, RF&P got PA4, MRLE got PA11, COG got GA4, PENN got OH4, B&O got IN1, SCL got TN12, NYC got C5, P&LE got PA7.

Bankrupt RRs: N&W.

Loan Recalls: Thomas Scott.

New railroad Presidents: Thomas Scott of C&H, Darkwing of MC.

New Private Companies Available: GM&O, N&C, FW&C, C&EI.

Cornelius Vanderbilt dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $2013. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Louis McLane, MaldoNash, Sun-E Storm, Maggy, Thomas Scott

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

Tycoon Announcements:

1 Sun-E Storm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6 Gyro Gearloose --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron MaldoNash (11) Sun-E Storm (1) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Thomas Scott (7) Louis McLane (10)
Rail Mogul Thomas Scott (7) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) MaldoNash (11) Darkwing (9) Maggy (8)
Rail Builder Thomas Scott (7) Darkwing (9) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) MaldoNash (11) Maggy (8)
Rail Magnate Thomas Scott (7) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Darkwing (9) MaldoNash (11) 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 .... B&O .... SM
10 Louis McLane .... P&LE TP&W ....
11 MaldoNash PENN .... .... NO&J
8 Maggy .... COG A&WP A&C
7 Thomas Scott SCL C&H A&T ....
9 Darkwing NYC MC .... ....
6 Gyro Gearloose .... .... WBSH ....
1 Sun-E Storm .... .... W&W ....
2 Salvator RF&P C&A READ GTW
12 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
5 Derpendja von Rense .... B&H .... NYNH
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   15172   8800   99   40222   18871   2   2   0   0  
NYC New York Central 1140   152928   84110   99   307576   173200   4   9   0   77  
C&A Camden & Amboy 380   59573   36339   96   83083   61577   4   2   0   500  
PENN Pennsylvania 670   80381   46621   99   156520   71285   4   14   685   402  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 871   96603   53131   99   177614   106357   3   9   0   0  
RF&P Richmond, Fred. & Potomac 256   32217   20296   94   55218   36725   2   0   0   169  
R&D Richmond & Danville 463   40968   24991   99   84240   68046   0   0   0   282  
N&W Norfolk & Western 325   29596   20717   90   80853   38309   -2   0   0   0  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129   16082   9810   99   26762   686   2   0   0   0  
SCL Sea Coast Line 1242   160866   88476   99   256447   159557   5   9   440   1177  
COG Central of Georgia 258   34825   21940   97   58888   42010   2   9   0   0  
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 420   48556   32533   93   90358   64490   0   4   0   401  
MRLE Mad River & Lake Erie 138   14228   10386   87   16299   16301   0   7   0   0  
MC Michigan Central 152   14521   10310   86   20708   19117   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 C4
Unbuilt:: C5 [Regions: ALN]
Camden & Amboy (C&A ):   C&A  (Double) CNJ PA9
Unbuilt:: PA1 [Regions: A]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN LV PA5 PA6 P&FW
Unbuilt:: OH4 [Regions: AO]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O WV1 M&C PA2  (Double) A&GW OH7
Unbuilt:: IN1 [Regions: AO]
Richmond, Fred. & Potomac (RF&P):   RF&P C&O MD1
Unbuilt:: PA4 [Regions: A]
Richmond & Danville (R&D ):   R&D VC VA7
Unbuilt:: none [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  (Double) GA8 W&M AL3
Unbuilt:: TN12 [Regions: AD]
Central of Georgia (COG ):   COG  (Double) GA2
Unbuilt:: GA4 [Regions: AD]
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE):   P&LE LS OH3
Unbuilt:: PA7 [Regions: OL]
Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE):   MRLE
Unbuilt:: PA11 [Regions: L]
Michigan Central (MC ):   MC
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 25   21   17   -8  131   508   42   5   5   9    
NYC 44   40   36   -8  1334   5667   70   9   9   8     10    
C&A 26   31   37   +11  368   1823   77   2   2  
PENN 53   62   71   +18  464   3281   95   11   11   10    
B&O 49   47   46   -3  645   4286   109   3   3   6     8    
RF&P 61   58   55   -6  442   1258   22   2   2   3     6    
R&D 52   58   65   +13  1306   2315   0     7  
N&W 19   17   16   -3  841   1645   0     1  
C&H 5   9   14   +9  525   2031   0   7   7   1     4     11    
SCL 45   41   37   -8  2668   5928   317   7   7   1     8     11    
COG 44   39   35   -9  96   1204   86   8   8  
P&LE 44   45   47   +3  350   1956   144   10   10   9    
MRLE 10   13   17   +7  277   690   0   4   4  
MC 0   0   11   +11  0   684   76   9   9  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
B&M 725   G&C 470   BRL 925   GM&O 675   N&C 755   MN 510   FW&C 570  
C&EI 920  

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