Continental Rails II - Club DE

Game # 14 - Turn # 12

Headline News 1863 to 1864

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1863: Congress passes Homestead Act giving free land to homesteaders.
1864: Otto von Bismark appointed minister president of Prussia by William I.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Gyro Gearloose bought CP for $13559, Darkwing bought SP for $2828, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought SP&P for $37013.

PCs Merged: CNS merges into M&SP.

PCs Incorporated: UP, L&A.

New Engines Acquired: GT bought 04/04/2000, NYC bought Mogul 2-6-0, ERIE bought 04/04/2000, C&A bought Mogul 2-6-0, PENN bought Mogul 2-6-0, B&O bought Mogul 2-6-0, C&O bought Mogul 2-6-0, N&W bought Mogul 2-6-0, GM&O bought Mogul 2-6-0, SM bought Mogul 2-6-0, CRIP bought Mogul 2-6-0, V&T bought Mogul 2-6-0.

B&O doubled L&N, C&O doubled VA3, N&W doubled IC, GM&O doubled IL7, WP doubled WP.

New RoWs acquired: C&NW got WI4, M&SP got MN2, CB&Q got IA4, V&T got TX5, WP got NV1.

RR Mergers: MS merges into C&A.

New railroad Presidents: Salvator of CRIP, Darkwing of L&A, Gyro Gearloose of UP.

New Private Companies Available: SLSW, KC&D, KP, KCS.

Cornelius Vanderbilt dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $5013. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: B, Darkwing, Salvator, Gyro Gearloose

Civil War continues: Railroads may not build a Right-of-Way this turn.

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Normal to Improved.
Best locomotive available: Mogul 2-6-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) B (10) Gyro Gearloose (12) Darkwing (5) Vanderbilt (9)
Rail Mogul B (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Darkwing (5) Salvator (2) Heckenspecht (13)
Rail Builder Darkwing (5) B (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Heckenspecht (13) Vanderbilt (9)
Rail Magnate Darkwing (5) B (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Salvator (2) Sun-E Storm (1)
Rail Prodigal B (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Darkwing (5) McPenguin (8) Salvator (2)
Rail Baron B (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Darkwing (5) Salvator (2) Gyro Gearloose (12)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt C&O WP SP&P ....
10 B GM&O M&SP .... ....
5 Darkwing B&O L&A .... SP
2 Salvator C&A CRIP .... ....
12 Gyro Gearloose N&W UP .... CP
1 Sun-E Storm S&A SM .... M&LR
7 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
15 Calypso .... .... .... ....
13 Heckenspecht C&NW CB&Q .... ....
6 Mr. Winterbottom .... .... .... ....
8 McPenguin .... .... .... ....
4 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
14 Louis McLane .... .... .... ....
11 Salvatore Petrillo .... .... .... ....
9 Vanderbilt .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 329   39911   24745   95   68534   1369   6   0   0   0  
NYC New York Central 1486   216922   112799   99   495846   191581   6   0   0   307  
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 1064   120063   68435   94   284856   154274   3   0   0   0  
C&A Camden & Amboy 2100   405192   222856   96   573723   370173   9   7   0   421  
PENN Pennsylvania 1035   167338   93710   98   319311   42629   9   2   0   25  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 2549   415015   224108   97   565816   381346   8   9   0   139  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 2778   463000   240760   99   754880   429451   9   6   0   437  
N&W Norfolk & Western 2497   362708   203117   95   651063   409274   5   3   0   184  
S&A Savannah & Augusta 1110   146374   81969   95   297796   110516   5   0   0   0  
MC Michigan Central 152   21972   14502   91   53583   26815   1   0   0   0  
GM&O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 2294   380707   197968   99   535086   342377   9   9   760   613  
SM Southern Mississippi 227   33192   21243   90   41849   30270   5   1   0   0  
C&C Cincinnati & Chicago 202   23986   17989   79   26621   24758   1   0   0   0  
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 120   18234   11852   89   21941   14854   5   3   0   0  
CRIP Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 150   20145   13296   88   26165   17910   4   3   0   0  
CB&Q Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 190   23044   16822   81   31820   22806   1   3   0   0  
M&SP Milwaukee & St. Paul 411   52613   31041   95   80507   57785   5   1   1600   0  
V&T Vicksburg & Texas 173   16870   10122   94   28960   23461   2   4   454   0  
L&A Louisiana & Arkansas 90   16108   10953   86   21575   15625   4   0   0   0  
WP Western Pacific 142   23724   13997   95   26560   21302   7   0   1255   0  
UP Union Pacific 105   10725   6864   90   20531   14869   1   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)
Grand Trunk (GT ):   GT C2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AN]
New York Central (NYC ):   NYC  (Double) NY3  (Double) PA11 OH3 TP&W OH5 MI6 B&A B&M
MI5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ALC]
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):   ERIE NY2 LS GTW PA8 NY1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AL]
Camden & Amboy (C&A ):   C&A  (Double) NYNH  (Double) PA1  (Double) B&H MD1 HRL  (Double) C3
MD2 PA7 VA7 MRLE P&LE  (Double) OH2 PA4 MI1 MS
FW&C
Unbuilt:: OH6 [Regions: AOLCN]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN LV  (Double) PA9 CNJ PA10 C4 C5 MN
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ALN]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O WV1 PA2  (Double) OH1 OH4 IN1  (Double) IN2 IN6 IN10
COG BRL A&WP  (Double) A&C AL6 N&C AL7 L&N  (Double)
GA2 AL8
Unbuilt:: MS4 [Regions: ADOCG]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):   C&O VA4 VA5 KY1 IN5 MON  (Double) IN7 SCL  (Double) NER  (Double)
GA4  (Double) C&H  (Double) FL4 FL5 FL6 W&W W&M VA1
G&C VA3  (Double) AL5
Unbuilt:: IL5 [Regions: ADOCG]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W  (Double) R&D  (Double) RF&P  (Double) N&S  (Double) VA2  (Double) VC  (Double)
SC5 TN2 TN4 TN5 KY7 TN6 O&M  (Double) IL2 IC  (Double)
IL4
Unbuilt:: AL2 [Regions: AOCM]
Savannah & Augusta (S&A ):   S&A GA1 S&G GA8 AL3 A&T TN10 TN13
Unbuilt:: TN8 [Regions: ADM]
Michigan Central (MC ):   MC  (Double)
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: L]
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O):   GM&O  (Double) MS3 TN12 M&C A&GW  (Double) IN4 C&EI  (Double) P&FW
IN9 KY13 READ  (Double) PA5 PA6 WV2 PA3  (Double) IL7  (Double)
Unbuilt:: AL4 [Regions: AOCMG]
Southern Mississippi (SM ):   SM NO&J
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MG]
Cincinnati & Chicago (C&C ):   C&C
Unbuilt:: OH7 [Regions: C]
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW):   C&NW
Unbuilt:: WI4 [Regions: C]
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):   CRIP
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q):   CB&Q
Unbuilt:: IA4 [Regions: C]
Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP):   M&SP CNS
Unbuilt:: MN2 [Regions: CW]
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T ):   V&T
Unbuilt:: TX5 [Regions: M]
Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A ):   L&A
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: G]
Western Pacific (WP ):   WP  (Double)
Unbuilt:: NV1 [Regions: P]
Union Pacific (UP ):   UP
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: W]

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 17   18   20   +3  726   1645   0      
NYC 17   18   20   +3  3124   7385   52      
ERIE 17   17   18   +1  1550   5241   79     13   2    
C&A 39   47   52   +13  1985   10500   0   2   2   3     10    
PENN 19   20   22   +3  1980   5098   82     10  
B&O 30   33   37   +7  2783   12753   0   5   5  
C&O 32   34   37   +5  2615   13903   0   3   3   8    
N&W 20   21   22   +2  3832   12489   0   12   12  
S&A 24   25   26   +2  1330   5550   0   1   1   10     13    
MC 15   16   17   +2  198   760   0     3   5     10    
GM&O 22   24   26   +4  3559   11470   0   10   10  
SM 18   19   21   +3  320   1027   108   1   1   8    
C&C 15   16   17   +2  171   1010   0     13   5     10    
C&NW 23   35   47   +24  161   600   0   13   13   3     10     12    
CRIP 12   14   17   +5  269   693   57   2   2   12    
CB&Q 20   27   35   +15  257   950   0   13   13   12    
M&SP 22   37   53   +31  482   1890   165   10   10   3     5     12    
V&T 12   14   17   +5  339   865   0     5   10    
L&A 0   0   14   +14  0   405   45   5   5  
WP 12   16   21   +9  283   710   0   3   3  
UP 0   0   14   +14  0   473   52   12   12  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
WBSH 570   CASL 1850   FEC 1495   MP 1415   SL&A 495   MKT 1630   SLSF 1195  
SLSW 775   GW 700   KC&D 330   KP 890   KCS 490  

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