Continental Rails II - Club DE

Game # 14 - 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: Sun-E Storm bought S&G for $820, Salvator bought P&LE for $1285, Heckenspecht bought GTW for $2001, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought VC for $3643, Darkwing bought A&WP for $2112, Darkwing bought BRL for $3733, Gyro Gearloose bought A&GW for $713, Vanderbilt bought TP&W for $701.

PCs Merged: N&S merges into N&W, CNJ merges into PENN.

PCs Incorporated: B&A, M&C.

New Technologies Acquired: NYC bought switch yards, PENN bought switch yards, READ bought switch yards, B&O bought Grand Station.

RoWs built: PA11 by NYC, NY2 by ERIE, PA1 by C&A, PA10 by PENN, PA5 by READ, PA2 by B&O, VA4 by C&O, VA2 by N&W, GA1 by S&A, GA4 by SCL.

N&W doubled RF&P.

New RoWs acquired: READ got PA6, C&A got MD1, N&W got SC5, SCL got FL4, NYC got OH3, GT got C2, HRL got C3, PENN got C4, S&A got GA8, B&O got OH1.

RR Mergers: C&H merges into SCL.

New railroad Presidents: Salvatore Petrillo of B&A, Cornelius Vanderbilt of C&O.

New Private Companies Available: P&FW, MC, GM&O, SM, MN.

Cornelius Vanderbilt dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $2104. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: B, Darkwing, McPenguin

Cornelius Vanderbilt dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $2104. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: B, Darkwing, McPenguin

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Improved to Good.
Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards

Tycoon Announcements:

1 Sun-E Storm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt Great start, Mister B!
8 McPenguin --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Top Victory Points

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

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
10 B READ PENN .... ....
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt SCL C&O .... VC
12 Gyro Gearloose N&W .... A&GW ....
5 Darkwing B&O .... BRL A&WP
1 Sun-E Storm .... .... B&H S&G
8 McPenguin .... .... .... ....
9 Vanderbilt NYC GT TP&W B&M
13 Heckenspecht ERIE S&A LS GTW
2 Salvator HRL C&A P&LE MRLE
6 Mr. Winterbottom .... .... .... ....
7 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
15 Calypso COG W&W .... ....
11 Salvatore Petrillo B&A .... .... ....
4 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
14 Louis McLane .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 73   14416   8361   99   20302   13948   9   5   0   0  
B&A Boston & Albany 201   26633   19176   85   47189   31461   1   0   0   0  
NYC New York Central 479   59705   32838   99   119195   57802   5   4   535   0  
HRL Hudson River Line 142   23381   15665   90   33829   23911   4   0   0   0  
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 490   52359   32462   95   108225   73400   2   1   0   0  
C&A Camden & Amboy 297   71574   44376   95   82141   56414   11   1   0   0  
PENN Pennsylvania 682   105034   61970   98   171833   101743   6   9   700   612  
READ Reading 239   36454   21144   99   63859   43367   5   9   550   371  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 460   53682   29525   99   99964   46914   5   9   0   61  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 224   25689   15156   98   50074   33466   3   0   0   292  
N&W Norfolk & Western 778   95889   53698   98   181647   110670   5   5   75   286  
W&W Wilmington & Weldon 120   13696   9450   88   25439   15012   1   2   0   0  
S&A Savannah & Augusta 309   42743   27355   93   72838   49362   4   1   0   0  
SCL Sea Coast Line 592   102034   59179   99   136730   56606   9   16   825   382  
COG Central of Georgia 86   14096   9162   92   19975   11876   6   7   0   0  
M&C Marietta & Cincinnati 193   18527   12969   87   40949   27301   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)
Grand Trunk (GT ):   GT
Unbuilt:: C2 [Regions: A]
Boston & Albany (B&A ):   B&A
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
New York Central (NYC ):   NYC NY3 PA11
Unbuilt:: OH3 [Regions: L]
Hudson River Line (HRL ):   HRL
Unbuilt:: C3 [Regions: A]
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):   ERIE NY2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AL]
Camden & Amboy (C&A ):   C&A  (Double) NYNH PA1
Unbuilt:: MD1 [Regions: A]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN LV PA9 CNJ PA10
Unbuilt:: C4 [Regions: AL]
Reading (READ):   READ PA5
Unbuilt:: PA6 [Regions: A]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O WV1 PA2
Unbuilt:: OH1 [Regions: A]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):   C&O VA4
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W  (Double) R&D RF&P  (Double) N&S VA2
Unbuilt:: SC5 [Regions: A]
Wilmington & Weldon (W&W ):   W&W
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Savannah & Augusta (S&A ):   S&A GA1
Unbuilt:: GA8 [Regions: AD]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):   SCL  (Double) NER GA4 C&H
Unbuilt:: FL4 [Regions: A]
Central of Georgia (COG ):   COG
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: D]
Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C ):   M&C
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: O]

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 14   17   20   +6  136   365   0   9   9  
B&A 0   0   15   +15  0   905   100   11   11  
NYC 34   34   35   +1  480   2311   91   9   9  
HRL 14   17   20   +6  276   710   0   2   2   3    
ERIE 16   19   22   +6  535   2206   244   13   13  
C&A 20   25   30   +10  301   1438   47   2   2   5    
PENN 33   34   36   +3  539   3268   147   10   10  
READ 21   25   30   +9  172   1128   67   10   10   7    
B&O 48   47   46   -2  380   2261   47   5   5   1     6    
C&O 25   33   41   +16  133   1008   112   3   3  
N&W 33   39   46   +13  387   3643   251   12   12  
W&W 14   15   16   +2  204   555   45   15   15  
S&A 20   22   25   +5  192   1391   154   13   13   10    
SCL 28   37   48   +20  586   2904   69   3   3  
COG 14   18   23   +9  177   397   33   15   15  
M&C 0   0   15   +15  0   869   96     10  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
W&M 665   P&FW 955   MC 760   GM&O 675   SM 220   MN 510  

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