Continental Rails II - Club DE

Game # 14 - 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: Cornelius Vanderbilt bought W&M for $1973, Gyro Gearloose bought MC for $1313, B bought GM&O for $7363, McPenguin bought MN for $1401.

PCs Merged: B&M merges into B&A, B&H merges into C&A, S&G merges into S&A, BRL merges into COG, A&WP merges into COG, A&GW merges into M&C, LS merges into ERIE, VC merges into N&W.

PCs Incorporated: MRLE.

New Engines Acquired: GT bought Norris 4-2-0, B&A bought Norris 4-2-0, NYC bought Norris 4-2-0, HRL bought Norris 4-2-0, ERIE bought Norris 4-2-0, C&A bought Norris 4-2-0, PENN bought Norris 4-2-0, READ bought Norris 4-2-0, B&O bought Norris 4-2-0, N&W bought Norris 4-2-0, S&A bought Norris 4-2-0, SCL bought Norris 4-2-0, COG bought Norris 4-2-0, M&C bought Norris 4-2-0.

New Technologies Acquired: ERIE bought switch yards, C&A bought Grand Station, S&A bought Grand Station.

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

NYC doubled NYC, PENN doubled LV, B&O doubled PA2, N&W doubled N&S.

New RoWs acquired: ERIE got PA8, C&A got MD2, C&O got VA5, SCL got FL5, READ got WV2, B&O got OH4, NYC got OH5, N&W got TN2, S&A got AL3, PENN got C5.

RR Mergers: HRL merges into C&A.

New railroad Presidents: Darkwing of COG, B of M&C.

New Private Companies Available: G&C, WBSH, A&C, A&T, N&C, NO&J, O&M, MON, FW&C, C&C.

Cornelius Vanderbilt dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $3214. 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 Good to Boom.
Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards

Tycoon Announcements:

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Top Victory Points

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

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt SCL C&O W&M ....
10 B READ M&C GM&O ....
12 Gyro Gearloose N&W .... .... MC
9 Vanderbilt NYC GT TP&W ....
5 Darkwing B&O COG .... ....
13 Heckenspecht ERIE S&A .... GTW
1 Sun-E Storm .... .... .... ....
2 Salvator C&A .... P&LE ....
8 McPenguin .... .... MN ....
6 Mr. Winterbottom .... .... .... ....
15 Calypso .... W&W .... ....
7 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
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 329   43955   25494   99   93406   58284   4   20   0   0  
B&A Boston & Albany 346   51014   35710   87   90017   50629   3   2   0   0  
NYC New York Central 586   82523   45389   99   165192   82905   6   4   0   267  
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 672   82961   53095   90   154662   101863   3   2   0   0  
C&A Camden & Amboy 835   164428   97012   95   228087   147603   9   4   0   0  
PENN Pennsylvania 822   147445   85517   99   221124   130636   8   9   0   590  
READ Reading 349   55619   32260   99   93789   61327   6   9   805   414  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 540   74732   41102   99   122805   60173   7   9   0   24  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 224   26261   16281   95   52009   34219   3   9   0   146  
N&W Norfolk & Western 1146   141229   77676   99   278566   168003   5   5   0   181  
W&W Wilmington & Weldon 120   14348   9613   90   26476   14015   3   0   0   0  
S&A Savannah & Augusta 623   90783   59917   88   154211   99239   3   3   0   0  
SCL Sea Coast Line 757   123343   71538   99   186778   86328   8   9   1020   483  
COG Central of Georgia 423   55055   36336   91   106522   63249   3   0   0   0  
MRLE Mad River & Lake Erie 138   18216   13116   85   35370   21680   1   0   0   0  
M&C Marietta & Cincinnati 309   36921   25844   87   73770   41885   1   1   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]
Boston & Albany (B&A ):   B&A B&M
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
New York Central (NYC ):   NYC  (Double) NY3 PA11 OH3
Unbuilt:: OH5 [Regions: L]
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):   ERIE NY2 LS
Unbuilt:: PA8 [Regions: AL]
Camden & Amboy (C&A ):   C&A  (Double) NYNH PA1 B&H MD1 HRL C3
Unbuilt:: MD2 [Regions: AN]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN LV  (Double) PA9 CNJ PA10 C4
Unbuilt:: C5 [Regions: ALN]
Reading (READ):   READ PA5 PA6
Unbuilt:: WV2 [Regions: AO]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O WV1 PA2  (Double) OH1
Unbuilt:: OH4 [Regions: A]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):   C&O VA4
Unbuilt:: VA5 [Regions: A]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W  (Double) R&D RF&P  (Double) N&S  (Double) VA2 VC SC5
Unbuilt:: TN2 [Regions: A]
Wilmington & Weldon (W&W ):   W&W
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Savannah & Augusta (S&A ):   S&A GA1 S&G GA8
Unbuilt:: AL3 [Regions: AD]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):   SCL  (Double) NER GA4 C&H FL4
Unbuilt:: FL5 [Regions: A]
Central of Georgia (COG ):   COG BRL A&WP
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: D]
Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE):   MRLE
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: L]
Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C ):   M&C A&GW
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 20   34   48   +28  144   1517   128   9   9  
B&A 15   18   22   +7  391   1583   147   11   11   9    
NYC 35   38   42   +7  759   2884   53   9   9  
ERIE 22   26   31   +9  944   3269   91   13   13  
C&A 30   41   40   +10  462   3978   197   2   2  
PENN 36   39   42   +6  1062   4045   70     10  
READ 30   33   37   +7  348   1690   55   10   10   7    
B&O 46   48   51   +5  510   2668   40   5   5   1     6    
C&O 41   51   62   +21  381   1120   0   3   3   12    
N&W 46   52   58   +12  1531   5551   183   12   12   3    
W&W 16   20   24   +8  225   555   45   15   15   3    
S&A 25   31   37   +12  552   2959   156   13   13   1     10    
SCL 48   57   67   +19  940   3716   82   3   3   8    
COG 23   32   41   +18  136   1914   201   5   5   15    
MRLE 0   0   16   +16  0   621   69     2  
M&C 15   21   27   +12  406   1415   130   10   10   12    

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
P&FW 955   G&C 470   WBSH 570   A&C 685   A&T 715   N&C 755   NO&J 915  
SM 220   O&M 825   MON 920   FW&C 570   C&C 1010  

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