Continental Rails II - DE 4

Game # 16 - Turn # 13

Headline News 1865 to 1866

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1865: Nevada admitted into Union as newest state.
1866: Prussia unifies north German states by defeating Austria in 7 Weeks War

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Cheyenne bought FW&C for $580, B bought SP&P for $23456, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought KC&D for $8714, George R. Obberbaron bought KCN for $11800.

PCs Merged: ATSF merges into MP.

PCs Incorporated: GN, M&SP, SP, SLSF.

New Technologies Acquired: B&H bought steel rails, B&O bought steel rails, R&D bought steel rails, C&H bought steel rails, COG bought steel rails, A&GW bought steel rails, NO&J bought steel rails, O&M bought steel rails, C&NW bought steel rails, CRIP bought steel rails, CNS bought steel rails, MP bought steel rails, M&LR bought steel rails, V&T bought steel rails, L&A bought steel rails, CP bought Grand Station, WP bought steel rails, SL&A bought steel rails, GW bought steel rails.

R&D doubled GM&O.

New RoWs acquired: CNS got WI5, CB&Q got IA4, GW got LA1, L&A got LA4, MP got KS2, V&T got TX2, WP got NV1.

Loan Recalls: Cornelius Vanderbilt, Cheyenne, George R. Obberbaron, Louis McLane.

Cornered stocks: CRIP.

New railroad Presidents: Darkwing of M&SP, George R. Obberbaron of SLSF, Frederik Conrad of SP, Jim Hill of GN.

New Private Companies Available: KP, KCS.

Jim Hill dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $17356. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: George R. Obberbaron, Stepp, B, Darkwing, Cheyenne, Frederik Conrad

Civil War ends: Railroads may resume building Right-of-Ways.

Invention of coal burning engine for locomotives improves operations, reduces operating costs.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Improved to Good.
Best locomotive available: Atlantic 4-4-2
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 Jim Hill (9) Darkwing (1) B (4) Louis McLane (11) Sun-E Storm (2)
Rail Mogul B (4) Darkwing (1) Jim Hill (9) Stepp (6) Louis McLane (11)
Rail Builder Frederik Conrad (12) Jim Hill (9) Stepp (6) Darkwing (1) Louis McLane (11)
Rail Magnate Frederik Conrad (12) Stepp (6) Louis McLane (11) Darkwing (1) Jim Hill (9)
Rail Prodigal B (4) Jim Hill (9) Stepp (6) George R. Obberbaron (8) Darkwing (1)
Rail Baron Jim Hill (9) B (4) Frederik Conrad (12) Darkwing (1) Stepp (6)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
9 Jim Hill CNS GN .... ....
1 Darkwing M&SP NO&J .... ....
4 B V&T R&D SP&P ....
12 Frederik Conrad SP L&A .... ....
2 Sun-E Storm C&H .... .... ....
6 Stepp MP CP .... ....
11 Louis McLane WP CB&Q UP ....
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt SL&A CRIP .... KC&D
8 George R. Obberbaron O&M SLSF .... KCN
7 Cheyenne A&GW C&NW NP FW&C
5 Matthias W. Baldwin .... .... .... ....
15 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
14 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
13 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
10 Henry Farham M&LR .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
B&H Boston & Hartford 110   18592   11155   94   22650   14845   8   0   0   0  
NYC New York Central 2773   484011   285565   95   793879   484013   7   0   0   28  
C&A Camden & Amboy 2583   442562   278815   91   828149   543027   4   0   0   41  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 2332   396517   218087   96   577217   326167   9   12   0   176  
R&D Richmond & Danville 1868   274766   148373   97   491767   314038   6   9   0   479  
N&W Norfolk & Western 1988   216155   127532   95   455818   253188   3   0   0   130  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 2144   281524   149208   98   523128   15291   9   3   0   0  
COG Central of Georgia 1976   374538   194759   99   486555   333009   9   9   0   162  
A&GW Atlantic & Great Western 513   66351   34503   99   111557   82488   6   5   0   0  
NO&J New Orleans & Jackson 2482   382575   198937   99   638511   432322   7   9   500   318  
O&M Ohio & Mississippi 626   91255   50190   96   149914   107346   6   9   0   171  
C&EI Chicago & Eastern Illinois 184   24273   16263   90   41607   21895   3   0   0   0  
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 120   19146   10530   99   30503   21097   7   3   1400   0  
CRIP Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 150   21766   12842   95   38633   23167   5   1   0   0  
CB&Q Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 190   24066   13958   99   44515   26264   5   0   1700   0  
CNS Chicago North Shore 85   18891   11524   93   24065   16795   9   4   1120   0  
M&SP Milwaukee & St. Paul 326   32997   21118   90   69809   46541   1   0   0   0  
MP Missouri Pacific 466   56165   34260   93   104985   63854   3   0   0   0  
M&LR Memphis & Little Rock 132   15579   8568   99   31410   18726   4   0   328   0  
V&T Vicksburg & Texas 173   17713   9742   99   38153   23276   3   4   2320   0  
L&A Louisiana & Arkansas 90   17098   10259   94   23508   13542   8   1   2250   0  
CP Central Pacific 154   20382   11210   99   36486   25190   5   0   0   0  
WP Western Pacific 142   19214   10568   99   32735   22825   6   0   2510   0  
SL&A St Louis & Alton 99   17939   9866   99   26219   16414   9   2   0   0  
SLSF St Louis & San Francisco 239   25609   17926   84   52259   34841   0   0   0   0  
GW Great Western 140   19072   11062   96   31855   22345   5   4   1380   0  
SP Southern Pacific 90   19118   13383   84   25544   17031   5   0   0   0  
GN Great Northern 295   24631   17488   83   60059   40041   -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)
Boston & Hartford (B&H ):   B&H
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
New York Central (NYC ):   NYC B&A HRL  (Double) NY3 PA11 GTW P&LE OH5 OH6 C&C
IN3 GT B&M C2 C3 NY1 PA8 IN7 IL4
Unbuilt:: MI2 [Regions: AOLCMN]
Camden & Amboy (C&A ):   C&A READ PA2 MD1 MD2 ERIE NYNH NY2 C4 C5 MC
MN PA7 MI5 LS OH3 TP&W OH7 IN4
Unbuilt:: MI6 [Regions: AOLCN]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O WV1 OH1 P&FW  (Double) M&C OH4 MRLE  (Double) IN1  (Double)
IN2 IN9 KY11 KY10 A&T N&C AL4 MS2  (Double)
Unbuilt:: IL6 [Regions: ADOLCG]
Richmond & Danville (R&D ):   R&D  (Double) VA4  (Double) VA5 KY1 VA7 IN5  (Double) IN8 WBSH  (Double)
IN10  (Double) KY12 TN13 TN14 GM&O  (Double) MS3
Unbuilt:: IL1 [Regions: AOMG]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W N&S RF&P C&O NC2 W&W SC5 BRL VC TN2 TN4
TN6 TN9
Unbuilt:: TN10 [Regions: AD]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ):   C&H NER SC4 G&C GA1 W&M SCL S&A GA4 FL4 A&C
FEC FL5 TN5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADG]
Central of Georgia (COG ):   COG  (Double) GA8  (Double) GA2  (Double) S&G  (Double) AL3 TN12 KY13
IL8 A&WP  (Double) AL6 AL7 MS1  (Double) IC  (Double) IL2
Unbuilt:: KY9 [Regions: ADCMG]
Atlantic & Great Western (A&GW):   A&GW OH2 MI1 MS
Unbuilt:: OH8 [Regions: OL]
New Orleans & Jackson (NO&J):   NO&J  (Double) SM MS6 TN8 TN7 PENN LV PA5 PA6 WV2
CNJ PA9 PA10 WV3 KY2 KY5 L&N KY3
Unbuilt:: AL2 [Regions: AOLMG]
Ohio & Mississippi (O&M ):   O&M IL7 MON IN6
Unbuilt:: IL3 [Regions: OCM]
Chicago & Eastern Illinois (C&EI):   C&EI
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW):   C&NW
Unbuilt:: WI4 [Regions: C]
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):   CRIP
Unbuilt:: IA8 [Regions: C]
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q):   CB&Q
Unbuilt:: IA4 [Regions: C]
Chicago North Shore (CNS ):   CNS
Unbuilt:: WI5 [Regions: C]
Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP):   M&SP
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: W]
Missouri Pacific (MP ):   MP ATSF
Unbuilt:: KS2 [Regions: MW]
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR):   M&LR
Unbuilt:: AR4 [Regions: M]
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T ):   V&T
Unbuilt:: TX2 [Regions: M]
Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A ):   L&A
Unbuilt:: LA4 [Regions: G]
Central Pacific (CP ):   CP
Unbuilt:: NV2 [Regions: P]
Western Pacific (WP ):   WP
Unbuilt:: NV1 [Regions: P]
St Louis & Alton (SL&A):   SL&A
Unbuilt:: IL11 [Regions: M]
St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF):   SLSF
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
Great Western (GW ):   GW
Unbuilt:: LA1 [Regions: G]
Southern Pacific (SP ):   SP
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: P]
Great Northern (GN ):   GN
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
B&H 28   33   39   +11  172   550   0     3   1     4    
NYC 39   37   35   -4  4037   13872   0     6   4    
C&A 44   41   39   -5  3200   12915   0     11   7    
B&O 36   39   42   +6  3206   11668   0     12   4    
R&D 32   33   35   +3  2591   9340   0   4   4  
N&W 48   41   34   -14  3027   9871   73     8   3     9    
C&H 31   33   36   +5  3453   10496   237   2   2  
COG 35   36   38   +3  3014   12310   0     9   1    
A&GW 37   37   38   +1  615   2565   0   7   7   1    
NO&J 37   39   41   +4  3221   12415   0   1   1   9    
O&M 49   49   50   +1  876   3130   0   8   8   1    
C&EI 16   18   20   +4  328   851   69     1  
C&NW 54   50   47   -7  78   600   0   7   7   4     6     9    
CRIP 50   54   58   +8  174   750   0   3   3   4     6     9    
CB&Q 15   17   19   +4  342   878   72   11   11  
CNS 14   17   20   +6  147   425   0   9   9  
M&SP 0   0   15   +15  0   1467   163   1   1  
MP 21   29   37   +16  450   2239   91   6   6   9    
M&LR 26   43   60   +34  188   660   0   10   10   4     6     12    
V&T 16   19   23   +7  325   865   0   4   4   12    
L&A 20   26   32   +12  148   450   0   12   12   4    
CP 24   35   46   +22  229   770   0   6   6   4     9    
WP 14   18   23   +9  282   639   71   11   11  
SL&A 19   25   31   +12  183   495   0   3   3  
SLSF 0   0   15   +15  0   1076   119   8   8  
GW 14   17   21   +7  262   700   0     1  
SP 0   0   15   +15  0   405   45   12   12  
GN 0   0   15   +15  0   1328   147   9   9  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
CASL 925   MKT 1630   SLSW 775   KP 890   KCS 490  

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