Continental Rails II - DE 5

Game # 17 - Turn # 3

Headline News 1845 to 1846

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1845: First telegraph line laid between Washington and Baltimore.
1846: Congress declares war with Mexico over Texas border incidents!

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Cornelius Vanderbilt bought B&M for $801, Franziskus bought B&H for $690, George R. Obberbaron bought C&A for $770, Milton Littlefield bought N&S for $1509, Maldonash bought COG for $1151, Frederik Conrad bought P&LE for $1549.

PCs Merged: LV merges into PENN, HRL merges into NYC, S&G merges into SCL, B&A merges into NYC, R&D merges into N&W.

PCs Incorporated: C&O, ERIE, S&A, READ.

New Technologies Acquired: NYC bought Grand Station, PENN bought Grand Station.

NYC doubled NYC.

New RoWs acquired: NYC got NY3, PENN got PA5, C&H got SC4, N&W got VA4.

New railroad Presidents: Henry Farham of ERIE, George R. Obberbaron of PENN, Mister MP of READ, Darkwing of B&O, Frederik Conrad of C&O, B of N&W, Dan Drew of S&A, Dan Drew of SCL.

New Private Companies Available: LS, MRLE, G&C, GTW, M&C, VC.

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

Tycoon Announcements:

1 George R. Obberbaron von meinem ipod gesendet
9 Cornelius Vanderbilt a good start. curious what happens from now on.
10 Dan Drew Start printing shares!

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Cornelius Vanderbilt (9) George R. Obberbaron (1) Darkwing (4) Milton Littlefield (3) Stepp (8)
Rail Mogul Darkwing (4) Stepp (8) Cornelius Vanderbilt (9) B (7) George R. Obberbaron (1)
Rail Builder Stepp (8) George R. Obberbaron (1) Maldonash (2) Milton Littlefield (3) Darkwing (4)
Rail Magnate Darkwing (4) B (7) Stepp (8) Cornelius Vanderbilt (9) George R. Obberbaron (1)
Rail Prodigal B (7) George R. Obberbaron (1) Maldonash (2) Milton Littlefield (3) Darkwing (4)
Rail Baron Stepp (8) Cornelius Vanderbilt (9) B (7) Darkwing (4) George R. Obberbaron (1)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
1 George R. Obberbaron PENN .... .... C&A
9 Cornelius Vanderbilt .... .... B&M ....
8 Stepp NYC .... .... ....
12 Franziskus .... .... .... B&H
10 Dan Drew SCL S&A .... ....
4 Darkwing B&O .... .... ....
3 Milton Littlefield .... .... N&S ....
7 B N&W C&H .... ....
5 Mister MP .... READ .... ....
6 Frederik Conrad .... C&O P&LE ....
2 Maldonash .... .... .... COG
11 Henry Farham ERIE .... .... ....
13 Thomas Scott .... .... .... ....
15 J. Pierpont Morgan .... .... .... ....
14 William Ogden .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
NYC New York Central 491   66810   38750   99   103020   55352   6   9   0   0  
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 287   25101   17822   89   48663   38237   -1   0   0   0  
PENN Pennsylvania 234   38527   22346   99   55545   24174   8   10   0   0  
READ Reading 104   18042   13892   83   22329   17546   1   0   0   0  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160   15975   10384   95   32949   598   4   0   0   0  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 94   11108   7998   88   17247   13553   0   0   0   0  
N&W Norfolk & Western 158   24591   15000   99   34949   13221   7   9   650   0  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129   18293   11159   99   29083   1434   7   1   415   0  
S&A Savannah & Augusta 138   18211   13112   88   26487   20813   1   0   0   0  
SCL Sea Coast Line 296   41729   27124   95   59655   23916   5   4   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)
New York Central (NYC ):   NYC  (Double) HRL B&A
Unbuilt:: NY3 [Regions: A]
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):   ERIE
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN LV
Unbuilt:: PA5 [Regions: A]
Reading (READ):   READ
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):   C&O
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W R&D
Unbuilt:: VA4 [Regions: A]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ):   C&H
Unbuilt:: SC4 [Regions: A]
Savannah & Augusta (S&A ):   S&A
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):   SCL S&G
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]

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
NYC 21   24   27   +6  220   2291   171   8   8   12    
ERIE 0   0   13   +13  0   1292   143   11   11  
PENN 20   29   38   +18  198   1110   65   1   1   9    
READ 0   0   13   +13  0   468   52   5   5  
B&O 23   30   37   +14  216   803   5   4   4   2     5    
C&O 0   0   13   +13  0   423   47   6   6  
N&W 18   22   26   +8  101   756   38   7   7   4    
C&H 20   24   28   +8  179   651   0   7   7   10    
S&A 0   0   13   +13  0   621   69   10   10  
SCL 13   15   18   +5  288   1405   82   10   10  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
GT 365   NYNH 550   CNJ 670   RF&P 585   W&W 600   W&M 665   NER 925  
LS 910   MRLE 690   G&C 470   GTW 535   M&C 965   VC 1465  

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