Continental Rails II

Game # 18 - Turn # 10

Headline News 1859 to 1860

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1859: John Brown is executed after seizing arsenal at Harper's Ferry.
1860: Rich silver strike at Comstock Lode in Nevada Territory.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Frank Throne bought SM for $3800, Jay Gould bought CASL for $4001, Casey Jones bought CP for $19309, Jim Hill bought WP for $22222.

PCs Merged: NO&J merges into C&H, A&T merges into C&H, C&EI merges into M&C, L&N merges into M&C.

PCs Incorporated: M&SP, CNS, MP.

New Engines Acquired: B&H bought Atlantic 4-4-2, ERIE bought Atlantic 4-4-2, C&O bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SCL bought Atlantic 4-4-2, S&G bought Atlantic 4-4-2, LS bought Mogul 2-6-0, MRLE bought Atlantic 4-4-2, P&FW bought Atlantic 4-4-2, M&C bought Atlantic 4-4-2, A&WP bought Atlantic 4-4-2, TP&W bought Atlantic 4-4-2, GM&O bought Atlantic 4-4-2, FW&C bought Atlantic 4-4-2, IC bought Atlantic 4-4-2, C&NW bought Atlantic 4-4-2, CRIP bought Atlantic 4-4-2.

RoWs built: WV1 by ERIE, PA3 by READ, KY12 by C&O, KY4 by W&M, KY3 by C&H, IN10 by S&A, TN12 by SCL, AL2 by S&G, OH1 by P&FW, IL5 by M&C, AL7 by A&WP, IL4 by TP&W, MS7 by GM&O, IN6 by O&M.

ERIE doubled ERIE, C&O doubled MON, S&A doubled COG, S&G doubled MS2, M&C doubled IN4.

New RoWs acquired: READ got PA1, ERIE got PA2, P&FW got WV3, A&GW got OH8, FW&C got MI6, IC got IL2, TP&W got IL3, O&M got IL6, S&A got IL7, C&O got IL8, SCL got IL9, C&H got KY8, W&M got TN4, S&G got TN7, GM&O got MS1, C&NW got WI4.

RR Mergers: FW&C merges into ERIE.

Loan Recalls: Jim Hill.

New railroad Presidents: Dan Drew of R&D, B of LS, Cornelius Vanderbilt of A&WP, Stepp of TP&W, Darkwing of CRIP, Jim Hill of CNS, Darkwing of MP.

New Private Companies Available: V&T, L&A, UP, MKT, SLSW.

Stepp dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $5123. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Cornelius Vanderbilt, Casey Jones, Henry Farham, B, Sleeping Dog

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Normal to Recession.
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 Casey Jones (10) Dan Drew (6) Jay Gould (13) Henry Farham (7) Cornelius Vanderbilt (2)
Rail Mogul Casey Jones (10) Sleeping Dog (12) Dan Drew (6) B (4) Henry Farham (7)
Rail Builder Casey Jones (10) Edward Harriman (11) Henry Farham (7) Sleeping Dog (12) B (4)
Rail Magnate Casey Jones (10) Edward Harriman (11) Sleeping Dog (12) Henry Farham (7) Cornelius Vanderbilt (2)
Rail Prodigal Stepp (5) Henry Farham (7) Cornelius Vanderbilt (2) Jim Hill (9) Sleeping Dog (12)
Rail Baron Casey Jones (10) Henry Farham (7) Sleeping Dog (12) Edward Harriman (11) Stepp (5)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
10 Casey Jones A&GW C&H .... CP
13 Jay Gould M&C S&G .... CASL
2 Cornelius Vanderbilt A&WP S&A .... ....
6 Dan Drew R&D W&M .... ....
7 Henry Farham ERIE .... .... ....
12 Sleeping Dog SCL C&O .... ....
11 Edward Harriman .... .... C&C ....
5 Stepp TP&W B&H .... ....
4 B LS O&M .... ....
1 George R. Obberbaron .... .... .... M&LR
9 Jim Hill READ CNS WP ....
3 Darkwing CRIP MP .... ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
14 Robert Stephenson .... .... .... ....
8 Frank Throne .... .... SM ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
B&H Boston & Hartford 1075   157726   86749   99   303458   190860   5   4   770   566  
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 2494   445231   235971   98   733719   432262   9   9   0   379  
CNJ Central New Jersey 134   21358   14523   86   44873   13343   3   0   0   0  
READ Reading 193   35507   23080   89   64650   27146   5   5   0   0  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 1381   190139   106478   98   364220   126520   7   9   0   402  
R&D Richmond & Danville 505   53513   31572   95   140508   76599   0   0   0   153  
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 1490   163905   91787   95   385552   219590   3   1   333   773  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 2775   398616   223225   95   787407   374919   6   10   0   722  
S&A Savannah & Augusta 1376   195081   111197   94   352941   231972   5   4   0   394  
SCL Sea Coast Line 1087   138044   75923   96   301383   46150   7   4   0   514  
S&G Savannah & Gulf 962   138653   73486   98   254430   167171   6   0   500   792  
LS Lake Shore 1181   152983   91789   94   335035   157264   3   0   0   584  
MRLE Mad River & Lake Erie 138   17188   10485   93   19474   14134   5   0   0   0  
P&FW Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne 712   95526   49675   99   162558   87877   7   16   484   271  
M&C Marietta & Cincinnati 1023   152029   83616   99   233192   164059   7   0   0   380  
A&WP Atlanta & West Point 331   42865   23576   99   62230   45043   6   4   0   180  
A&GW Atlantic & Great Western 116   15643   10794   85   16050   12203   4   2   510   0  
TP&W Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw 1821   324547   168765   99   499843   290035   10   8   0   482  
GM&O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 442   51126   28120   99   89860   69143   4   19   0   671  
O&M Ohio & Mississippi 277   33687   19875   95   55442   43378   4   4   0   308  
IC Illinois Central 185   22826   12554   99   38254   28631   4   0   545   0  
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 120   18234   10940   94   25837   19633   5   0   0   0  
CRIP Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 150   20437   14306   84   29559   20472   2   3   0   0  
CNS Chicago North Shore 85   17880   12158   86   21923   15877   6   0   0   0  
M&SP Milwaukee & St. Paul 326   30790   20937   86   62291   45109   0   0   0   0  
MP Missouri Pacific 283   32902   22373   86   56375   40825   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  (Double) NYNH  (Double) GT C2 C3  (Double) NY1 PA8
Unbuilt:: PA9 [Regions: AN]
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):   ERIE  (Double) HRL  (Double) C&A  (Double) NY2 PA11  (Double) GTW MI1
MS OH2 PENN  (Double) LV  (Double) PA5 PA6 PA4  (Double)
MD1 MD2 WV1 FW&C
Unbuilt:: PA2 [Regions: AOLC]
Central New Jersey (CNJ ):   CNJ
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Reading (READ):   READ PA3
Unbuilt:: PA1 [Regions: A]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):   C&O RF&P  (Double) VA4 VA5 KY1 IN5  (Double) MON  (Double) IN9
KY12
Unbuilt:: IL8 [Regions: AOC]
Richmond & Danville (R&D ):   R&D VA2 SC5 VA7
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Wilmington & Manchester (W&M ):   W&M SC2 W&W VA1 SC1 G&C NC2 BRL  (Double) TN2 TN3
KY4
Unbuilt:: TN4 [Regions: AD]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ):   C&H  (Double) NER SC4 GA1 GA8  (Double) AL3 TN10 MS6 N&W  (Double)
N&S VA3  (Double) VC NC1 WV4 KY2 KY5 NO&J A&T
KY3
Unbuilt:: KY8 [Regions: ADOMG]
Savannah & Augusta (S&A ):   S&A  (Double) GA2  (Double) COG  (Double) GA3 A&C GA5 TN5 N&C
KY7 IN10
Unbuilt:: IL7 [Regions: ADO]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):   SCL  (Double) GA4 FL4 FL5 FL6 AL8 MS3 TN12
Unbuilt:: IL9 [Regions: AG]
Savannah & Gulf (S&G ):   S&G  (Double) GA6 GA7 AL1  (Double) AL4 MS2  (Double) AL2
Unbuilt:: TN7 [Regions: ADG]
Lake Shore (LS ):   LS P&LE OH3 OH5 B&O PA7 WV2 OH6 IN3
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AOL]
Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE):   MRLE
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: L]
Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne (P&FW):   P&FW OH4 IN1  (Double) OH7 OH1
Unbuilt:: WV3 [Regions: OC]
Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C ):   M&C WBSH  (Double) IN4  (Double) IN8 C&EI L&N IL5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: OCM]
Atlanta & West Point (A&WP):   A&WP AL6 AL7
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: DG]
Atlantic & Great Western (A&GW):   A&GW
Unbuilt:: OH8 [Regions: O]
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W):   TP&W IN2 IN7 NYC B&A  (Double) B&M  (Double) NY3 C4 C5  (Double)
MN MC MI2 MI5 IL4
Unbuilt:: IL3 [Regions: ALCMN]
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O):   GM&O MS4 MS7
Unbuilt:: MS1 [Regions: MG]
Ohio & Mississippi (O&M ):   O&M IN6
Unbuilt:: IL6 [Regions: O]
Illinois Central (IC ):   IC
Unbuilt:: IL2 [Regions: C]
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW):   C&NW
Unbuilt:: WI4 [Regions: C]
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):   CRIP
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]
Chicago North Shore (CNS ):   CNS
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]
Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP):   M&SP
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: W]
Missouri Pacific (MP ):   MP
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MW]

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 30   30   31   +1  1788   5375   0   5   5  
ERIE 32   35   37   +5  2533   12373   102   7   7   2    
CNJ 33   22   12   -21  305   670   0     10   12    
READ 61   42   23   -38  143   921   44   9   9   4     6     10     11    
C&O 30   34   38   +8  1434   6654   251   12   12   6     10    
R&D 16   16   16   +0  2821   7490   75   6   6  
W&M 22   21   20   -2  1790   7404   46   6   6   10    
C&H 26   24   23   -3  5595   13673   212   10   10  
S&A 34   32   30   -4  1618   6819   61   2   2   13    
SCL 37   38   39   +2  1124   5244   198   12   12   6     13    
S&G 35   37   40   +5  1254   4760   50   13   13   2     10    
LS 29   26   24   -5  2129   5744   169   4   4  
MRLE 29   46   63   +34  174   660   30     2   10     12     13    
P&FW 44   43   42   -2  931   3520   40     6   13    
M&C 47   50   54   +7  781   4870   245   13   13   2    
A&WP 28   30   33   +5  331   1580   75   2   2   3     5    
A&GW 41   37   34   -7  239   580   0   10   10   2     5     12    
TP&W 35   32   30   -5  1564   9052   60   5   11   10    
GM&O 31   44   57   +26  367   2105   105     4  
O&M 18   27   37   +19  265   1247   138   4   4  
IC 13   16   19   +6  337   925   0     2   13    
C&NW 13   21   29   +16  264   600   0     5  
CRIP 13   21   29   +16  336   693   57   3   3  
CNS 0   0   14   +14  0   383   42   9   9  
M&SP 0   0   14   +14  0   1467   163     5  
MP 0   0   14   +14  0   1274   141   3   3  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
CB&Q 950   FEC 1495   V&T 865   L&A 450   UP 525   MKT 1630   SLSW 775  

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