Continental Rails II

Game # 19 - 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: Griffes dÆargent bought W&W for $601, Casey Jones bought LS for $2067, B bought P&LE for $2371.

PCs Merged: LV merges into PENN, HRL merges into NYC, N&S merges into N&W, R&D merges into N&W, NER merges into C&H.

PCs Incorporated: CNJ, S&G, B&M, B&A, C&O, GT.

New RoWs acquired: PENN got PA5, N&W got VA4, C&H got SC4, SCL got GA4.

New railroad Presidents: Jay Gould of B&M, Jim Hill of GT, Cornelius Vanderbilt of B&A, Cornelius Vanderbilt of NYC, Casey Jones of CNJ, Henry Farham of PENN, B of C&O, Railroad Bill of N&W, Frederik Conrad of C&H, Jay Gould of S&G.

New Private Companies Available: COG, MRLE, P&FW, G&C, M&C.

Cornelius Vanderbilt dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1014.

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

Tycoon Announcements:

5 Griffes d’argent bonne course à tous les bisounours !

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Henry Farham (6) Casey Jones (2) Railroad Bill (9) B (1) Stepp (10)
Rail Mogul B (1) Stepp (10) Casey Jones (2) Griffes d’argent (5) Henry Farham (6)
Rail Builder B (1) Casey Jones (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Frederik Conrad (4) Griffes d’argent (5)
Rail Magnate B (1) Casey Jones (2) Stepp (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Frederik Conrad (4)
Rail Prodigal Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) B (1) Casey Jones (2) Frederik Conrad (4) Griffes d’argent (5)
Rail Baron Casey Jones (2) B (1) Stepp (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Henry Farham (6)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
9 Railroad Bill N&W .... .... ....
6 Henry Farham PENN .... .... ....
1 B .... C&O P&LE ....
2 Casey Jones .... CNJ .... LS
10 Stepp SCL .... .... ....
5 Griffes d’argent .... .... W&W ....
4 Frederik Conrad C&H .... .... W&M
7 Jay Gould S&G B&M .... ....
8 Jim Hill .... GT S&A ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... RF&P ....
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt NYC B&A .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
12 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
11 Thomas Durant .... .... READ ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
B&M Boston & Maine 145 21484 14824 91 38842 23808 2 0 0 0
GT Grand Trunk 73 14738 10759 87 22133 13567 3 0 0 0
B&A Boston & Albany 201 28477 20788 87 52513 32187 1 0 0 0
NYC New York Central 290 42824 26122 99 70252 25152 7 3 0 0
CNJ Central New Jersey 134 23015 16341 89 37974 23276 3 0 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 234 44478 30689 91 59931 23056 7 21 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 19070 11633 99 31038 493 6 1 0 0
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 94 12795 8956 90 24303 14897 2 0 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 401 53522 33184 98 102472 50864 4 17 650 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 314 43597 26594 99 77016 29806 6 0 415 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 139 26638 16249 99 32301 926 11 25 0 0
S&G Savannah & Gulf 157 20908 15472 86 40361 24739 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)
Boston & Maine (B&M ) B&M
Unbuilt: none [Regions: A]
Grand Trunk (GT ) GT
Unbuilt: none [Regions: A]
Boston & Albany (B&A ) B&A
Unbuilt: none [Regions: A]
New York Central (NYC ) NYC HRL
Unbuilt: none [Regions: A]
Central New Jersey (CNJ ) CNJ
Unbuilt: none [Regions: A]
Pennsylvania (PENN) PENN LV
Unbuilt: PA5 [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 N&S R&D
Unbuilt: VA4 [Regions: A]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ) C&H NER
Unbuilt: SC4 [Regions: A]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ) SCL
Unbuilt: GA4 [Regions: A]
Savannah & Gulf (S&G ) 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
B&M 0 0 16 +16  0 653 72 7 7
GT 0 0 16 +16  0 329 36 8 8
B&A 0 0 16 +16  0 905 100 3 3
NYC 18 18 18 +0  325 1380 77 3 3
CNJ 0 0 16 +16  0 603 67 2 2
PENN 24 29 34 +10  181 1110 65 6 6 2
B&O 20 22 25 +5  349 803 5    
C&O 0 0 16 +16  0 423 47 1 1
N&W 20 23 26 +6  152 1847 162 9 9 1
C&H 21 24 28 +7  230 1479 97 4 4 1
SCL 31 40 50 +19  242 702 0 10 10 5
S&G 0 0 16 +16  0 707 78 7 7

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
B&H 550 NYNH 550 ERIE 1435 C&A 460 COG 430 MRLE 690 P&FW 955
G&C 470 M&C 965

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