Continental Rails II SdH 2012

Game # 20 - 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: J. Edgar Thompson bought MON for $2500, Edward Harriman bought FW&C for $650, Jim Fisk bought L&N for $950, J. Pierpont Morgan bought CASL for $950, Jim Fisk bought MP for $1600, Hannibal Kimball bought V&T for $1750, Leland Stanford bought CP for $2735.

PCs Merged: N&C merges into W&M, A&C merges into W&M.

PCs Incorporated: CRIP, SM, ERIE.

New Engines Acquired: GT bought Atlantic 4-4-2, NYC bought Atlantic 4-4-2, READ bought Atlantic 4-4-2, B&O bought Atlantic 4-4-2, C&O bought Atlantic 4-4-2, N&W bought Atlantic 4-4-2, W&M bought Atlantic 4-4-2, NER bought Atlantic 4-4-2, C&H bought Atlantic 4-4-2, P&FW bought Atlantic 4-4-2, WBSH bought Atlantic 4-4-2, NO&J bought Atlantic 4-4-2, O&M bought Atlantic 4-4-2, C&NW bought Atlantic 4-4-2.

New Technologies Acquired: W&M bought Grand Station, NER bought Grand Station, COG bought coal burning engines, P&FW bought Grand Station.

RoWs built: IL4 by N&W, TN6 by W&M, FL5 by NER, TN8 by SCL, OH7 by TP&W, OH2 by WBSH, MS4 by NO&J.

READ doubled PA4, N&W doubled IN5, C&H doubled SC3, SCL doubled GM&O, WBSH doubled IN1.

New RoWs acquired: NER got FL6, P&FW got WV3, READ got MI2, NYC got MI4, TP&W got IN2, N&W got IN6, WBSH got KY8, SCL got KY10, W&M got TN7, NO&J got MS5.

Guerre tarifaire: READ declares rate war on PENN, reduces rates by 25%.

New railroad Presidents: William Palmer of ERIE, Karl Von Backenheime of SM, Jim Fisk of C&NW.

New Private Companies Available: WP, SL&A, SLSF, SLSW, GW, SP.

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 J. Edgar Thompson (3) Jay Gould (9) Jim Fisk (1) Edward Harriman (2) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Mogul Jim Fisk (1) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Leland Stanford (5) Edward Harriman (2) Jay Gould (9)
Rail Builder Jim Fisk (1) Jay Gould (9) Leland Stanford (5) Thomas Scott (7) Edward Harriman (2)
Rail Magnate Jay Gould (9) Jim Fisk (1) Leland Stanford (5) Thomas Scott (7) Edward Harriman (2)
Rail Prodigal Jim Fisk (1) Edward Harriman (2) William Palmer (12) J. Edgar Thompson (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
Rail Baron Jim Fisk (1) Jay Gould (9) Leland Stanford (5) Edward Harriman (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
1 Jim Fisk SCL C&NW MP L&N
9 Jay Gould NYC .... .... ....
3 J. Edgar Thompson PENN TP&W MON ....
2 Edward Harriman READ NO&J .... FW&C
5 Leland Stanford N&W NER .... CP
6 Karl Von Backenheime SM .... .... ....
12 William Palmer ERIE .... .... ....
7 Thomas Scott B&O O&M .... ....
11 Thomas Durant P&FW .... .... ....
10 Hannibal Kimball COG .... V&T A&T
4 J. Pierpont Morgan C&H .... CASL ....
8 John Forbes .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 329 39222 21572 99 65558 21177 7 1 0 0
NYC New York Central 2503 412902 218838 98 637216 223234 10 9 0 0
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 287 26795 16613 92 54983 39817 1 0 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 938 182546 113039 95 225451 116762 8 1 0 172
READ Reading 1440 211768 125097 97 356014 119506 7 4 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 1340 186485 104432 98 295627 102610 8 1 0 143
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 949 94432 51937 99 205033 111028 3 0 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 1484 221834 115353 99 296938 80290 10 4 0 6
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 1589 169644 88214 99 359159 254171 3 6 0 0
NER Northeastern Line 945 125489 65253 99 223087 129438 6 2 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 321 49231 27077 99 73317 21700 9 4 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 1634 279013 156248 95 355795 61738 11 9 0 39
COG Central of Georgia 238 31274 21266 86 44764 21736 3 1 0 0
P&FW Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne 352 36206 19551 97 70128 47725 3 4 0 0
TP&W Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw 242 26906 15874 95 54965 37789 2 1 0 0
WBSH Wabash Line 669 106582 59685 98 148108 108158 7 4 0 799
NO&J New Orleans & Jackson 279 33329 18330 99 61931 37537 5 1 0 0
SM Southern Mississippi 44 8260 5699 85 10787 7813 4 0 0 0
MS Michigan Southern 204 21821 13965 90 38818 22985 2 0 0 0
O&M Ohio & Mississippi 165 18547 11870 90 32684 18239 3 0 0 0
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 120 18234 12034 88 24857 16635 4 3 0 0
CRIP Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 150 20047 13832 85 32015 23185 2 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)
Grand Trunk (GT ) GT C2
Unbuilt: none [Regions: AN]
New York Central (NYC ) NYC HRL  (Double) NY3 B&A B&M B&H C3 C4 C5 MN
MC LS P&LE MRLE OH3 OH5 MI5
Unbuilt: MI4 [Regions: AOLCN]
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE) ERIE
Unbuilt: none [Regions: A]
Pennsylvania (PENN) PENN  (Double) C&A  (Double) CNJ  (Double) PA1  (Double) NYNH  (Double) PA3  (Double)
PA9 PA10
Unbuilt: none [Regions: AL]
Reading (READ) READ  (Double) PA5 PA6 PA4  (Double) LV PA2  (Double) PA8 NY2
PA11 GTW NY1
Unbuilt: MI2 [Regions: AOL]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ) B&O MD1  (Double) RF&P  (Double) WV1 R&D OH1 OH4 M&C IN4
C&C
Unbuilt: none [Regions: AOC]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ) C&O VC MD2 PA7 VA2
Unbuilt: none [Regions: AO]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ) N&W  (Double) VA3  (Double) VA4  (Double) N&S VA5 KY1  (Double) IN5  (Double)
C&EI IN7 IL4
Unbuilt: IN6 [Regions: AOCM]
Wilmington & Manchester (W&M ) W&M W&W NC1 NC2 SC5 VA1 G&C TN2 TN4 N&C A&C
TN6
Unbuilt: TN7 [Regions: AD]
Northeastern Line (NER ) NER SC2 SC1  (Double) GA4  (Double) FL4 FL5
Unbuilt: FL6 [Regions: AG]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ) C&H  (Double) SC4 SC3  (Double)
Unbuilt: none [Regions: A]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ) SCL  (Double) S&A  (Double) S&G  (Double) GA1  (Double) GA8  (Double) AL4
BRL GM&O  (Double) AL3  (Double) TN10 TN8
Unbuilt: KY10 [Regions: ADMG]
Central of Georgia (COG ) COG A&WP
Unbuilt: none [Regions: D]
Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne (P&FW) P&FW WV2
Unbuilt: WV3 [Regions: O]
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W) TP&W OH7
Unbuilt: IN2 [Regions: O]
Wabash Line (WBSH) WBSH  (Double) A&GW  (Double) OH8 IN1  (Double) OH2
Unbuilt: KY8 [Regions: OC]
New Orleans & Jackson (NO&J) NO&J MS4
Unbuilt: MS5 [Regions: G]
Southern Mississippi (SM ) SM
Unbuilt: none [Regions: M]
Michigan Southern (MS ) MS
Unbuilt: none [Regions: L]
Ohio & Mississippi (O&M ) O&M
Unbuilt: none [Regions: O]
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW) C&NW
Unbuilt: none [Regions: C]
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP) CRIP
Unbuilt: none [Regions: C]

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 29 27 26 -3  511 1573 72   2 1
NYC 22 25 28 +6  3577 12522 0 9 9
ERIE 0 0 14 +14  0 1292 143 12 12
PENN 54 42 30 -24  2625 4695 0 3 3
READ 37 35 33 -4  2122 7200 0 2 2
B&O 29 28 27 -2  1745 6476 232 7 7 1
C&O 17 16 15 -2  1312 4504 241   11 1 5
N&W 22 23 24 +2  2311 7364 60 5 5
W&M 28 28 28 +0  1663 7725 220   6 5
NER 22 25 28 +6  1080 4623 102 5 5 12
C&H 24 26 28 +4  452 1611 0 4 4 10
SCL 68 75 82 +14  1822 8105 72 1 1
COG 25 30 35 +10  254 1190 0 10 10 1 12
P&FW 24 24 24 +0  466 1760 0 11 11 12
TP&W 18 17 17 -1  184 1159 51 3 3 12
WBSH 20 22 25 +5  965 3278 67   1
NO&J 19 28 37 +18  300 1347 48 2 2
SM 0 0 14 +14  0 198 22 6 6
MS 16 18 21 +5  336 943 77   11 12
O&M 15 18 22 +7  301 778 47 7 7 12
C&NW 13 14 16 +3  198 555 45 1 1
CRIP 0 0 14 +14  0 675 75   2

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
IC 925 CB&Q 950 FEC 1495 CNS 425 M&SP 1630 M&LR 660 WP 710
UP 525 SL&A 495 SLSF 1195 SLSW 775 GW 700 SP 450

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