Continental Rails II

Game # 22 - Turn # 5

Headline News 1849 to 1850

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

  1. 1849: Gold found at Sutter's mill in California! Gold rush begins!
  2. 1850: Samuel Colt builds factory to manufacture new repeating pistol.

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: Frederik Conrad bought MRLE for $8423, Nicolas Koechlin bought P&FW for $7755, EugFne de STgur bought G&C for $5415, Nicholas van Rijn bought GTW for $6299, Jay Gould bought M&C for $5002, Casey Jones bought A&WP for $7654, Eudes L'Artuby bought BRL for $5155, Nicolas Koechlin bought A&GW for $6721, Eudes L'Artuby bought TP&W for $6700.
  • PCs Merged: W&M merges into SCL, W&W merges into N&W, VC merges into C&O, CNJ merges into PENN.
  • New Technologies Acquired: B&O bought Grand Station, N&W bought Grand Station.
  • RoWs built: C2 by GT, NY3 by NYC, NY2 by ERIE, PA6 by PENN, PA1 by READ, OH1 by B&O, MD2 by C&O, MD1 by RF&P, VA2 by R&D, VA4 by N&W, GA1 by C&H, GA4 by S&A, GA2 by SCL.
  • NYC doubled NYC, N&W doubled VA3.
  • New RoWs acquired: RF&P got PA2, READ got PA4, ERIE got PA11, N&W got VA5, SCL got SC1, R&D got SC5, COG got GA3, S&G got GA6, C&H got GA8, S&A got FL4, PENN got WV2, C&O got WV4, LS got OH3, B&O got OH4, GT got C3, NYC got C4.
  • Loan Recalls: Nicolas Koechlin, Frederik Conrad.
  • New Private Companies Available: WBSH, MC, A&C, A&T, GM&O, N&C, SM, MN.
  • EugFne de STgur dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1234. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Jay Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Henry Farham, Stepp, B
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Boom to Great.
  • Best locomotive available: Lion 0-4-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station.

Tycoon Announcements:

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Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Troy Phelan (1) Henry Farham (8) Casey Jones (10) Jay Gould (13) Nicholas van Rijn (2)
Rail Mogul Nicholas van Rijn (2) Casey Jones (10) B (15) Troy Phelan (1) Jay Gould (13)
Rail Builder Nicholas van Rijn (2) William Palmer (7) Jay Gould (13) B (15) Troy Phelan (1)
Rail Magnate Jay Gould (13) B (15) Troy Phelan (1) Nicholas van Rijn (2) William Palmer (7)
Rail Prodigal Stepp (5) B (15) Eugène de Ségur (12) Henry Farham (8) Cornelius Vanderbilt (11)
Rail Baron B (15) Nicholas van Rijn (2) Jay Gould (13) Troy Phelan (1) Casey Jones (10)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
10 Casey Jones C&O R&D .... A&WP
2 Nicholas van Rijn ERIE GT .... GTW
1 Troy Phelan N&W RF&P .... ....
8 Henry Farham LS S&A .... ....
13 Jay Gould PENN .... M&C ....
6 Edward Harriman .... S&G .... ....
12 Eugène de Ségur SCL .... .... G&C
15 B C&H COG .... ....
14 Eudes L'Artuby .... READ TP&W BRL
7 William Palmer NYC .... .... ....
11 Cornelius Vanderbilt .... .... .... ....
9 Frederik Conrad .... .... MRLE ....
3 Nicolas Koechlin B&O .... A&GW P&FW
5 Stepp .... .... .... ....
4 George R. Obberbaron .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 439 75146 45839 99 155272 79876 6 20 241 102
NYC New York Central 785 134453 77983 99 241627 102686 8 4 700 0
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 490 62712 38254 99 155462 81680 3 10 910 0
PENN Pennsylvania 815 161815 93852 99 268867 128463 10 9 805 226
READ Reading 199 45495 28206 98 74338 27692 11 1 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 445 48476 28117 99 128552 19993 5 7 0 283
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 539 58667 35786 99 166517 85608 2 6 290 228
RF&P Richmond, Fred. & Potomac 162 31492 20470 95 57690 30787 6 1 0 67
R&D Richmond & Danville 336 41140 25095 99 113041 58786 2 6 375 455
N&W Norfolk & Western 651 96299 56816 98 206128 95852 6 5 554 46
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 383 62579 38173 99 124108 49231 7 9 785 350
S&A Savannah & Augusta 277 47059 28706 99 98276 47820 6 4 0 243
SCL Sea Coast Line 629 97044 56285 99 192240 61317 8 9 0 0
S&G Savannah & Gulf 157 23298 14212 99 52325 26314 4 8 625 0
COG Central of Georgia 86 16177 9868 99 31787 15881 8 4 760 0
LS Lake Shore 182 25858 15773 99 61475 30677 4 1 0 0

Railroad Lines:

Regions:  A = Atlantic ;  D = Deep South ;  O = Ohio ;  L = Great Lakes ;  C = Central ;  M = Mississippi ;  G = Gulf ;  W = Midwest ;  S = Southwest ;  T = Mountain ;  P = Pacific ;  N = Canada ;  X = Mexico 
  • Grand Trunk (GT)
    GT B&H C2 c3 NYC NYC NYC ny1 NYC NYC PENNBoston New York Montreal
    GT  (Double) ; B&H ; C2
    Unbuilt: C3
    [Regions: AN]
  • New York Central (NYC)
    NYC HRL B&A B&M NY3 c4 LS ERIEpa10ERIEc5 GT GT PENNERIEPENNPENNLS me1 ny1 ERIEpa10ERIEGT Boston New York Philadelphia Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Montreal London
    NYC  (Double) ; HRL ; B&A ; B&M ; NY3
    Unbuilt: C4
    [Regions: AL]
  • Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)
    ERIENY2 pa11LS p&lemrlegtw NYC pa10LS NYC NYC PENNPENNPENNLS ny1 NYC pa8 pa10NYC New York Philadelphia Buffalo Cleveland Pittsburgh London
    ERIE ; NY2
    Unbuilt: PA11
    [Regions: AL]
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
    PENNLV C&A NYNHPA5 CNJ PA6 wv2 p&lep&fwm&c pa7 B&O wv3 B&O GT NYC ERIEREADp&lep&fwREADRF&Ppa3 READpa7 pa8 pa9 Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati
    PENN ; LV ; C&A ; NYNH ; PA5 ; CNJ ; PA6
    Unbuilt: WV2
    [Regions: AO]
  • Reading (READ)
    READPA1 pa4 PENNB&O RF&Ppa3 PENNRF&PPENNPENNPENNB&O RF&Ppa3 PENNRF&PNew York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington
    READ ; PA1
    Unbuilt: PA4
    [Regions: A]
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
    B&O WV1 OH1 oh4 mrlep&fwa&gwtp&wc&c oh2 oh6 oh7 oh8 in1 in2 in3 mrlep&fwm&c a&gwREADRF&Ppa3 READpa7 RF&PC&O PENNwv3 oh2 Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago
    B&O ; WV1 ; OH1
    Unbuilt: OH4
    [Regions: A]
  • Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
    C&O VC MD2 wv4 N&W wv3 ky1 ky2 B&O RF&PR&D pa7 RF&PR&D N&W N&W va7 B&O Baltimore Washington Pittsburgh Cincinnati
    C&O ; VC ; MD2
    Unbuilt: WV4
    [Regions: A]
  • Richmond, Fred. & Potomac (RF&P)
    RF&PMD1 pa2 PENNPENNPENNREADB&O READpa3 READB&O C&O R&D N&W READpa3 READC&O va1 N&W va7 New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Norfolk
    RF&P ; MD1
    Unbuilt: PA2
    [Regions: A]
  • Richmond & Danville (R&D)
    R&D VA2 sc5 g&c brl nc2 sc3 tn2 C&O RF&PN&W C&O va1 N&W N&W va7 nc2 sc3 Washington Norfolk Atlanta
    R&D ; VA2
    Unbuilt: SC5
    [Regions: ]
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
    N&W N&S VA3 W&W VA4 va5 va6 wv3 C&O ky1 ky2 C&O RF&PR&D SCL C&O va1 R&D va6 va7 nc1 nc2 Washington Norfolk Wilmington Cincinnati
    N&W  (Double) ; N&S ; VA3  (Double) ; W&W ; VA4
    Unbuilt: VA5
    [Regions: A]
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
    C&H SC4 GA1 ga8 COG a&wpbrl a&c a&t al1 al2 al3 al4 al5 SCL S&A SCL COG g&c a&wpbrl a&c SCL sc2 sc3 Charleston Savannah Atlanta Birmingham
    C&H ; SC4 ; GA1
    Unbuilt: GA8
    [Regions: AD]
  • Savannah & Augusta (S&A)
    S&A GA4 fl4 fec ga5 fl3 fl5 SCL S&G fec SCL C&H C&H SCL ga5 fl3 Charleston Savannah Atlanta Pensacola
    S&A ; GA4
    Unbuilt: FL4
    [Regions: A]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCL NER W&M GA2 sc1 C&H S&A S&G g&c sc2 sc3 C&H S&A N&W C&H S&A S&G COG nc1 sc2 COG S&A Wilmington Charleston Savannah Atlanta
    SCL ; NER ; W&M ; GA2
    Unbuilt: SC1
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Gulf (S&G)
    S&G ga6 COG ga5 ga7 S&A SCL SCL SCL COG S&A ga5 Charleston Savannah
    S&G
    Unbuilt: GA6
    [Regions: A]
  • Central of Georgia (COG)
    COG ga3 S&G SCL ga5 S&G a&wpbrl a&c C&H SCL C&H Savannah Atlanta Birmingham
    COG
    Unbuilt: GA3
    [Regions: D]
  • Lake Shore (LS)
    LS oh3 p&lemrlegtw tp&wERIEoh2 oh5 mi1 mi2 p&lemrlegtw ERIENYC pa10ERIENYC Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Pittsburgh London
    LS
    Unbuilt: OH3
    [Regions: L]

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 39 51 63 +24  286 2067 128 2 2 6
NYC 42 44 47 +5  813 3858 74 7 7 11
ERIE 24 29 35 +11  553 2349 101 2 2
PENN 42 45 49 +7  645 3958 122 13 13 8 14
READ 28 38 48 +20  179 948 47 14 14
B&O 70 67 65 -5  449 2165 68 3 3 9 10
C&O 27 33 39 +12  150 2473 222 10 10
RF&P 23 25 27 +4  205 788 22 1 1
R&D 39 51 64 +25  113 1550 130 10 10
N&W 44 45 47 +3  571 3134 125 1 1
C&H 43 58 74 +31  416 1836 85 15 15
S&A 23 26 29 +6  221 1316 69 8 8
SCL 47 46 46 -1  516 3000 152 12 12
S&G 18 29 40 +22  327 785 0 6 6
COG 18 28 39 +21  184 387 43 15 15
LS 18 25 33 +15  380 910 0 8 8

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 655
WBSH Wabash Line 570
MC Michigan Central 760
A&C Atlanta & Chattanooga 685
A&T Alabama & Tennessee 715
GM&O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 675
N&C Nashville & Chattanooga 755
SM Southern Mississippi 220
MN Michigan Northern 510

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