Continental Rails II

Game # 24 - Turn # 4

Headline News 1847 to 1848

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

  1. 1847: U.S. and Britain reach peaceful agreement on Oregon border.
  2. 1848: Mexican war ends; California ceded to U.S.

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: Thomas Durant bought C&O for $500, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought W&W for $1431, Nicholas van Rijn bought S&A for $971, Eugene de Segur bought COG for $1640, Henry Farham bought MRLE for $4335, Aubin Rioudu Frei bought P&FW for $2589, Thomas Durant bought G&C for $480, J. Pierpont Morgan bought M&C for $3001, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought VC for $3731.
  • PCs Merged: NYNH merges into CNJ, HRL merges into NYC, NER merges into SCL, C&A merges into READ.
  • PCs Incorporated: S&G, LS.
  • New Engines Acquired: B&M bought Norris 4-2-0, GT bought Norris 4-2-0, B&H bought Norris 4-2-0, NYC bought Norris 4-2-0, ERIE bought Norris 4-2-0, CNJ bought Norris 4-2-0, PENN bought Norris 4-2-0, READ bought Norris 4-2-0, R&D bought Norris 4-2-0, N&W bought Norris 4-2-0, C&H bought Norris 4-2-0, SCL bought Norris 4-2-0.
  • New Technologies Acquired: B&M bought switch yards, GT bought switch yards, B&H bought switch yards, NYC bought Grand Station, NYC bought switch yards, ERIE bought switch yards, CNJ bought switch yards, PENN bought switch yards, READ bought switch yards, R&D bought switch yards, N&W bought Grand Station, N&W bought switch yards, C&H bought switch yards, SCL bought switch yards.
  • RoWs built: PA9 by PENN, WV1 by B&O, MD2 by N&W, SC4 by C&H.
  • NYC doubled NYC.
  • New RoWs acquired: B&M got ME1, ERIE got NY2, NYC got NY3, READ got PA1, B&O got PA7, CNJ got PA8, PENN got PA10, R&D got VA7, C&H got GA1, GT got C2, N&W got NC2.
  • New railroad Presidents: J. Pierpont Morgan of SCL, Nicholas van Rijn of S&G, Henry Farham of LS.
  • New Private Companies Available: A&GW, TP&W.
  • Cornelius Vanderbilt dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1013. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Eugene de Segur, Aubin Rioudu Frei, Nicholas van Rijn, J. Pierpont Morgan
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Boom.
  • Best locomotive available: American 4-4-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards.

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Aubin Rioudu Frei (2) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Cornelius Vanderbilt (5) Henry Farham (10) Thomas Durant (11)
Rail Mogul Aubin Rioudu Frei (2) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Nicholas van Rijn (3) Thomas Durant (11) Pascu (1)
Rail Builder Pascu (1) Aubin Rioudu Frei (2) Nicholas van Rijn (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Cornelius Vanderbilt (5)
Rail Magnate Pascu (1) Aubin Rioudu Frei (2) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Nicholas van Rijn (3) Nicolas Koechlin (6)
Rail Prodigal Cornelius Vanderbilt (5) Eugene de Segur (7) Aubin Rioudu Frei (2) Nicholas van Rijn (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
Rail Baron Aubin Rioudu Frei (2) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Nicholas van Rijn (3) Eugene de Segur (7) Cornelius Vanderbilt (5)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
2 Aubin Rioudu Frei N&W PENN P&FW ....
4 J. Pierpont Morgan SCL C&H .... M&C
5 Cornelius Vanderbilt .... R&D VC W&W
6 Nicolas Koechlin B&H CNJ .... ....
11 Thomas Durant .... READ G&C C&O
3 Nicholas van Rijn S&G GT S&A ....
8 Henry B. Plant NYC .... .... ....
7 Eugene de Segur .... B&M COG ....
1 Pascu B&O .... .... ....
10 Henry Farham LS ERIE MRLE ....
9 CamilloN .... .... .... ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
12 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
B&M Boston & Maine 145 24342 14118 99 42589 24991 7 3 680 0
GT Grand Trunk 73 16476 10215 95 23908 14128 10 20 0 0
B&H Boston & Hartford 110 20905 12961 95 34089 15999 8 4 0 0
NYC New York Central 491 83867 46126 99 135671 59036 10 15 0 0
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 287 34393 19948 99 76860 37263 5 1 0 0
CNJ Central New Jersey 244 47031 29630 94 81923 44735 7 3 375 0
PENN Pennsylvania 388 68171 41584 96 102755 43962 9 6 0 0
READ Reading 196 48894 28358 99 73569 35057 14 4 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 365 38734 25177 95 89891 30170 3 3 750 0
R&D Richmond & Danville 76 15283 9170 97 23995 14091 9 4 470 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 594 81944 45069 99 157161 79213 7 6 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 212 36579 21216 99 61667 17529 10 9 855 145
SCL Sea Coast Line 324 55191 32011 99 81237 30271 10 9 0 0
S&G Savannah & Gulf 157 22931 16510 85 49103 25297 2 0 0 0
LS Lake Shore 182 25432 17294 89 56495 29105 2 0 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 
  • Boston & Maine (B&M)
    B&M me1 c1 GT NYC B&H Boston Quebec
    B&M
    Unbuilt: ME1
    [Regions: A]
  • Grand Trunk (GT)
    GT c2 c3 B&M NYC B&H Boston Montreal
    GT
    Unbuilt: C2
    [Regions: A]
  • Boston & Hartford (B&H)
    B&H B&M GT NYC CNJ Boston New York
    B&H
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • New York Central (NYC)
    NYC B&A HRL ny3 LS ERIEPENNpa11c4 B&M GT B&H CNJ ERIECNJ READny1 c3 Boston New York Philadelphia Buffalo Cleveland Montreal London
    NYC  (Double) ; B&A ; HRL
    Unbuilt: NY3
    [Regions: A]
  • Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)
    ERIEny2 LS ny1 NYC CNJ PENNpa11c4 NYC CNJ CNJ READny1 CNJ New York Philadelphia Buffalo Cleveland London
    ERIE
    Unbuilt: NY2
    [Regions: A]
  • Central New Jersey (CNJ)
    CNJ NYNHpa8 ERIEPENNny1 ERIEPENNB&H NYC ERIEREADPENNPENNBoston New York Philadelphia Buffalo
    CNJ ; NYNH
    Unbuilt: PA8
    [Regions: A]
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
    PENNLV PA9 pa10LS ERIENYC pa11c4 CNJ READREADREADpa2 pa3 pa4 pa5 CNJ New York Philadelphia Baltimore Buffalo Cleveland London
    PENN ; LV ; PA9
    Unbuilt: PA10
    [Regions: A]
  • Reading (READ)
    READC&A pa1 PENNPENNB&O pa2 pa3 pa4 md1 NYC CNJ ERIECNJ PENNPENNpa2 pa3 pa4 pa5 New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington
    READ ; C&A
    Unbuilt: PA1
    [Regions: A]
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
    B&O WV1 pa7 p&lep&fwpa6 N&W wv2 m&c READpa2 pa3 pa4 md1 N&W wv2 wv3 oh1 Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati
    B&O ; WV1
    Unbuilt: PA7
    [Regions: A]
  • Richmond & Danville (R&D)
    R&D va7 c&o N&W vc md1 N&W va2 va3 va4 c&o N&W N&W vc va1 va2 va3 va4 Baltimore Washington Norfolk
    R&D
    Unbuilt: VA7
    [Regions: ]
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
    N&W RF&PN&S MD2 nc2 w&w va1 va2 nc1 sc3 sc5 B&O c&o R&D w&w B&O md1 va1 va3 R&D nc1 B&O Baltimore Washington Norfolk Wilmington Pittsburgh
    N&W  (Double) ; RF&P ; N&S ; MD2
    Unbuilt: NC2
    [Regions: A]
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
    C&H SC4 ga1 s&a cog a&wpbrl a&c ga8 SCL s&a SCL g&c sc1 sc2 sc3 Charleston Savannah Atlanta Birmingham
    C&H ; SC4
    Unbuilt: GA1
    [Regions: A]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCL NER w&m C&H s&a S&G nc1 sc1 sc2 ga2 ga4 Wilmington Charleston Savannah
    SCL ; NER
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Gulf (S&G)
    S&G s&a SCL sc1 ga2 ga3 ga4 ga5 ga6 Charleston Savannah
    S&G
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Lake Shore (LS)
    LS p&lemrlegtw ERIENYC PENNpa11oh3 c4 Buffalo Cleveland Pittsburgh London
    LS
    Unbuilt: none
    [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
B&M 16 22 28 +12  280 725 0 7 7
GT 16 26 37 +21  153 365 0 3 3
B&H 16 22 28 +12  225 550 0 6 6
NYC 29 31 34 +5  650 2391 71 8 8
ERIE 16 19 22 +6  467 1292 143 10 10
CNJ 16 20 25 +9  250 1165 55 6 6 7
PENN 29 34 40 +11  408 1868 77 2 2 4
READ 16 22 28 +12  209 934 46 11 11 2
B&O 45 52 60 +15  241 1731 102 1 1 3 6
R&D 16 24 33 +17  163 380 0 5 5
N&W 44 50 56 +12  510 2898 76 2 2 4 5
C&H 26 29 33 +7  210 1025 41 4 4
SCL 40 45 51 +11  275 1535 92 4 4 7 11
S&G 0 0 18 +18  0 707 78 3 3
LS 0 0 18 +18  0 819 91 10 10

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 665
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 655
GTW Grand Trunk Western 535
A&GW Atlantic & Great Western 580
TP&W Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw 700
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