Continental Rails II

Game # 24 - Turn # 6

Headline News 1851 to 1852

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

  1. 1851: California admitted into Union as newest state.
  2. 1852: Average life expectancy now almost 42 years.

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: Eugene de Segur bought A&WP for $4730, Henry B. Plant bought WBSH for $3500, Aubin Rioudu Frei bought MC for $1720, Henry Farham bought GM&O for $23003, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought N&C for $3471, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought SM for $4915.
  • PCs Merged: A&GW merges into P&FW, P&LE merges into LS.
  • PCs Incorporated: TP&W, GTW.
  • New Engines Acquired: B&M bought Mogul 2-6-0, GT bought 04/04/2000, CNJ bought Mogul 2-6-0, PENN bought Mogul 2-6-0, READ bought Mogul 2-6-0, B&O bought Mogul 2-6-0, C&O bought Mogul 2-6-0, R&D bought Mogul 2-6-0, N&W bought Mogul 2-6-0, C&H bought Mogul 2-6-0, COG bought Mogul 2-6-0, P&FW bought Mogul 2-6-0, M&C bought Mogul 2-6-0.
  • New Technologies Acquired: B&M bought steel rails, CNJ bought steel rails, PENN bought steel rails, READ bought steel rails, B&O bought Grand Station, B&O bought steel rails, C&O bought steel rails, R&D bought steel rails, N&W bought steel rails, C&H bought Grand Station, C&H bought steel rails, COG bought steel rails, M&C bought steel rails.
  • RoWs built: C1 by B&M, C3 by GT, NY1 by CNJ, C4 by PENN, MD1 by READ, WV4 by R&D, SC5 by N&W, GA8 by C&H, GA4 by SCL, GA6 by S&G, OH4 by LS.
  • B&M doubled B&M, B&H doubled B&H, CNJ doubled CNJ, PENN doubled LV, READ doubled C&A, B&O doubled B&O, C&O doubled C&O, C&H doubled GA1, COG doubled COG, P&FW doubled P&FW.
  • New RoWs acquired: READ got PA4, C&O got VA4, COG got GA2, S&G got GA7, B&O got WV3, LS got IN1, M&C got IN4, R&D got KY1, N&W got TN2, C&H got AL3, PENN got C5, P&FW got IN5.
  • RR Mergers: B&H merges into CNJ.
  • Insolvent RRs: ERIE.
  • Loan Recalls: Cornelius Vanderbilt, Henry Farham.
  • New railroad Presidents: Eugene de Segur of CNJ, Nicolas Koechlin of B&O, Thomas Durant of SCL, Nicolas Koechlin of GTW, Nicholas van Rijn of TP&W.
  • New Private Companies Available: A&C, MN, MS, O&M, MON, C&C, C&EI.
  • Nicholas van Rijn dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $3658. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Aubin Rioudu Frei, J. Pierpont Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Thomas Durant, Eugene de Segur
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Panic to Depression.
  • Best locomotive available: Mogul 2-6-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails.

Tycoon Announcements:

1 Pascu still learning. orders b&o imput error, my fault :-(

Top Victory Points

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

Player Summary

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

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
B&M Boston & Maine 513 50942 28527 98 121032 65001 1 5 0 1146
GT Grand Trunk 570 53701 33295 95 147157 93564 -2 19 0 0
NYC New York Central 640 74308 46814 91 197046 88311 0 1 0 0
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 490 41037 25442 95 149807 72967 -3 0 910 0
CNJ Central New Jersey 639 81921 43419 98 182238 99743 3 6 0 777
PENN Pennsylvania 688 89412 49176 96 175150 82107 4 9 0 490
READ Reading 336 64626 34898 97 119383 54026 8 9 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 515 44507 24925 95 143249 57124 0 8 0 157
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 94 10750 5912 99 31541 16549 0 0 0 0
R&D Richmond & Danville 521 43176 24178 98 153472 84050 -2 5 730 318
N&W Norfolk & Western 944 86506 45848 98 269152 141952 0 3 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 634 76648 39857 99 174773 84933 4 9 810 759
SCL Sea Coast Line 463 52569 32592 95 102553 48861 2 0 0 445
S&G Savannah & Gulf 420 39991 24795 95 120599 68361 -2 5 258 350
COG Central of Georgia 86 13258 7292 99 31161 16335 3 3 860 0
LS Lake Shore 588 60594 37568 95 145690 79344 0 1 0 0
P&FW Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne 307 33426 19388 99 78122 48144 1 4 0 0
GTW Grand Trunk Western 107 10253 6562 90 12699 12701 1 0 0 0
M&C Marietta & Cincinnati 193 14618 8332 97 59608 31340 -3 3 625 0
TP&W Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw 140 10327 7022 86 15299 15301 -1 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 CNJ Boston Quebec
    B&M  (Double) ; ME1 ; C1
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: AN]
  • Grand Trunk (GT)
    GT C2 C3 B&M NYC CNJ NYC NYC CNJ Boston New York Montreal
    GT ; C2 ; C3
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: AN]
  • New York Central (NYC)
    NYC B&A HRL NY3 B&M GT CNJ CNJ ERIECNJ READLS CNJ ERIEPENNERIEGT PENNBoston New York Philadelphia Buffalo Cleveland Montreal London
    NYC  (Double) ; B&A ; HRL ; NY3
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: AL]
  • Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)
    ERIENY2 pa11LS LS LS GTW NYC PENNoh3 PENNNYC CNJ CNJ READLS CNJ NYC CNJ PENNPENNNew York Philadelphia Buffalo Cleveland Pittsburgh London
    ERIE ; NY2
    Unbuilt: PA11
    [Regions: AL]
  • Central New Jersey (CNJ)
    CNJ NYNHPA8 NY1 B&H B&M GT NYC NYC NYC ERIEREADPENNERIEPENNGT Boston New York Philadelphia Buffalo Montreal
    CNJ  (Double) ; NYNH ; PA8 ; NY1 ; B&H  (Double)
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
    PENNLV PA9 PA10C4 c5 mc mn ms mi1 mi2 CNJ READREADLS ERIENYC READpa2 pa3 READpa5 CNJ ERIENew York Philadelphia Baltimore Buffalo Cleveland Detroit London
    PENN ; LV  (Double) ; PA9 ; PA10 ; C4
    Unbuilt: C5
    [Regions: ALN]
  • Reading (READ)
    READC&A PA1 MD1 pa4 PENNB&O pa2 pa3 pa5 NYC CNJ ERIECNJ PENNPENNB&O C&O N&W pa2 pa3 pa5 N&W R&D New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington
    READ ; C&A  (Double) ; PA1 ; MD1
    Unbuilt: PA4
    [Regions: A]
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
    B&O WV1 PA7 wv3 M&C va5 wv2 R&D oh1 R&D ky2 LS P&FWM&C READpa2 pa3 READpa6 READN&W wv2 oh1 Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati
    B&O  (Double) ; WV1 ; PA7
    Unbuilt: WV3
    [Regions: AO]
  • Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
    C&O va4 R&D R&D va2 va3 va5 va6 R&D N&W R&D R&D READN&W va2 va3 R&D Baltimore Washington
    C&O  (Double)
    Unbuilt: VA4
    [Regions: A]
  • Richmond & Danville (R&D)
    R&D VC VA7 WV4 ky1 M&C P&FWwbshva5 B&O oh7 oh8 M&C P&FWky2 ky3 C&O N&W N&W READN&W va1 va2 va3 C&O va5 B&O ky2 Baltimore Washington Norfolk Cincinnati Louisville
    R&D ; VC ; VA7 ; WV4
    Unbuilt: KY1
    [Regions: A]
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
    N&W RF&PN&S MD2 W&W NC2 SC5 tn2 C&H brl tn1 tn3 tn4 B&O C&O R&D w&m C&H brl B&O READva1 va2 va3 R&D nc1 sc3 B&O Baltimore Washington Norfolk Wilmington Pittsburgh Atlanta
    N&W  (Double) ; RF&P  (Double) ; N&S ; MD2 ; W&W ; NC2 ; SC5
    Unbuilt: TN2
    [Regions: A]
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
    C&H SC4 G&C GA1 GA8 al3 a&t tn8 tn9 tn10tn11tn12tn13al1 al2 al4 al5 ms3 ms6 SCL S&G SCL COG a&wpbrl a&c a&t sc1 sc2 sc3 N&W N&W al1 al2 al4 al5 Charleston Savannah Atlanta Birmingham Memphis
    C&H  (Double) ; SC4 ; G&C ; GA1  (Double) ; GA8
    Unbuilt: AL3
    [Regions: AD]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCL NER GA4 w&m C&H S&G S&G fec nc1 sc1 sc2 COG ga5 fl3 fl4 Wilmington Charleston Savannah
    SCL ; NER ; GA4
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Gulf (S&G)
    S&G S&A GA6 ga7 a&wpal1 al6 SCL sc1 C&H C&H COG ga3 SCL ga5 Charleston Savannah Atlanta Birmingham
    S&G ; S&A ; GA6
    Unbuilt: GA7
    [Regions: A]
  • Central of Georgia (COG)
    COG ga2 S&G SCL S&G sc1 ga3 SCL a&wpbrl a&c C&H ga3 C&H Charleston Savannah Atlanta Birmingham
    COG  (Double)
    Unbuilt: GA2
    [Regions: D]
  • Lake Shore (LS)
    LS MRLEP&LEOH4 in1 TP&Wmon fw&cc&c c&eiic c&nwcripcb&qcaslcns oh6 oh7 oh8 mi5 in2 in3 il1 il10il12il14wi1 P&FWGTW P&FWTP&Wc&c ERIENYC pa6 B&O PENNERIEwv2 oh1 oh2 oh3 oh6 oh7 oh8 in2 in3 PENNBuffalo Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago London
    LS ; MRLE ; P&LE ; OH4
    Unbuilt: IN1
    [Regions: OL]
  • Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne (P&FW)
    P&FWA&GWin5 M&C wbshmon c&eioh7 oh8 in2 in3 M&C in6 in7 in8 in9 R&D ky3 LS LS M&C wbshpa6 B&O wv2 oh1 oh2 LS oh7 oh8 M&C R&D ky3 Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati Louisville Chicago
    P&FW  (Double) ; A&GW
    Unbuilt: IN5
    [Regions: O]
  • Grand Trunk Western (GTW)
    GTW LS LS LS TP&WERIEoh2 oh3 oh5 mi1 mi2 Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Pittsburgh
    GTW
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: L]
  • Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C)
    M&C in4 P&FWwbshmon c&eioh7 oh8 in2 in3 P&FWin6 in7 in8 in9 R&D ky3 P&FWwbshB&O wv2 B&O oh1 oh7 oh8 P&FWR&D ky3 Pittsburgh Cincinnati Louisville Chicago
    M&C
    Unbuilt: IN4
    [Regions: O]
  • Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W)
    TP&WGTW c&c oh2 oh3 LS oh5 oh6 oh7 oh8 mi1 mi2 LS in2 in3 Cleveland Detroit Cincinnati Chicago
    TP&W
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: ]

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 43 46 50 +7  469 2449 116 7 7 5
GT 61 64 67 +6  748 2730 120   3
NYC 57 59 62 +5  1232 3207 0 8 8
ERIE 46 37 28 -18  675 2450 0 10 10
CNJ 31 39 52 +21  468 3090 105 7 7 6
PENN 38 45 53 +15  776 3375 70 2 2 4
READ 39 42 45 +6  471 1658 22   11 2
B&O 30 38 46 +16  768 2583 0 6 6 1 3
C&O 18 20 22 +4  156 470 0 11 11 4
R&D 52 41 30 -22  910 2383 222 5 5
N&W 59 58 57 -2  1010 4687 37 5 5 2 4
C&H 42 45 49 +7  722 3098 78 4 4 11
SCL 47 45 43 -4  361 2253 69 11 4 7
S&G 28 37 46 +18  534 2038 62 3 3
COG 18 23 29 +11  174 430 0   7
LS 44 43 42 -2  638 2779 161 10 10 8
P&FW 18 23 28 +10  377 1477 58 2 2
GTW 0 0 10 +10  0 482 53 6 6
M&C 18 20 23 +5  285 869 96 4 4 5
TP&W 0 0 10 +10  0 630 70 3 3

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 665
BRL Blue Ridge Line 925
A&C Atlanta & Chattanooga 685
A&T Alabama & Tennessee 715
NO&J New Orleans & Jackson 915
MN Michigan Northern 510
MS Michigan Southern 1020
O&M Ohio & Mississippi 825
MON Monon Line 920
C&C Cincinnati & Chicago 1010
C&EI Chicago & Eastern Illinois 920
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