Continental Rails II

Game # 25 - 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: Cornelius Vanderbilt bought HRL for $1973, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought NYNH for $1111, Railroad Bill Jr bought N&S for $3964, Byron Kilbourn bought GTW for $3499, William Ogden bought M&C for $2000, Henry Farham bought A&WP for $7564, Jay Gould bought BRL for $1276, Cyrus Holliday bought A&GW for $6245, Louis McLane bought WBSH for $900, Louis McLane bought MC for $2650.
  • PCs Merged: P&FW merges into P&LE, RF&P merges into N&W, B&M merges into GT, CNJ merges into C&A.
  • PCs Incorporated: COG, MRLE.
  • New Engines Acquired: B&H bought Norris 4-2-0, NYC bought Norris 4-2-0, READ bought Norris 4-2-0.
  • New Technologies Acquired: N&W bought Grand Station, P&LE bought Grand Station.
  • RoWs built: C2 by GT, C4 by NYC, NY2 by ERIE, PA1 by C&A, PA5 by PENN, PA3 by READ, VA5 by N&W, SC2 by W&M, SC1 by C&H, GA1 by S&A, GA7 by SCL.
  • NYC doubled B&A.
  • New RoWs acquired: ERIE got NY1, PENN got PA6, B&O got PA7, C&A got PA9, READ got MD1, W&M got SC3, C&H got GA4, S&A got GA8, LS got OH3, P&LE got OH4, N&W got KY1, SCL got AL1, GT got C3, NYC got C5.
  • Loan Recalls: Railroad Bill Jr.
  • New railroad Presidents: Henry Farham of COG, Cyrus Holliday of MRLE.
  • New Private Companies Available: A&C, A&T, GM&O, NO&J, SM, MN.
  • Jay Gould dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1566. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Cornelius Vanderbilt, Cyrus Holliday, Byron Kilbourn, Maurin Jolybois
  • Development of switch yards facilitates operations, reduces operating costs.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Good to Great.
  • 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 Maurin Jolybois (4) Byron Kilbourn (6) Cyrus Holliday (2) Henry Farham (5) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
Rail Mogul Maurin Jolybois (4) Louis McLane (7) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Byron Kilbourn (6) Cyrus Holliday (2)
Rail Builder Louis McLane (7) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Maurin Jolybois (4) Henry Farham (5) Railroad Bill Jr (1)
Rail Magnate Louis McLane (7) Maurin Jolybois (4) Cyrus Holliday (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Henry Farham (5)
Rail Prodigal Cyrus Holliday (2) Byron Kilbourn (6) Railroad Bill Jr (1) Maurin Jolybois (4) Jay Gould (9)
Rail Baron Maurin Jolybois (4) Louis McLane (7) Cyrus Holliday (2) Byron Kilbourn (6) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
4 Maurin Jolybois N&W GT .... ....
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt C&H S&A NYNH HRL
5 Henry Farham LS COG .... A&WP
6 Byron Kilbourn PENN P&LE .... GTW
7 Louis McLane NYC B&O MC WBSH
2 Cyrus Holliday MRLE SCL .... A&GW
8 William Ogden C&A READ M&C ....
9 Jay Gould .... W&M G&C BRL
14 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
15 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
11 Milton Littlefield .... .... .... ....
10 Edward Harriman .... .... .... ....
13 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
12 Robert Schuyler .... .... .... ....
1 Railroad Bill Jr .... .... N&S ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 474 67230 42355 97 133252 81460 4 4 0 0
B&H Boston & Hartford 110 19400 11834 99 31727 16827 7 3 0 0
NYC New York Central 638 110637 67489 99 173815 90101 7 4 555 149
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 490 55904 34101 99 126913 79527 2 13 0 0
C&A Camden & Amboy 321 68146 41570 99 99085 61445 9 9 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 369 61879 40222 95 100424 49091 6 4 0 304
READ Reading 193 38591 24698 96 61979 38822 6 4 0 200
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 19070 11633 99 31915 1072 6 9 750 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 682 81931 47520 99 161348 90627 4 4 730 755
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 363 40523 24719 99 97721 60509 2 8 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 456 67241 41017 99 119769 58072 5 4 0 256
S&A Savannah & Augusta 309 45220 27585 99 87577 54689 4 4 785 427
SCL Sea Coast Line 550 74159 45238 99 142652 70839 4 9 485 445
COG Central of Georgia 86 14522 10746 86 24086 14764 2 0 0 0
LS Lake Shore 182 24744 15094 99 45660 29350 4 15 0 0
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 322 44970 28331 94 84219 52084 4 4 685 0
MRLE Mad River & Lake Erie 138 18117 13407 86 35370 21680 0 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 
  • Grand Trunk (GT)
    GTB&MC2c3NYCNYChrlERIENYCB&Hme1Boston New York Montreal
    GT ; B&M ; C2
    Unbuilt: C3
    [Regions: AN]
  • Boston & Hartford (B&H)
    B&HGTGTNYCnynhBoston New York
    B&H
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • New York Central (NYC)
    NYCB&ANY3C4c5mcmnmsmi1mi2GTGTB&HhrlLSERIEERIEpa10pa11GTBoston New York Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Montreal London
    NYC ; B&A  (Double) ; NY3 ; C4
    Unbuilt: C5
    [Regions: ALN]
  • Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)
    ERIENY2ny1NYCNYChrlpa8GThrlnynhC&AC&ALSNYCpa8pa10pa11NYCBoston New York Philadelphia Buffalo Cleveland Montreal London
    ERIE ; NY2
    Unbuilt: NY1
    [Regions: AL]
  • Camden & Amboy (C&A)
    C&ACNJPA1pa9PENNpa8pa10hrlnynhERIEPENNPENNREADB&Opa2READpa4pa8READNew York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Buffalo
    C&A ; CNJ ; PA1
    Unbuilt: PA9
    [Regions: A]
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
    PENNLVPA5pa6P&LEP&LEB&Owv2C&AC&AREADC&Apa2READpa4pa8C&ANew York Philadelphia Baltimore Cleveland Pittsburgh
    PENN ; LV ; PA5
    Unbuilt: PA6
    [Regions: A]
  • Reading (READ)
    READPA3md1B&Oc&oN&WC&Apa2pa4md2va7C&APENNPENNB&OC&Apa2pa4PENNNew York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington
    READ ; PA3
    Unbuilt: MD1
    [Regions: A]
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
    B&Opa7P&LEP&LEPENNmd2wv1wv2C&Apa2READpa4READmd2wv1Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Cleveland Pittsburgh
    B&O
    Unbuilt: PA7
    [Regions: A]
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
    N&WR&DVA4RF&PVA5ky1m&ca&gwwbshwv3wv4oh7oh8in4in5ky2ky3c&on&svcREADmd2va1va2va3va6va7wv3wv4ky2Baltimore Washington Norfolk Cincinnati Louisville
    N&W ; R&D ; VA4 ; RF&P ; VA5
    Unbuilt: KY1
    [Regions: A]
  • Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)
    W&MW&WSC2sc3C&Hg&cva2nc2C&Hsc4sc5n&sC&HC&Hg&cva1nc1nc2C&Hsc4Norfolk Wilmington Charleston Savannah
    W&M ; W&W ; SC2
    Unbuilt: SC3
    [Regions: A]
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
    C&HNERSC1ga4S&ASCLSCLfecga2ga5fl3fl4W&MS&ASCLSCLg&cnc1W&MW&Msc4ga2Wilmington Charleston Savannah
    C&H ; NER ; SC1
    Unbuilt: GA4
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Augusta (S&A)
    S&AGA1ga8COGa&wpbrla&ca&tSCLal2al3al4al5SCLSCLCOGa&wpbrla&cC&Hsc4ga2C&HCharleston Savannah Atlanta Birmingham
    S&A ; GA1
    Unbuilt: GA8
    [Regions: AD]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCLS&GGA6GA7al1a&wpa&tS&Aal2al3al4al5al6C&HC&HS&Aa&wpC&Hga2ga3C&Hga5al6Charleston Savannah Atlanta Birmingham
    SCL ; S&G ; GA6 ; GA7
    Unbuilt: AL1
    [Regions: A]
  • Central of Georgia (COG)
    COGa&wpbrla&cS&Aga2ga3S&ASavannah Atlanta Birmingham
    COG
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: D]
  • Lake Shore (LS)
    LSoh3P&LEMRLEgtwtp&wpa11oh2oh5mi1mi2P&LEMRLEgtwERIENYCpa10pa11NYCBuffalo Cleveland Detroit Pittsburgh London
    LS
    Unbuilt: OH3
    [Regions: L]
  • Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE)
    P&LEP&FWoh4MRLEa&gwtp&wc&coh1oh2oh6oh7oh8in1in2in3LSMRLEgtwa&gwPENNB&Opa11wv2oh1oh2LSBuffalo Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago
    P&LE ; P&FW
    Unbuilt: OH4
    [Regions: OL]
  • Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE)
    MRLELSP&LEP&LEgtwa&gwpa11oh1oh2LSP&LEBuffalo Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati
    MRLE
    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
GT 23 28 34 +11  112 2170 200 4 4
B&H 20 25 30 +10  200 550 0   7 2
NYC 25 28 31 +6  841 3127 70 7 7
ERIE 31 46 61 +30  510 2349 101   5
C&A 22 28 34 +12  155 1491 114 8 8
PENN 56 50 45 -11  388 1783 67 6 6
READ 23 31 39 +16  159 921 44 8 8 6
B&O 27 36 46 +19  307 808 0 7 7 4
N&W 55 61 67 +12  324 3218 196 4 4 6
W&M 26 29 32 +6  385 1760 55 9 9
C&H 29 37 45 +16  522 2215 71 3 3
S&A 23 30 38 +15  225 1460 85 3 3
SCL 32 37 42 +10  614 2693 64 2 2
COG 0 0 16 +16  0 387 43 5 5
LS 15 21 28 +13  385 910 0 5 5
P&LE 15 19 24 +9  273 1515 95 6 6
MRLE 0 0 16 +16  0 621 69 2 2

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 470
VC Virginia Central 1465
TP&W Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw 700
A&C Atlanta & Chattanooga 685
A&T Alabama & Tennessee 715
GM&O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 675
NO&J New Orleans & Jackson 915
SM Southern Mississippi 220
MN Michigan Northern 510
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