Continental Rails II

Game # 27 - 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 Scott bought MRLE for $2347, John Forbes bought P&FW for $2113, EugÞne de SÚgur bought G&C for $1080, J. Pierpont Morgan bought M&C for $4043, Milton Littlefield bought VC for $2501.
  • PCs Merged: W&M merges into C&H, RF&P merges into N&W.
  • PCs Incorporated: GT, B&M, R&D.
  • New Technologies Acquired: C&H bought Grand Station.
  • RoWs built: NY3 by NYC, PA9 by PENN, NC2 by N&W, SC1 by C&H, GA2 by SCL.
  • New RoWs acquired: ERIE got NY2, READ got PA5, NYC got PA11, C&O got MD1, N&W got SC5, S&A got GA1, SCL got GA4, B&O got WV1, C&H got SC4.
  • Loan Recalls: Cornelius Vanderbilt, Milton Littlefield, Thomas Scott.
  • New railroad Presidents: John Forbes of B&M, EugÞne de SÚgur of GT, Jay Gould of PENN, Jim Fisk of R&D.
  • New Private Companies Available: COG, GTW, BRL.
  • John Forbes dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1107. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Jay Gould
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Mild Depression.
  • Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station.

Tycoon Announcements:

4 J. Pierpont Morgan rats ! the cog is late !

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Nicolas Koechlin (2) Eugène de Ségur (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Thomas Scott (7) John Forbes (8)
Rail Mogul Jay Gould (9) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Jim Fisk (1) John Forbes (8) Thomas Scott (7)
Rail Builder Nicolas Koechlin (2) John Forbes (8) Jim Fisk (1) Eugène de Ségur (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
Rail Magnate Jim Fisk (1) Nicolas Koechlin (2) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Thomas Scott (7) John Forbes (8)
Rail Prodigal Jay Gould (9) John Forbes (8) Jim Fisk (1) Nicolas Koechlin (2) Eugène de Ségur (3)
Rail Baron Jay Gould (9) John Forbes (8) Nicolas Koechlin (2) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Thomas Scott (7)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
4 J. Pierpont Morgan .... SCL .... M&C
3 Eugène de Ségur C&H GT .... G&C
2 Nicolas Koechlin NYC .... .... ....
9 Jay Gould B&O PENN .... ....
1 Jim Fisk R&D S&A .... ....
8 John Forbes .... B&M .... P&FW
10 Hannibal Kimball .... .... C&A ....
7 Thomas Scott .... ERIE MRLE ....
6 Milton Littlefield N&W C&O VC ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
11 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
12 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
5 Cornelius Vanderbilt .... S&G .... W&W

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
B&M Boston & Maine 145 17832 12839 88 24164 20586 1 0 0 0
GT Grand Trunk 73 12100 8591 89 13769 11731 3 0 0 0
B&H Boston & Hartford 110 15936 10836 92 15948 15272 3 4 0 0
NYC New York Central 640 78553 47917 99 102877 65290 4 4 0 0
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 287 25123 15325 99 37109 34701 1 4 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 388 51159 31207 99 68473 36588 5 1 0 539
READ Reading 104 17397 10612 99 17295 16073 6 9 675 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 15415 9403 99 32482 1216 4 4 1025 0
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 94 10194 7544 86 12101 11454 0 0 0 0
R&D Richmond & Danville 76 11196 8061 88 13634 11616 2 0 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 597 61674 37621 99 91009 63183 3 1 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 589 72192 42594 98 96127 61125 5 9 0 0
S&A Savannah & Augusta 138 17818 10869 99 19672 15592 5 4 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 311 52982 32319 99 65608 29284 8 5 139 0
S&G Savannah & Gulf 157 17473 12581 88 20207 17324 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&MGTNYCB&Hme1Boston
    B&M
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Grand Trunk (GT)
    GTB&MNYCB&Hc2Boston Montreal
    GT
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Boston & Hartford (B&H)
    B&HB&MGTNYCnynhBoston New York
    B&H
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • New York Central (NYC)
    NYCB&AHRLNY3pa11lsp&lemrlegtwERIEpa10oh3c4B&MGTB&HnynhERIEcnjc&alsny1ERIEpa10c3c4Boston New York Philadelphia Buffalo Cleveland Pittsburgh Montreal London
    NYC ; B&A ; HRL ; NY3
    Unbuilt: PA11
    [Regions: AL]
  • Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)
    ERIEny2lsny1NYCpa8pa10NYCc4NYCnynhcnjc&any1pa8New York Philadelphia Buffalo Cleveland London
    ERIE
    Unbuilt: NY2
    [Regions: A]
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
    PENNLVPA9cnjc&aREADpa1pa2pa3pa4READpa8pa10New York Philadelphia Baltimore Buffalo
    PENN ; LV ; PA9
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Reading (READ)
    READpa5PENNpa3pa4pa6c&aPENNPENNpa1pa2pa3pa4New York Philadelphia Baltimore Pittsburgh
    READ
    Unbuilt: PA5
    [Regions: A]
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
    B&Owv1m&cpa7md2wv2wv3oh1pa1pa2pa3pa4pa7C&Omd2Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Pittsburgh Cincinnati
    B&O
    Unbuilt: WV1
    [Regions: A]
  • Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
    C&Omd1B&ON&Wpa1pa2pa3pa4md2va7N&WR&Dvcmd2va2va3va4va7Philadelphia Baltimore Washington
    C&O
    Unbuilt: MD1
    [Regions: A]
  • Richmond & Danville (R&D)
    R&DC&ON&WN&Wvcva1va2va3va4va7Washington Norfolk
    R&D
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: ]
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
    N&WN&SRF&PNC2sc5g&cbrlva2sc3tn2C&OR&Dw&wC&Omd2va1va2va3va7nc1sc3Baltimore Washington Norfolk Wilmington Atlanta
    N&W  (Double) ; N&S ; RF&P ; NC2
    Unbuilt: SC5
    [Regions: A]
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
    C&HNERW&MSC1sc4S&Ag&csc2sc3S&Aw&wS&ASCLS&Gg&cnc1sc2sc3SCLSCLWilmington Charleston Savannah Atlanta
    C&H  (Double) ; NER ; W&M ; SC1
    Unbuilt: SC4
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Augusta (S&A)
    S&Aga1coga&wpbrla&cC&Hga8SCLS&GC&HC&HSCLSCLCharleston Savannah Atlanta Birmingham
    S&A
    Unbuilt: GA1
    [Regions: A]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCLGA2ga4S&AS&GfecC&Hga5fl3fl4C&HC&HS&AS&GcogC&Hga3Charleston Savannah Atlanta
    SCL  (Double) ; GA2
    Unbuilt: GA4
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Gulf (S&G)
    S&GS&ASCLC&HSCLga3SCLga5ga6Charleston Savannah
    S&G
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]

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 0 0 12 +12  0 653 72 8 8
GT 0 0 12 +12  0 329 36 3 3
B&H 10 13 16 +6  208 550 0   8
NYC 29 26 24 -5  568 3133 74 2 2 8 10
ERIE 10 11 13 +3  500 1435 0 7 7 3
PENN 22 26 30 +8  384 1799 146 9 9
READ 10 14 18 +8  214 520 0   9
B&O 22 27 32 +10  278 808 0 9 9 2
C&O 10 12 15 +5  180 470 0 6 6
R&D 0 0 12 +12  0 342 38 1 1
N&W 41 32 24 -17  497 2854 135 6 6 5 7
C&H 27 29 31 +4  319 2814 137 3 3 1 4
S&A 10 13 17 +7  271 690 0 1 1
SCL 28 28 29 +1  207 1476 86 4 4
S&G 10 11 12 +2  279 726 59 5 5 2

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
NYNH New York & New Haven 550
CNJ Central New Jersey 670
COG Central of Georgia 430
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 655
GTW Grand Trunk Western 535
BRL Blue Ridge Line 925
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