Continental Rails II

Game # 28 - 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: Edward Harriman bought B&H for $1320, Jim Fisk bought COG for $826, Railroad Bill Jr bought P&FW for $2010, J. Pierpont Morgan bought VC for $2111, Thomas Scott bought A&GW for $4123, Edward Harriman bought TP&W for $5478, Thomas Scott bought MC for $2523.
  • PCs Merged: W&W merges into N&W, M&C merges into B&O, G&C merges into C&H, MRLE merges into LS.
  • PCs Incorporated: GTW, C&O.
  • New Engines Acquired: GT bought 04/04/2000, NYC bought 04/04/2000, CNJ bought 04/04/2000, C&A bought 04/04/2000, PENN bought 04/04/2000, READ bought 04/04/2000, B&O bought 04/04/2000, N&W bought 04/04/2000, C&H bought 04/04/2000, S&A bought 04/04/2000, SCL bought 04/04/2000, LS bought 04/04/2000.
  • New Technologies Acquired: PENN bought switch yards, B&O bought switch yards, C&H bought Grand Station, C&H bought switch yards.
  • RoWs built: C2 by GT, C4 by NYC, NY2 by NYNH, PA9 by CNJ, PA2 by C&A, PA5 by PENN, PA1 by READ, OH1 by B&O, VA6 by N&W, SC1 by C&H, GA1 by S&A, GA7 by SCL.
  • NYC doubled HRL, SCL doubled S&G.
  • New RoWs acquired: PENN got PA6, CNJ got PA10, NYNH got PA11, C&A got MD1, S&A got GA8, LS got OH4, B&O got IN4, N&W got TN1, C&H got TN2, SCL got AL1, GT got C3, NYC got C5, READ got PA3.
  • Loan Recalls: Cornelius Vanderbilt, Leland Stanford.
  • New railroad Presidents: Hannibal Kimball of NYC, Zorglub von Raspouti of C&O, Jay Gould of GTW.
  • New Private Companies Available: A&WP, BRL, A&T, GM&O.
  • Leland Stanford dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1119. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Cornelius Vanderbilt, Edward Harriman, Jim Fisk
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Depression.
  • Best locomotive available: American 4-4-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards.

Tycoon Announcements:

2 Edward Harriman tp&w or ?

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Jim Fisk (1) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Thomas Scott (7) Hannibal Kimball (10) Milton Littlefield (6)
Rail Mogul Leland Stanford (5) Edward Harriman (2) Zorglub von Raspouti (11) Jay Gould (9) Jim Fisk (1)
Rail Builder Edward Harriman (2) Leland Stanford (5) Thomas Scott (7) John Forbes (8) Hannibal Kimball (10)
Rail Magnate Edward Harriman (2) Leland Stanford (5) Thomas Scott (7) John Forbes (8) Jay Gould (9)
Rail Prodigal Jim Fisk (1) Leland Stanford (5) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Edward Harriman (2)
Rail Baron Leland Stanford (5) Edward Harriman (2) Zorglub von Raspouti (11) Thomas Scott (7) Hannibal Kimball (10)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
7 Thomas Scott .... .... A&GW MC
2 Edward Harriman C&H GT TP&W B&H
1 Jim Fisk SCL .... .... COG
11 Zorglub von Raspouti C&O READ .... ....
10 Hannibal Kimball NYC LS .... ....
5 Leland Stanford .... B&O .... ....
9 Jay Gould NYNH GTW .... ....
4 J. Pierpont Morgan .... .... VC ....
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt N&W .... .... ....
6 Milton Littlefield CNJ .... P&LE ....
8 John Forbes .... S&A .... ....
12 Railroad Bill Jr PENN C&A RF&P P&FW
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 329 32934 19761 97 50608 46843 2 14 0 0
NYC New York Central 925 126533 69594 99 153878 113756 6 11 0 490
NYNH New York & New Haven 600 64560 40027 95 90580 82128 2 1 0 761
CNJ Central New Jersey 288 32166 19621 96 44285 41351 2 1 800 539
C&A Camden & Amboy 187 34109 20124 98 32278 29617 8 2 180 0
PENN Pennsylvania 369 46799 27143 99 59571 36729 5 1 0 439
READ Reading 199 32173 22200 91 32474 30454 3 1 356 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 638 54333 31513 99 103316 63785 2 4 0 500
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 94 9680 6582 89 13103 12097 1 0 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 802 72825 45880 97 126057 97906 1 1 393 366
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 448 56927 32449 97 82656 49594 5 9 995 75
S&A Savannah & Augusta 309 34718 21526 98 43895 40677 3 1 0 641
SCL Sea Coast Line 735 91862 53281 99 117894 77207 5 6 0 724
LS Lake Shore 320 32794 19020 99 49067 43758 2 0 685 0
GTW Grand Trunk Western 107 11189 7497 90 14858 13717 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 
  • Grand Trunk (GT)
    GTC2c3NYCNYCNYCny1NYCNYCb&hBoston New York Montreal
    GT ; C2
    Unbuilt: C3
    [Regions: AN]
  • New York Central (NYC)
    NYCHRLB&AB&MNY3C4c5mcmnmsmi1mi2GTb&hNYNHNYNHCNJC&ALSme1ny1NYNHCNJNYNHGTBoston New York Philadelphia Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Montreal London
    NYC  (Double) ; HRL  (Double) ; B&A ; B&M ; NY3 ; C4
    Unbuilt: C5
    [Regions: ALN]
  • New York & New Haven (NYNH)
    NYNHERIENY2pa11LSp&leLSGTWNYCCNJoh3NYCb&hNYCCNJC&ALSny1NYCpa8CNJNYCBoston New York Philadelphia Buffalo Cleveland Pittsburgh London
    NYNH  (Double) ; ERIE ; NY2
    Unbuilt: PA11
    [Regions: AL]
  • Central New Jersey (CNJ)
    CNJPA9pa10LSNYNHNYCNYNHNYCNYCNYNHNYNHC&APENNpa8New York Philadelphia Buffalo Cleveland London
    CNJ ; PA9
    Unbuilt: PA10
    [Regions: A]
  • Camden & Amboy (C&A)
    C&APA2md1B&OC&Orf&pREADREADpa4md2va7NYCNYNHNYNHCNJPENNPENNREADB&OREADREADpa4New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington
    C&A ; PA2
    Unbuilt: MD1
    [Regions: A]
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
    PENNLVPA5pa6p&lep&fwpa7wv2CNJC&AREADREADC&AREADpa4pa8CNJNew York Philadelphia Baltimore Cleveland Pittsburgh
    PENN ; LV ; PA5
    Unbuilt: PA6
    [Regions: A]
  • Reading (READ)
    READPA1pa3PENNB&OC&Apa4PENNC&AC&APENNPENNB&OC&Apa4PENNC&ANew York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington
    READ ; PA1
    Unbuilt: PA3
    [Regions: A]
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
    B&OWV1M&COH1in4a&gwwbshmonc&eioh7oh8in2in3in5in6in7in8in9ky1ky3LSp&fwa&gwwbshREADC&AREADpa4pa7C&Amd2wv2wv3oh2LSoh7oh8in5ky1ky3Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati Louisville Chicago
    B&O ; WV1 ; M&C ; OH1
    Unbuilt: IN4
    [Regions: AO]
  • Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
    C&Orf&pN&WvcC&Amd2va2va3N&Wva7Baltimore Washington
    C&O
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
    N&WR&DN&SVA4W&WVA6tn1C&Htn3tn4C&Orf&pw&mvcva1va2va3va5va7nc1nc2Washington Norfolk Wilmington
    N&W ; R&D ; N&S ; VA4 ; W&W ; VA6
    Unbuilt: TN1
    [Regions: A]
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
    C&HSC4G&CSC1tn2brlsc5N&Wtn3tn4SCLS&ASCLSCLbrlsc2sc3sc5S&Aga2ga4Charleston Savannah Atlanta
    C&H  (Double) ; SC4 ; G&C ; SC1
    Unbuilt: TN2
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Augusta (S&A)
    S&AGA1ga8coga&wpbrla&ca&tSCLal2al3al4al5SCLSCLcoga&wpbrla&cC&HC&Hga2ga4Charleston Savannah Atlanta Birmingham
    S&A ; GA1
    Unbuilt: GA8
    [Regions: AD]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCLNERS&GGA6GA7al1a&wpa&tS&Aal2al3al4al5al6w&mC&HS&Aa&wpnc1C&Hsc2ga2ga3ga4ga5al6Wilmington Charleston Savannah Atlanta Birmingham
    SCL  (Double) ; NER ; S&G  (Double) ; GA6 ; GA7
    Unbuilt: AL1
    [Regions: A]
  • Lake Shore (LS)
    LSMRLEoh4p&fwa&gwtp&wc&cB&Ooh2oh6oh7oh8in1in2in3p&lep&fwGTWa&gwNYNHNYCCNJNYNHB&Ooh2oh3NYCBuffalo Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago London
    LS ; MRLE
    Unbuilt: OH4
    [Regions: L]
  • Grand Trunk Western (GTW)
    GTWLSp&leLStp&wNYNHoh2oh3oh5mi1mi2Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Pittsburgh
    GTW
    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 20 33 47 +27  103 1517 128 2 2
NYC 32 39 46 +14  822 4562 70 10 7 4 11
NYNH 13 18 23 +10  685 2871 129 9 9 6
CNJ 13 14 16 +3  184 1363 77 6 6 2
C&A 18 24 30 +12  121 888 47 12 12
PENN 27 22 18 -9  429 1783 67 12 12
READ 16 21 26 +10  139 948 47 11 11
B&O 32 28 25 -7  530 3062 136 5 5 8
C&O 0 0 11 +11  0 423 47 11 11
N&W 33 28 23 -10  586 3879 135 3 3 5
C&H 32 38 44 +12  314 2128 118 2 2 1
S&A 14 17 21 +7  199 1460 85 8 8 1
SCL 23 28 33 +10  991 3618 64 1 1 9
LS 11 13 16 +5  365 1531 69 10 10
GTW 0 0 11 +11  0 482 53 9 9

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 665
A&WP Atlanta & West Point 760
BRL Blue Ridge Line 925
A&T Alabama & Tennessee 715
GM&O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 675
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