Continental Rails II

Game # 32 - Turn # 8

Headline News 1855 to 1856

World & National New

1855: The Know-Nothing Party sweeps Northern congressional elections.
1856: Soo Canal completed connecting Lake Superior to Lake Huron.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Jim Fisk bought A&C for $12910, Thomas Durant bought GM&O for $10031, Jay Gould bought O&M for $5022, John Forbes bought C&C for $4444, John Forbes bought IC for $6543, Dan Drew bought C&NW for $26000.
PCs Merged: NO&J merges into SM, MS merges into NYC, MC merges into NYC, C&EI merges into B&O.
New Technologies Acquired: B&M bought coal burning engines, NYC bought coal burning engines, NYNH bought coal burning engines, ERIE bought coal burning engines, READ bought Grand Station, READ bought coal burning engines, B&O bought coal burning engines, C&O bought coal burning engines, N&W bought coal burning engines, W&M bought Grand Station, C&H bought Grand Station, C&H bought coal burning engines, S&A bought coal burning engines, SCL bought coal burning engines, COG bought coal burning engines, TP&W bought coal burning engines, WBSH bought coal burning engines, A&T bought coal burning engines, N&C bought coal burning engines, SM bought coal burning engines, MN bought coal burning engines.
RoWs built: C1 by B&M, NY1 by GT, IN2 by ERIE, OH2 by READ, IL5 by B&O, WV4 by C&O, IN9 by N&W, NC1 by W&M, TN10 by C&H, AL2 by S&A, FL6 by SCL, AL6 by COG, IN1 by TP&W.
RoWs abandoned: OH3 was abandoned by PENN.
NYC doubled B&H, PENN doubled PA2, READ doubled P&FW, B&O doubled IN5, C&O doubled PA1, N&W doubled RF&P, SCL doubled NER, COG doubled COG.
New RoWs acquired: W&M got VA1, READ got OH5, NYC got OH6, WBSH got OH7, MN got MI1, TP&W got IN3, ERIE got IN6, N&W got IL2, C&O got KY2, N&C got KY14, S&A got TN7, A&T got AL4, COG got AL7, SCL got AL8, SM got MS6, B&O got IL3, C&H got TN12.
RR Mergers: BRL merges into C&O, TP&W merges into PENN.
Loan Recalls: Dan Drew.
Stock splits: NYNH splits 2 for 1.
Cornered stocks: NYNH.
New railroad Presidents: Thomas Scott of S&A, J. Pierpont Morgan of SM.
New Private Companies Available: L&N, CRIP, CB&Q, CASL, CNS, M&LR.
Hannibal Kimball earns the Heartland Award for linking the PENN from the Atlantic to Chicago.
Milton Littlefield earns the Heartland Award for linking the B&O from the Atlantic to Chicago.
Thomas Durant earns the Heartland Award for linking the C&H from the Atlantic to the Mississippi region.
Hannibal Kimball dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $2035. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: William Palmer, Edward Harriman, John Forbes, J. Pierpont Morgan, Dan Drew, Milton Littlefield
Invention of block signal system improves traffic flow, prevents major collisions.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Recession to Normal.
Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system.

Tycoon Announcements:

1	Jim Fisk	hey, you like the cog, not that nynh go no-where rr!
2	Edward Harriman	one convinced against their will is of the same opinion still
3	Susan Morningstar	pinkertons spot snidely waxing his mustache on the mrle-erie. nell still missing
5	Snidely Whiplash	if you lack illumination, moustache wax and rope provide an excellent candle.
6	Milton Littlefield	yes, i love the cog. now, where is it again?
7	Thomas Scott	ny daily news reports that susan morningstar has eloped with snidely whiplash

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):

Robber Baron	William Palmer (12)	Thomas Scott (7)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)	Dan Drew (14)
Rail Mogul	William Palmer (12)	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)	Thomas Scott (7)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Dan Drew (14)
Rail Builder	Milton Littlefield (6)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Thomas Durant (11)	Susan Morningstar (3)	Thomas Scott (7)
Rail Magnate	Milton Littlefield (6)	Susan Morningstar (3)	Thomas Scott (7)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Thomas Durant (11)
Rail Prodigal	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Edward Harriman (2)	William Palmer (12)	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)	Milton Littlefield (6)
Rail Baron	William Palmer (12)	Hannibal Kimball (10)	Milton Littlefield (6)	Thomas Scott (7)	Edward Harriman (2)

Player Summary

		President of		PCs owned
Player #	Tycoon name	RR 1	RR 2	PC 1	PC 2
12	William Palmer	N&W	....	....	....
7	Thomas Scott	S&A	ERIE	....	MON
10	Hannibal Kimball	PENN	....	....	....
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	SM	NYNH	....	....
6	Milton Littlefield	B&O	....	....	....
9	Jay Gould	....	READ	O&M	....
13	William Ogden	....	W&M	....	....
14	Dan Drew	SCL	A&T	C&NW	....
3	Susan Morningstar	NYC	....	....	....
1	Jim Fisk	COG	N&C	A&C	....
8	John Forbes	GT	MN	C&C	IC
11	Thomas Durant	C&H	....	GM&O	....
5	Snidely Whiplash	WBSH	....	....	....
2	Edward Harriman	C&O	....	....	....
15	Carl Olson	....	....	....	....

Railroad Summary

RR	Name	Tracks	Revenues	Expense	Efficiency	Bonds	Loans	Profit / share	Dividend / share	Grant	Land
B&M	Boston & Maine	513	53493	29422	99	92266	71811	3	0	0	754
GT	Grand Trunk	780	84498	46473	99	151084	122774	3	10	0	0
NYC	New York Central	1357	212163	110326	99	268090	193885	9	4	0	0
NYNH	New York & New Haven	110	16550	9102	99	21377	18063	6	1	0	0
ERIE	Erie Lackawanna	1133	143367	75985	98	229083	181049	5	9	560	215
PENN	Pennsylvania	1274	213402	110968	99	270228	165570	10	4	0	556
READ	Reading	836	110429	58527	98	158428	129708	6	4	0	582
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	1369	200724	108391	97	267690	192094	7	10	0	0
C&O	Chesapeake & Ohio	1406	190420	102827	97	285451	221065	6	6	500	394
N&W	Norfolk & Western	1464	167725	87217	99	254379	194772	5	4	0	0
W&M	Wilmington & Manchester	594	62765	33893	97	100768	83085	4	1	0	0
C&H	Charleston & Hamburg	890	121454	63156	99	167542	102962	7	4	0	582
S&A	Savannah & Augusta	746	96425	53033	99	148626	121926	5	4	400	135
SCL	Sea Coast Line	876	130913	69383	98	166534	113090	8	4	590	97
COG	Central of Georgia	681	89834	46714	99	124078	99816	7	6	300	733
WBSH	Wabash Line	114	16300	10106	92	21214	17566	4	0	0	0
A&T	Alabama & Tennessee	143	14972	8235	99	25213	20399	3	1	760	0
N&C	Nashville & Chattanooga	151	15770	8831	98	25476	20898	3	2	620	0
SM	Southern Mississippi	227	29792	16385	99	47779	36476	5	9	1400	0
MN	Michigan Northern	102	13927	8356	94	19164	15646	4	12	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
Unbuilt none
[Regions: AN]
Grand Trunk (GT)

GT ; C2 ; C3 ; NY1
Unbuilt none
[Regions: AN]

New York Central (NYC)

NYC ; HRL (Double) ; B&A (Double) ; B&H (Double) ; NY3 ; C4 ; C5 ; MS ; MC

Unbuilt OH6

[Regions: ALN]

New York & New Haven (NYNH)

NYNH
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]

Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)

ERIE ; NY2 ; PA11 (Double) ; MRLE ; A&GW ; OH4 ; IN2

Unbuilt IN6

[Regions: AOL]

Pennsylvania (PENN)

PENN (Double) ; LV (Double) ; PA9 ; PA10 ; LS (Double) ; PA2 (Double) ; TP&W ; GTW ; IN1

Unbuilt IN3

[Regions: ALC]

Reading (READ)

READ (Double) ; PA5 ; PA6 ; P&FW (Double) ; WV2 ; OH2

Unbuilt OH5

[Regions: AO]

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

B&O ; WV1 ; M&C ; PA7 ; P&LE (Double) ; IN5 (Double) ; IN7 ; C&EI ; IL5

Unbuilt IL3

[Regions: AOLCM]

Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)

C&O ; MD1 ; VC ; VA2 ; C&A (Double) ; CNJ ; PA1 (Double) ; PA8 ; SC5 ; WV4 ; BRL

Unbuilt KY2

[Regions: AD]

Norfolk & Western (N&W)

N&W (Double) ; R&D (Double) ; N&S ; VA4 ; RF&P (Double) ; W&W ; VA5 ; KY1 ; IN4 ; IN9

Unbuilt IL2

[Regions: AO]

Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)

W&M ; SC2 ; SC1 ; SC3 ; NC1
Unbuilt VA1
[Regions: A]

Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)

C&H (Double) ; SC4 ; G&C ; GA1 ; GA8 ; AL3 ; TN10

Unbuilt TN12

[Regions: ADM]

Savannah & Augusta (S&A)

S&A (Double) ; S&G ; GA6 ; GA7 ; AL1 ; AL2

Unbuilt TN7

[Regions: AD]

Sea Coast Line (SCL)

SCL (Double) ; NER (Double) ; GA4 (Double) ; FL4 ; FL5 ; FL6

Unbuilt AL8

[Regions: AG]

Central of Georgia (COG)

COG (Double) ; A&WP ; GA2 (Double) ; GA3 ; AL6

Unbuilt AL7

[Regions: AD]

Wabash Line (WBSH)

WBSH
Unbuilt OH7
[Regions: O]
Alabama & Tennessee (A&T)

A&T
Unbuilt AL4
[Regions: D]
Nashville & Chattanooga (N&C)

N&C
Unbuilt KY14
[Regions: ]
Southern Mississippi (SM)

SM ; NO&J
Unbuilt MS6
[Regions: MG]
Michigan Northern (MN)

MN
Unbuilt MI1
[Regions: L]

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF		Price
L&N	Louisville & Nashville	930
CRIP	Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific	750
CB&Q	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	950
CASL	Chicago, Alton & St. Louis	925
CNS	Chicago North Shore	425
M&LR	Memphis & Little Rock	660

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