Continental Rails II

Game # 33 - Turn # 6

Headline News 1851 to 1852

World & National New

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

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: Cornelius Vanderbilt bought B&M for $1870, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought P&FW for $4378, Milton Littlefield bought G&C for $2205, Oakes Ames bought BRL for $3000, William Ogden bought TP&W for $4756, Edward Harriman bought MC for $876, Mick A'Wish bought A&C for $1050, Cyrus Holliday bought GM&O for $4321, Hannibal Kimball bought SM for $2022.
  • PCs Merged: NER merges into W&M, GTW merges into P&LE.
  • PCs Incorporated: WBSH, A&GW, A&WP, MRLE.
  • New Engines Acquired: NYC bought 2000-04-04, READ bought 2000-04-04, B&O bought 2000-04-04, R&D bought 2000-04-04, N&W bought 2000-04-04, C&H bought 2000-04-04, SCL bought 2000-04-04, S&G bought 2000-04-04, P&LE bought 2000-04-04, M&C bought 2000-04-04.
  • RoWs built: C2 by GT, OH3 by NYC, PA8 by NYNH, PA10 by PENN, PA5 by READ, OH1 by B&O, WV4 by C&O, VA5 by R&D, MD1 by N&W, SC1 by C&H, GA8 by S&A, GA7 by S&G, PA11 by P&LE.
  • NYC doubled ERIE.
  • New RoWs acquired: NYNH got NY2, READ got PA6, N&W got NC2, C&H got SC3, NYC got OH2, B&O got OH4, M&C got IN4, R&D got KY1, C&O got KY2, S&G got AL1, S&A got AL3, GT got C3.
  • Loan Recalls: Oakes Ames, John Forbes.
  • New railroad Presidents: Cornelius Vanderbilt of PENN, Milton Littlefield of C&O, William Ogden of MRLE, John Forbes of A&WP, Thomas Durant of A&GW, Cyrus Holliday of WBSH.
  • New Private Companies Available: A&T, O&M, MON, C&EI.
  • Thomas Durant dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1776. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Cyrus Holliday, Cornelius Vanderbilt
  • Development of switch yards facilitates operations, reduces operating costs.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Depression to Mild Depression.
  • Best locomotive available: American 4-4-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards.

Tycoon Announcements:

2Edward Harriman "one must give honest work to expect another's dollar in return."
8John Forbes whew! thought i may have to use that funny knotted rope. next year?
11Thomas Durant nyc welcomes all investors to view the newly operational grand station

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber BaronThomas Durant (11)Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)Milton Littlefield (6)Cyrus Holliday (15)Mick A'Wish (5)
Rail MogulWilliam Ogden (13)Cyrus Holliday (15)Thomas Durant (11)Milton Littlefield (6)Edward Harriman (2)
Rail BuilderThomas Durant (11)William Ogden (13)Edward Harriman (2)Mark Hopkins (1)J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Rail MagnateThomas Durant (11)Edward Harriman (2)William Ogden (13)Thomas Scott (7)Oakes Ames (4)
Rail ProdigalCyrus Holliday (15)Thomas Durant (11)Oakes Ames (4)Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)Thomas Scott (7)
Rail BaronThomas Durant (11)Cyrus Holliday (15)William Ogden (13)Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)Edward Harriman (2)

Player Summary

President ofPCs owned
Player #Tycoon nameRR 1RR 2PC 1PC 2
11Thomas Durant NYCA&GW........
14Cornelius Vanderbilt PENNREADB&MP&FW
13William Ogden MRLES&A....TP&W
6Milton Littlefield C&OR&DG&C....
7Thomas Scott P&LE............
10Hannibal Kimball ............SM
15Cyrus Holliday M&CWBSHGM&O....
2Edward Harriman B&O....MC....
9Jay Gould ....NYNH........
4Oakes Ames N&W....BRL....
3J. Edgar Thompson W&M............
8John Forbes S&GA&WP........
5Mick A'Wish SCL....COGA&C
12Sir Eton Lenefsky ................
1Mark Hopkins ................

Railroad Summary

RRNameTracksRevenuesExpenseEfficiencyBondsLoansProfit / shareDividend / shareGrantLand
GTGrand Trunk 329364412368795645365025401900
NYCNew York Central 14661907051106089929434820069146675388
NYNHNew York & New Haven 31947640328719168588509822100
PENNPennsylvania 640849745523295133674860422000
READReading 334518103160499698485620944550473
B&OBaltimore & Ohio 55152442304169911881861300260426
C&OChesapeake & Ohio 4453563923166957688760513-1300
R&DRichmond & Danville 4833932325560958022968679-122920
N&WNorfolk & Western 56362925396439713720869658151550
W&MWilmington & Manchester 3182836821276853963637714-1200
C&HCharleston & Hamburg 271329112007699519892375042500
S&ASavannah & Augusta 4665300836576919083273844-1600
SCLSea Coast Line 13931220202939532068159812900
S&GSavannah & Gulf 411409962500799772046041111291711
P&LEPittsburgh & Lake Erie 42047815291689993009688611100
MRLEMad River & Lake Erie 13814228102448819070176050000
M&CMarietta & Cincinnati 1931553194749926025240810300
A&WPAtlanta & West Point 1521494110907872070819117-1000
A&GWAtlantic & Great Western 1161259293188616496152290000
WBSHWabash Line 11414333103208817081157691000

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)
    GT  (Double) ; C2
    Unbuilt C3
    [Regions: AN]
  • New York Central (NYC)
    NYC ; B&A  (Double) ; HRL ; NY3 ; ERIE (Double) ; B&H ; LS ; C4 ; OH3
    Unbuilt OH2
    [Regions: ALN]
  • New York & New Haven (NYNH)
    NYNH (Double) ; CNJ ; PA8
    Unbuilt NY2
    [Regions: A]
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
    PENN ; LV ; C&A ; PA9 ; PA10
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AL]
  • Reading (READ)
    READ (Double) ; PA1 ; PA5
    Unbuilt PA6
    [Regions: A]
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
    B&O ; PA7 ; WV2 ; OH1
    Unbuilt OH4
    [Regions: AO]
  • Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
    C&O  (Double) ; VC ; WV4
    Unbuilt KY2
    [Regions: A]
  • Richmond & Danville (R&D)
    R&D ; VA4 ; VA5
    Unbuilt KY1
    [Regions: ]
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
    N&W ; N&S ; RF&P ; VA3 ; MD1
    Unbuilt NC2
    [Regions: A]
  • Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)
    W&M ; NER
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
    C&H ; SC1
    Unbuilt SC3
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Augusta (S&A)
    S&A ; GA1 ; GA8
    Unbuilt AL3
    [Regions: AD]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCL  (Double)
    Unbuilt GA4
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Gulf (S&G)
    S&G  (Double) ; GA6 ; GA7
    Unbuilt AL1
    [Regions: A]
  • Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE)
    P&LE ; GTW ; PA11
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: OL]
  • Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE)
    MRLE
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: L]
  • Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C)
    M&C
    Unbuilt IN4
    [Regions: O]
  • Atlanta & West Point (A&WP)
    A&WP
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: D]
  • Atlantic & Great Western (A&GW)
    A&GW
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: O]
  • Wabash Line (WBSH)
    WBSH
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: O]

Stock Market Report

RR stock data

RRStart priceTrade priceEnd priceNet change# Shares traded# Shares issued# Shares in treasuryPresidentChairmanDirectors
GT303439+9 142 1 517 128 13
NYC394347+8 1614 7 284 531111
NYNH191920+1 298 1 436 15999
PENN383533-5 733 3 048 1571415
READ232833+10 337 1 603 671414
B&O504336-14 655 2 723 402211
C&O273033+6 771 2 196 296611
R&D353536+1 285 2 277 1386613
N&W292522-7 748 2 727 924410
W&M101113+3 227 1 498 9233
C&H484645-3 114 1 290 71 159
S&A212019-2 533 2 252 781313
SCL576063+6 157 702 0556 13
S&G262626+0 335 1 991 648811
P&LE345679+45 197 1 956 14477
MRLE0011+11 0 621 691313
M&C101316+6 378 965 01515
A&WP0011+11 0 684 7688
A&GW0011+11 0 522 581111
WBSH0011+11 0 513 571515

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CFPrice
W&WWilmington & Weldon 600
A&TAlabama & Tennessee 715
N&CNashville & Chattanooga 755
MNMichigan Northern 510
O&MOhio & Mississippi 825
MONMonon Line 920
C&EIChicago & Eastern Illinois 920
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