Continental Rails II

Game # 33 - Turn # 7

Headline News 1853 to 1854

World & National New

1853: Franklin Pearce defeats Winfield Scott in Presidential race.
1854: Wells, Fargo and Company founded in Sacramento.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: William Ogden bought W&W for $999, Jay Gould bought A&T for $1996, J. Edgar Thompson bought N&C for $1186, Thomas Scott bought MN for $1200, Cyrus Holliday bought MON for $6114, Milton Littlefield bought C&EI for $6211.
PCs Merged: G&C merges into C&H.
PCs Incorporated: GM&O, TP&W, MC, BRL, SM.
New Engines Acquired: PENN bought 2000-04-04.
New Technologies Acquired: NYC bought switch yards, NYNH bought switch yards, PENN bought switch yards, READ bought switch yards, B&O bought switch yards, R&D bought switch yards, C&H bought switch yards, SCL bought switch yards, S&G bought Grand Station, S&G bought switch yards, P&LE bought Grand Station, P&LE bought switch yards, MRLE bought switch yards, A&WP bought switch yards, A&GW bought switch yards, WBSH bought switch yards.
RoWs built: C3 by GT, OH2 by NYC, NY2 by NYNH, PA6 by READ, OH4 by B&O, KY2 by C&O, KY1 by R&D, NC2 by N&W, SC3 by C&H, AL3 by S&A, GA4 by SCL, AL1 by S&G, IN4 by M&C.
NYC doubled HRL, P&LE doubled P&LE.
New RoWs acquired: NYNH got NY1, N&W got SC5, SCL got GA2, NYC got OH5, B&O got IN1, A&GW got IN5, M&C got IN9, C&O got KY5, WBSH got KY8, S&A got TN12, S&G got AL2, A&WP got AL6, R&D got OH8.
New railroad Presidents: Jay Gould of C&H, Oakes Ames of BRL, William Ogden of TP&W, Edward Harriman of MC, Cyrus Holliday of GM&O, Hannibal Kimball of SM.
New Private Companies Available: NO&J, MS, FW&C, C&C, C&NW, CRIP, CB&Q.
William Ogden dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $3333. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Thomas Scott, Thomas Durant, Cyrus Holliday, Milton Littlefield
Technology advance to steel rails improves track durability, reduces operating costs.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Mild Depression to Normal.
Best locomotive available: American 4-4-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails.

Tycoon Announcements:

2	Edward Harriman	submitted for your approval --- the b&o with increasing dividends. buy it now.
8	John Forbes	government has to do something about these bank failures! forced insurance?
11	Thomas Durant	thomas durant encourages all to contribute $1,000 to widows and orphans.

Top Victory Points

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

Robber Baron	Thomas Durant (11)	Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)	Milton Littlefield (6)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	William Ogden (13)
Rail Mogul	William Ogden (13)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	Thomas Durant (11)	Milton Littlefield (6)	Edward Harriman (2)
Rail Builder	Thomas Durant (11)	William Ogden (13)	Edward Harriman (2)	Milton Littlefield (6)	John Forbes (8)
Rail Magnate	Thomas Durant (11)	Edward Harriman (2)	William Ogden (13)	Thomas Scott (7)	Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)
Rail Prodigal	Cyrus Holliday (15)	Thomas Durant (11)	Oakes Ames (4)	Thomas Scott (7)	Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)
Rail Baron	Thomas Durant (11)	William Ogden (13)	Cyrus Holliday (15)	Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)	Edward Harriman (2)

Player Summary

		President of		PCs owned
Player #	Tycoon name	RR 1	RR 2	PC 1	PC 2
11	Thomas Durant	NYC	A&GW	....	....
13	William Ogden	TP&W	S&A	W&W	....
14	Cornelius Vanderbilt	PENN	READ	B&M	P&FW
6	Milton Littlefield	C&O	R&D	....	C&EI
15	Cyrus Holliday	M&C	GM&O	....	MON
2	Edward Harriman	B&O	MC	....	....
9	Jay Gould	C&H	NYNH	....	A&T
7	Thomas Scott	P&LE	....	MN	....
10	Hannibal Kimball	....	SM	....	....
8	John Forbes	S&G	A&WP	....	....
4	Oakes Ames	N&W	BRL	....	....
3	J. Edgar Thompson	W&M	....	....	N&C
5	Mick A'Wish	SCL	....	COG	A&C
12	Sir Eton Lenefsky	....	....	....	....
1	Mark Hopkins	....	....	....	....

Railroad Summary

RR	Name	Tracks	Revenues	Expense	Efficiency	Bonds	Loans	Profit / share	Dividend / share	Grant	Land
GT	Grand Trunk	570	63414	41219	95	104127	82513	1	0	0	0
NYC	New York Central	1601	223428	127353	97	326416	225567	5	6	0	638
NYNH	New York & New Haven	522	72083	44692	95	108256	83594	3	10	0	0
PENN	Pennsylvania	640	89846	53908	97	137360	69412	5	1	0	0
READ	Reading	444	69917	40552	99	89748	64879	7	2	0	665
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	688	69580	38268	99	154020	88228	2	8	0	298
C&O	Chesapeake & Ohio	570	47303	30747	95	102083	80742	-1	0	0	0
R&D	Richmond & Danville	629	55362	33217	97	110812	93391	0	1	0	175
N&W	Norfolk & Western	718	79773	48662	99	172498	96070	2	5	0	109
W&M	Wilmington & Manchester	318	30547	24437	80	39636	37714	-1	2	0	0
C&H	Charleston & Hamburg	474	53689	31139	99	86172	49758	4	0	0	0
S&A	Savannah & Augusta	628	71493	49330	91	126336	102192	0	4	0	0
SCL	Sea Coast Line	278	51221	32781	93	55778	21694	9	6	0	0
S&G	Savannah & Gulf	508	59563	32759	99	97089	76591	4	2	300	701
P&LE	Pittsburgh & Lake Erie	420	55860	30724	99	99729	72641	4	12	0	0
MRLE	Mad River & Lake Erie	138	15388	9694	94	21366	18897	2	7	0	0
M&C	Marietta & Cincinnati	318	31246	19060	99	50884	44902	1	4	0	0
A&WP	Atlanta & West Point	152	15820	9334	98	23918	20923	2	1	595	0
BRL	Blue Ridge Line	185	16114	11119	88	27674	23576	0	0	0	0
A&GW	Atlantic & Great Western	116	13875	8047	99	19169	16732	4	1	625	0
TP&W	Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw	140	11454	8247	85	20654	17596	-1	0	0	0
WBSH	Wabash Line	114	15776	9466	97	19416	17082	4	10	0	0
MC	Michigan Central	152	15464	10670	88	23894	20356	0	0	0	0
GM&O	Gulf, Mobile & Ohio	135	13297	9840	83	20924	17826	-1	0	0	0
SM	Southern Mississippi	44	7460	5595	82	8369	7131	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)

GT (Double) ; C2 ; C3
Unbuilt none
[Regions: AN]

New York Central (NYC)

NYC ; B&A (Double) ; HRL (Double) ; NY3 ; ERIE (Double) ; B&H ; LS ; C4 ; OH3 ; OH2

Unbuilt OH5

[Regions: ALN]

New York & New Haven (NYNH)

NYNH (Double) ; CNJ ; PA8 ; NY2
Unbuilt NY1
[Regions: AL]
Pennsylvania (PENN)

PENN ; LV ; C&A ; PA9 ; PA10
Unbuilt none
[Regions: AL]
Reading (READ)

READ (Double) ; PA1 ; PA5 ; PA6
Unbuilt none
[Regions: AO]

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

B&O ; PA7 ; WV2 ; OH1 ; OH4

Unbuilt IN1

[Regions: AO]

Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)

C&O (Double) ; VC ; WV4 ; KY2
Unbuilt KY5
[Regions: A]
Richmond & Danville (R&D)

R&D ; VA4 ; VA5 ; KY1
Unbuilt OH8
[Regions: O]

Norfolk & Western (N&W)

N&W ; N&S ; RF&P ; VA3 ; MD1 ; NC2

Unbuilt SC5

[Regions: A]

Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)

W&M ; NER
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)

C&H ; SC1 ; G&C ; SC3
Unbuilt none
[Regions: A]

Savannah & Augusta (S&A)

S&A ; GA1 ; GA8 ; AL3

Unbuilt TN12

[Regions: AD]

Sea Coast Line (SCL)

SCL (Double) ; GA4
Unbuilt GA2
[Regions: A]
Savannah & Gulf (S&G)

S&G (Double) ; GA6 ; GA7 ; AL1
Unbuilt AL2
[Regions: AD]
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE)

P&LE (Double) ; GTW ; PA11
Unbuilt none
[Regions: OL]
Mad River & Lake Erie (MRLE)

MRLE
Unbuilt none
[Regions: L]
Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C)

M&C ; IN4
Unbuilt IN9
[Regions: O]
Atlanta & West Point (A&WP)

A&WP
Unbuilt AL6
[Regions: D]
Blue Ridge Line (BRL)

BRL
Unbuilt none
[Regions: D]
Atlantic & Great Western (A&GW)

A&GW
Unbuilt IN5
[Regions: O]
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W)

TP&W
Unbuilt none
[Regions: ]
Wabash Line (WBSH)

WBSH
Unbuilt KY8
[Regions: O]
Michigan Central (MC)

MC
Unbuilt none
[Regions: L]
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O)

GM&O
Unbuilt none
[Regions: G]
Southern Mississippi (SM)

SM
Unbuilt none
[Regions: M]

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	39	38	38	-1	576	2 602	248		13
NYC	47	45	43	-4	1567	7 945	67	11	11
NYNH	20	26	32	+12	536	2 350	260	9	9	13
PENN	33	32	31	-2	988	3 087	118	14	15
READ	33	29	26	-7	603	2 098	122	14	14
B&O	36	41	47	+11	749	3 380	68	2	11
C&O	33	30	27	-6	636	2 788	62	6	6	11
R&D	36	36	36	+0	672	2 952	193	6	6	10 13
N&W	22	22	23	+1	723	3 425	169	4	4	10
W&M	13	13	14	+1	420	1 590	0	3	3
C&H	45	49	53	+8	321	2 204	172	9	15	6
S&A	19	22	25	+6	799	3 059	81	13	13
SCL	63	61	60	-3	129	1 328	69	5	5	6 13
S&G	26	30	35	+9	516	2 492	48	8	8	11
P&LE	79	70	62	-17	871	2 100	0	7	7	9
MRLE	11	15	20	+9	288	690	0		13
M&C	16	26	36	+20	280	1 528	62	15	15
A&WP	11	12	14	+3	255	760	0	8	8
BRL	0	0	12	+12	0	833	92	4	4
A&GW	11	15	19	+8	233	580	0	11	11
TP&W	0	0	12	+12	0	630	70	13	13
WBSH	11	17	24	+13	243	570	0		15
MC	0	0	12	+12	0	684	76	2	2
GM&O	0	0	12	+12	0	608	67	15	15
SM	0	0	12	+12	0	198	22	10	10

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF		Price
NO&J	New Orleans & Jackson	915
MS	Michigan Southern	1020
O&M	Ohio & Mississippi	825
FW&C	Ft. Wayne & Chicago	570
C&C	Cincinnati & Chicago	1010
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	600
CRIP	Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific	750
CB&Q	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	950

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