Continental Rails II

Game # 33 - Turn # 8

Headline News 1855 to 1856

World & National New

  1. 1855: The Know-Nothing Party sweeps Northern congressional elections.
  2. 1856: Soo Canal completed connecting Lake Superior to Lake Huron.

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: Thomas Durant bought NO&J for $7575, William Ogden bought O&M for $5684, Hannibal Kimball bought FW&C for $8631, Oakes Ames bought C&C for $6189, Thomas Durant bought C&NW for $18251, Thomas Scott bought CRIP for $2500, Cyrus Holliday bought CB&Q for $982.
  • PCs Merged: MON merges into M&C, B&M merges into NYC, P&FW merges into NYC.
  • PCs Incorporated: W&W, A&T.
  • New Engines Acquired: GT bought 2000-04-04, NYNH bought 2000-04-04, C&O bought 2000-04-04.
  • New Technologies Acquired: GT bought switch yards, NYC bought steel rails, PENN bought steel rails, READ bought Grand Station, READ bought steel rails, B&O bought steel rails, C&O bought switch yards, R&D bought steel rails, C&H bought steel rails, SCL bought Grand Station, SCL bought steel rails, S&G bought steel rails, M&C bought switch yards, A&WP bought steel rails, A&GW bought steel rails, TP&W bought steel rails, MC bought steel rails, GM&O bought steel rails, SM bought steel rails.
  • RoWs built: OH5 by NYC, NY1 by NYNH, IN1 by B&O, KY5 by C&O, SC5 by N&W, TN12 by S&A, GA2 by SCL, AL2 by S&G, IN9 by M&C, AL6 by A&WP, IN5 by A&GW, KY8 by WBSH.
  • NYC doubled LS, READ doubled PA1, SCL doubled GA4, S&G doubled AL1.
  • New RoWs acquired: PENN got PA2, READ got PA3, W&M got SC2, NYC got MI1, MC got MI5, TP&W got IN2, C&O got IN6, A&GW got IN7, M&C got KY12, BRL got TN2, S&G got TN9, A&WP got AL7, GM&O got MS3, SM got MS6, B&O got IN3, S&A got KY13.
  • Insolvent RRs: W&M.
  • Loan Recalls: Hannibal Kimball.
  • New railroad Presidents: Jay Gould of A&T.
  • New Private Companies Available: L&N, IC, M&LR.
  • Edward Harriman earns the Heartland Award for linking the B&O from the Atlantic to Chicago.
  • William Ogden dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $4568. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Thomas Durant, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Milton Littlefield, Edward Harriman, Cyrus Holliday
  • Invention of coal burning engine for locomotives improves operations, reduces operating costs.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Normal.
  • Best locomotive available: American 4-4-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines.

Tycoon Announcements:

2Edward Harriman b&o now booking to chicago! and increasing dividends!
6Milton Littlefield westward ho!
11Thomas Durant buy nyc--sustained, consistent dividends, management you can trust.

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)William Ogden (13)Cyrus Holliday (15)
Rail MogulWilliam Ogden (13)Cyrus Holliday (15)Thomas Durant (11)Edward Harriman (2)Milton Littlefield (6)
Rail BuilderEdward Harriman (2)Thomas Durant (11)William Ogden (13)Milton Littlefield (6)Cyrus Holliday (15)
Rail MagnateThomas Durant (11)Edward Harriman (2)William Ogden (13)Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)Thomas Scott (7)
Rail ProdigalCyrus Holliday (15)Thomas Durant (11)Oakes Ames (4)Thomas Scott (7)Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)
Rail BaronThomas Durant (11)Cyrus Holliday (15)William Ogden (13)Edward Harriman (2)Cornelius Vanderbilt (14)

Player Summary

President ofPCs owned
Player #Tycoon nameRR 1RR 2PC 1PC 2
11Thomas Durant NYCA&GWNO&JC&NW
13William Ogden TP&WS&A....O&M
15Cyrus Holliday M&CGM&OCB&Q....
14Cornelius Vanderbilt PENNREAD........
2Edward Harriman B&OMC........
9Jay Gould A&TNYNH........
6Milton Littlefield C&OR&D....C&EI
7Thomas Scott P&LE....MNCRIP
8John Forbes S&GA&WP........
10Hannibal Kimball ....SMFW&C....
4Oakes Ames N&WBRLC&C....
3J. Edgar Thompson W&M........N&C
5Mick A'Wish SCL....COGA&C
12Sir Eton Lenefsky ................
1Mark Hopkins ................

Railroad Summary

RRNameTracksRevenuesExpenseEfficiencyBondsLoansProfit / shareDividend / shareGrantLand
GTGrand Trunk 570708774323496108391598655100
NYCNew York Central 205733129017227199440901303800960383
NYNHNew York & New Haven 732101459588469915781011768051000
PENNPennsylvania 640992125456699143453722798400
READReading 4448606644754999276766300129445333
B&OBaltimore & Ohio 89011438159478992067911252576100179
C&OChesapeake & Ohio 6806853241804961343441026311100
R&DRichmond & Danville 6296094133518991150899540421096
N&WNorfolk & Western 79396735590099920511511535824060
W&WWilmington & Weldon 1201343488668824011173891000
W&MWilmington & Manchester 3183421728401774006837918-1000
C&HCharleston & Hamburg 47460559333079992618527926000
S&ASavannah & Augusta 7168971761904911554971209271300
SCLSea Coast Line 450854594614897938894871912700
S&GSavannah & Gulf 6088456543974991214229333873800501
P&LEPittsburgh & Lake Erie 420626643446599114009793615100
MRLEMad River & Lake Erie 13817367105949622304190974000
M&CMarietta & Cincinnati 650778934517899121112948944400
A&WPAtlanta & West Point 271298401700997522674113831300357
BRLBlue Ridge Line 1851802511716923081925056139950
A&GWAtlantic & Great Western 241312921752498504073915451303344
TP&WToledo, Peoria & Warsaw 140132738362912293918671123500
WBSHWabash Line 25434344199199949210381335000
MCMichigan Central 15217874110829225961213293200
A&TAlabama & Tennessee 14315109105768428361205390000
GM&OGulf, Mobile & Ohio 1351512684719824780196404100
SMSouthern Mississippi 448289588583881873424114000

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  (Double) ; C4 ; OH3 ; OH2 ; B&M ; P&FW ; OH5
    Unbuilt MI1
    [Regions: AOLN]
  • New York & New Haven (NYNH)
    NYNH (Double) ; CNJ ; PA8 ; NY2 ; NY1
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: AL]
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
    PENN ; LV ; C&A ; PA9 ; PA10
    Unbuilt PA2
    [Regions: AL]
  • Reading (READ)
    READ (Double) ; PA1  (Double) ; PA5 ; PA6
    Unbuilt PA3
    [Regions: AO]
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
    B&O ; PA7 ; WV2 ; OH1 ; OH4 ; IN1
    Unbuilt IN3
    [Regions: AOC]
  • Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
    C&O  (Double) ; VC ; WV4 ; KY2 ; KY5
    Unbuilt IN6
    [Regions: AO]
  • 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 ; SC5
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Wilmington & Weldon (W&W)
    W&W
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)
    W&M ; NER
    Unbuilt SC2
    [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 ; TN12
    Unbuilt KY13
    [Regions: AD]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCL  (Double) ; GA4  (Double) ; GA2
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Gulf (S&G)
    S&G  (Double) ; GA6 ; GA7 ; AL1  (Double) ; AL2
    Unbuilt TN9
    [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 ; MON ; IN9
    Unbuilt KY12
    [Regions: OC]
  • Atlanta & West Point (A&WP)
    A&WP ; AL6
    Unbuilt AL7
    [Regions: D]
  • Blue Ridge Line (BRL)
    BRL
    Unbuilt TN2
    [Regions: D]
  • Atlantic & Great Western (A&GW)
    A&GW ; IN5
    Unbuilt IN7
    [Regions: O]
  • Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W)
    TP&W
    Unbuilt IN2
    [Regions: ]
  • Wabash Line (WBSH)
    WBSH ; KY8
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: O]
  • Michigan Central (MC)
    MC
    Unbuilt MI5
    [Regions: L]
  • Alabama & Tennessee (A&T)
    A&T
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: D]
  • Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O)
    GM&O
    Unbuilt MS3
    [Regions: G]
  • Southern Mississippi (SM)
    SM
    Unbuilt MS6
    [Regions: M]

Stock Market Report

RR stock data

RRStart priceTrade priceEnd priceNet change# Shares traded# Shares issued# Shares in treasuryPresidentChairmanDirectors
GT383430-8 1027 2 664 186 13
NYC434038-5 1754 10 065 2271111
NYNH323436+4 649 3 295 3659913
PENN313030-1 1140 3 205 01415
READ262728+2 692 2 220 01414
B&O474849+2 880 4 357 1012211
C&O272523-4 879 3 345 556611
R&D363127-9 858 3 145 06610
N&W232324+1 1131 3 863 1064410
W&W0014+14 0 540 60 13
W&M141414+0 417 1 590 033
C&H535659+6 547 2 354 22 915
S&A252933+8 913 3 536 44131311
SCL605448-12 333 2 171 86556 13
S&G353842+7 562 2 990 508811
P&LE626365+3 502 2 100 0779 14
MRLE202632+12 267 690 0 1315
M&C364452+16 428 3 084 1661515
A&WP141720+6 260 1 296 5988
BRL121314+2 297 853 7244
A&GW192837+18 169 1 143 621111
TP&W121417+5 249 700 013136
WBSH243036+12 137 1 200 70 15
MC121416+4 260 760 022
A&T0014+14 0 644 7199
GM&O121824+12 289 675 01515
SM122028+16 92 220 01010

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CFPrice
MSMichigan Southern 1020
L&NLouisville & Nashville 930
ICIllinois Central 925
M&LRMemphis & Little Rock 660

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