Continental Rails II

Game # 7 - Turn # 12

Headline News 1863 to 1864

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1863: Congress passes Homestead Act giving free land to homesteaders.
1864: Otto von Bismark appointed minister president of Prussia by William I.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: RenÚ of La Sorgue bought CRIP for $2325, Milton Littlefield bought L&A for $5000, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought SLSF for $1221, Leland Stanford bought SP for $31234, Milton Littlefield bought NP for $51000.

PCs Merged: FEC merges into C&H.

PCs Incorporated: UP, SL&A, GN, MKT.

New Engines Acquired: GT bought Atlantic 4-4-2, B&H bought Atlantic 4-4-2, PENN bought Atlantic 4-4-2, READ bought Atlantic 4-4-2, B&O bought Atlantic 4-4-2, R&D bought Atlantic 4-4-2, N&W bought Atlantic 4-4-2, W&M bought Atlantic 4-4-2, C&H bought Atlantic 4-4-2, S&A bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SCL bought Atlantic 4-4-2, VC bought Atlantic 4-4-2, BRL bought Atlantic 4-4-2, TP&W bought Atlantic 4-4-2, A&T bought Atlantic 4-4-2, GM&O bought Atlantic 4-4-2, N&C bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SM bought Atlantic 4-4-2, MN bought Atlantic 4-4-2, O&M bought Atlantic 4-4-2, FW&C bought Atlantic 4-4-2, C&NW bought Atlantic 4-4-2, CB&Q bought Atlantic 4-4-2, CNS bought Atlantic 4-4-2, MP bought Atlantic 4-4-2, M&LR bought Atlantic 4-4-2, V&T bought Atlantic 4-4-2, CP bought Atlantic 4-4-2.

New Technologies Acquired: GT bought coal burning engines, B&H bought coal burning engines, PENN bought coal burning engines, READ bought coal burning engines, B&O bought coal burning engines, R&D bought coal burning engines, N&W bought coal burning engines, C&H bought coal burning engines, S&A bought coal burning engines, SCL bought coal burning engines, VC bought coal burning engines, BRL bought coal burning engines, A&T bought coal burning engines, GM&O bought coal burning engines, N&C bought coal burning engines, MN bought coal burning engines, O&M bought coal burning engines, C&NW bought coal burning engines, CB&Q bought coal burning engines, CNS bought Grand Station, MP bought coal burning engines, V&T bought coal burning engines, CP bought coal burning engines.

Double Tracked Lines: READ doubled IL4, B&O doubled IL8, SCL doubled IN4, N&C doubled KY8.

New RoWs acquired: C&NW got WI4, V&T got TX2, CP got NV2, CNS got MN1.

RR Mergers: N&C merges into PENN, L&N merges into SCL.

Stock splits: Les actions of SM se divisent à 2 for 1.

New railroad Presidents: RenÚ of La Sorgue of GM&O, Dan Drew of O&M, Milton Littlefield of MP, Henry Farham of M&LR, William Ogden of UP, John Forbes of MKT, Leland Stanford of GN.

New Private Companies Available: SP&P, KC&D, KP, ATSF, KCS.

William Ogden dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $10121. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Leland Stanford, John Forbes, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Dan Drew, RenÚ of La Sorgue

Civil War continues: Railroads may not build a Right-of-Way this turn.

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Boom to Great.
Best locomotive available: Atlantic 4-4-2
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) William Ogden (8) René de La Sorgue (14) Leland Stanford (4) John Forbes (1)
Rail Mogul William Ogden (8) René de La Sorgue (14) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Dan Drew (13) Milton Littlefield (11)
Rail Builder William Ogden (8) René de La Sorgue (14) Dan Drew (13) Leland Stanford (4) John Forbes (1)
Rail Magnate William Ogden (8) Leland Stanford (4) John Forbes (1) Dan Drew (13) René de La Sorgue (14)
Rail Prodigal Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) William Ogden (8) Dan Drew (13) Leland Stanford (4) John Forbes (1)
Rail Baron William Ogden (8) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) René de La Sorgue (14) Leland Stanford (4) Dan Drew (13)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt N&W .... .... SLSF
14 René de La Sorgue GM&O S&A .... CRIP
8 William Ogden UP B&O .... ....
4 Leland Stanford GN CNS SP ....
1 John Forbes MKT SCL .... ....
13 Dan Drew O&M TP&W .... ....
11 Milton Littlefield MP PENN NP L&A
15 Thomas Durant C&H A&T .... ....
5 Henry Farham CB&Q M&LR .... ....
6 Byron Kilbourn VC .... .... ....
2 Abraham Burger W&M .... .... ....
7 Louis McLane .... .... .... ....
9 Jay Gould .... .... .... ....
12 Robert Schuyler .... .... .... ....
10 Edward Harriman .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 780   112504   61878   96   182861   36953   9   3   0   0  
B&H Boston & Hartford 733   135285   79818   92   168383   96457   11   4   0   22  
PENN Pennsylvania 1696   311342   161898   99   476156   225985   12   11   0   16  
READ Reading 3010   748370   396635   98   849100   534831   17   20   0   72  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 2455   469099   243931   99   598585   373011   12   16   0   392  
R&D Richmond & Danville 589   88731   48803   99   152595   53248   9   1   0   24  
N&W Norfolk & Western 1931   341056   177348   99   491096   199309   12   9   0   47  
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 408   47564   28062   98   102555   35061   5   0   0   0  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 1661   259402   140079   97   430004   107462   10   1   0   0  
S&A Savannah & Augusta 1334   256456   133357   99   332501   123216   13   9   0   0  
SCL Sea Coast Line 2935   646760   336313   99   719339   245185   16   10   0   202  
VC Virginia Central 647   65470   37318   97   145740   63184   4   0   0   0  
BRL Blue Ridge Line 495   53089   29198   99   111512   45167   5   1   0   0  
TP&W Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw 1361   239466   124525   99   395843   237302   10   9   0   20  
A&T Alabama & Tennessee 143   18577   10217   99   30129   8953   8   1   0   0  
GM&O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 274   44611   26766   94   75371   31192   8   12   236   0  
SM Southern Mississippi 534   83520   46771   98   132142   53779   9   0   0   0  
MN Michigan Northern 102   17513   10333   95   23015   6932   10   2   0   0  
O&M Ohio & Mississippi 345   44280   24354   99   88566   32137   7   9   0   142  
FW&C Ft. Wayne & Chicago 318   49249   33982   85   83651   38837   4   0   0   0  
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 120   22255   13353   94   35697   21203   8   1   560   0  
CB&Q Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 190   28246   18642   88   46491   28109   5   1   850   0  
CNS Chicago North Shore 411   63136   32830   99   113565   63711   8   0   0   0  
MP Missouri Pacific 283   40145   26496   88   72673   36168   4   6   0   0  
M&LR Memphis & Little Rock 132   17804   11929   87   32480   16567   4   0   0   0  
V&T Vicksburg & Texas 173   19974   14381   82   41446   19176   1   1   0   0  
CP Central Pacific 154   23533   13884   95   43455   25523   6   13   870   0  
UP Union Pacific 105   12952   8419   89   31151   16049   2   0   0   0  
SL&A St Louis & Alton 99   19885   12925   89   35111   18089   7   0   0   0  
MKT Missouri, Kansas & Texas 326   35105   24573   84   93719   48281   0   0   0   0  
GN Great Northern 295   28150   20268   82   81311   41889   -1   0   0   0  

Railroad Lines:
(Region Key: A=Atl D=DpSouth O=Ohio L=GtLakes C=Central M=Miss G=Gulf W=MidWest S=SWest T=Mtn P=Pacific N=Canada X=Mexico)
GT :  (Double)   GT C2 C3 NY1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AN]
B&H :  (Double)   B&H B&M  (Double) NYNH  (Double) ME1 C1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AN]
PENN:  (Double)   PENN C&A  (Double) CNJ  (Double) PA5  (Double) PA6  (Double) WV2
WV3 KY2 KY6 KY5 N&C  (Double) KY10 KY8  (Double) TN5
Unbuilt:: KY3 [Regions: AO]
READ:  (Double)   READ LV  (Double) PA1  (Double) MD1 PA8 PA3 NYC HRL  (Double)
B&A  (Double) NY3 LS  (Double) C4  (Double) P&LE  (Double) C5  (Double)
MC PA10 MI5 PA9 GTW  (Double) OH5 OH6 IN2 IN8
IL4  (Double)
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AOLCMN]
B&O :  (Double)   B&O WV1 M&C OH1 IN5  (Double) IN9  (Double) MON  (Double)
KY13  (Double) TN13  (Double) TN9 IL8  (Double) A&WP A&C AL6
AL7  (Double) TN6 TN7
Unbuilt:: PA2 [Regions: ADOCMG]
R&D :   R&D RF&P MD2 PA7 VA7
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AO]
N&W :   N&W N&S VA3 VA4 VA5 KY1 OH7 WBSH  (Double) IN10 C&C  (Double)
IL7 OH4 OH2
Unbuilt:: MI2 [Regions: AOCM]
W&M :   W&M W&W NC2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
C&H :  (Double)   C&H SC1  (Double) G&C GA4  (Double) NER NC1 VA1 FL4
FL5 FL6 FEC
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AG]
S&A :  (Double)   S&A GA1  (Double) COG  (Double) GA8  (Double) AL4 MS2  (Double)
MS3 TN10 TN8
Unbuilt:: AL5 [Regions: ADMG]
SCL :  (Double)   SCL S&G  (Double) GA2  (Double) GA6 GA7  (Double) AL1  (Double)
AL3  (Double) MS6  (Double) TN12 KY14 MRLE  (Double) A&GW  (Double)
P&FW  (Double) IN4  (Double) IN7  (Double) IL2 IC  (Double) KY12
IL5 L&N
Unbuilt:: TN14 [Regions: ADOLCM]
VC :   VC C&O VA2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
BRL :   BRL TN2 TN4
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: D]
TP&W:   TP&W IN1 ERIE NY2 PA11  (Double) OH3 MI1 IN3 IN6
Unbuilt:: OH8 [Regions: AOLC]
A&T :   A&T
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: D]
GM&O:   GM&O MS1
Unbuilt:: AL8 [Regions: G]
SM :  (Double)   SM NO&J MS4 MS7
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MG]
MN :   MN
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: L]
O&M :   O&M KY7
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: O]
FW&C:   FW&C MS
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: LC]
C&NW:   C&NW
Unbuilt:: WI4 [Regions: C]
CB&Q:   CB&Q
Unbuilt:: IA4 [Regions: C]
CNS :   CNS M&SP
Unbuilt:: MN1 [Regions: CW]
MP :   MP
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MW]
M&LR:   M&LR
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
V&T :   V&T
Unbuilt:: TX2 [Regions: M]
CP :   CP
Unbuilt:: NV2 [Regions: P]
UP :   UP
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: W]
SL&A:   SL&A
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
MKT :   MKT
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
GN :   GN
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: W]

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 37   38   40   +3  1416   3828   72     14  
B&H 45   44   44   -1  1019   3299   366     5   8     14    
PENN 51   52   48   -3  1336   8485   0   11   11   3     8    
READ 61   66   72   +11  4030   15057   0     4   3     11    
B&O 47   49   52   +5  3312   12283   0   8   8   13    
R&D 34   40   47   +13  1032   2915   30     8   11    
N&W 63   77   92   +29  3589   9659   0   3   3   1    
W&M 29   30   32   +3  789   2020   20   2   2  
C&H 40   48   57   +17  1917   8092   219   15   15   3     14    
S&A 70   72   75   +5  1271   6670   0   14   14   3     8    
SCL 58   64   67   +9  3091   14682   0   1   1  
VC 24   26   28   +4  1136   3091   144   6   6  
BRL 33   34   35   +2  735   2401   74     15   11    
TP&W 42   44   46   +4  1892   6805   0   13   13   3    
A&T 43   48   53   +10  229   684   31   15   15   8     11     14    
GM&O 43   55   67   +24  219   1301   69   14   14   1     8     11     13    
SM 93   103   57   +21  770   5340   0     14   8     13    
MN 51   44   38   -13  131   487   23     14   1     8     11    
O&M 42   46   51   +9  545   1657   68   13   14  
FW&C 32   32   33   +1  478   1481   109     4   11    
C&NW 16   20   24   +8  237   600   0     13  
CB&Q 26   32   38   +12  256   855   95   5   5   4    
CNS 27   38   50   +23  691   2055   0   4   4   3    
MP 16   22   29   +13  600   1309   106   11   11  
M&LR 28   34   40   +12  185   610   50   5   5   4    
V&T 16   21   27   +11  359   865   0     14  
CP 16   26   37   +21  350   770   0     8  
UP 0   0   18   +18  0   473   52   8   8  
SL&A 0   0   18   +18  0   446   49     13  
MKT 0   0   18   +18  0   1467   163   1   1  
GN 0   0   18   +18  0   1328   147   4   4  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
C&EI 920   CASL 925   WP 710   SLSW 775   GW 700   SP&P 1430   KC&D 330  
KP 890   ATSF 915   KCS 490  
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