Continental Rails II

Game # 8 - Turn # 3

Headline News 1845 to 1846

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1845: First telegraph line laid between Washington and Baltimore.
1846: Congress declares war with Mexico over Texas border incidents!

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Baron Eudes Santerre bought GT for $495, John Forbes bought B&A for $1113, Jim Fisk bought C&A for $500, Milton Littlefield bought LS for $1200.

PCs Merged: S&A merges into SCL, R&D merges into N&W, LV merges into PENN, NER merges into C&H.

PCs Incorporated: S&G, READ.

Double Tracked Lines: SCL doubled SCL.

New RoWs acquired: N&W got VA4, SCL got GA1, B&O got WV1.

New railroad Presidents: Jay Gould of PENN, Jim Fisk of READ, John Forbes of C&H, Milton Littlefield of S&G.

New Private Companies Available: COG, MRLE, M&C, VC.

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Improved.
Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station

Tycoon Announcements:

2 John Forbes gimme my railroad!
10 Baron Eudes Santerre votre argent est bien chez scl ! l'argent heureux rapporte plus... baron eudes

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Jay Gould (5) John Forbes (2) Jim Fisk (4) Baron Eudes Santerre (10) Milton Littlefield (14)
Rail Mogul Jay Gould (5) Baron Eudes Santerre (10) William Palmer (9) Henry Farham (1) John Forbes (2)
Rail Builder Henry Farham (1) John Forbes (2) Collis Huntington (3) Jim Fisk (4) Jay Gould (5)
Rail Magnate Jay Gould (5) William Palmer (9) Baron Eudes Santerre (10) Henry Farham (1) John Forbes (2)
Rail Prodigal Henry Farham (1) John Forbes (2) Collis Huntington (3) Jim Fisk (4) Jay Gould (5)
Rail Baron Jay Gould (5) Baron Eudes Santerre (10) William Palmer (9) John Forbes (2) Jim Fisk (4)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
5 Jay Gould N&W PENN .... ....
10 Baron Eudes Santerre SCL .... .... GT
2 John Forbes C&H .... .... B&A
14 Milton Littlefield .... S&G .... LS
4 Jim Fisk READ .... .... C&A
9 William Palmer B&O .... .... ....
7 J. Pierpont Morgan .... .... .... ....
8 J. Edgar Thompson .... .... .... ....
1 Henry Farham .... .... .... ....
3 Collis Huntington .... .... .... ....
11 Jim Hill .... .... .... ....
12 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
13 Louis McLane .... .... .... ....
6 Thomas Scott .... .... .... ....
15 Robert Schuyler .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
NYC New York Central 148   18380   11947   95   30446   488   6   2   0   0  
PENN Pennsylvania 234   43043   27117   97   56632   23003   9   2   0   0  
READ Reading 104   20013   13809   91   28274   18851   5   0   0   0  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160   17984   10970   99   34085   1088   6   0   615   0  
N&W Norfolk & Western 158   27332   16672   99   39073   14084   8   9   650   0  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 314   42588   26830   97   71392   28951   5   2   0   0  
SCL Sea Coast Line 277   58454   35657   99   67724   23891   12   10   0   0  
S&G Savannah & Gulf 157   20279   15209   85   36269   24181   0   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)
NYC :   NYC
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ]
PENN:   PENN LV
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
READ:   READ
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
B&O :   B&O
Unbuilt:: WV1 [Regions: A]
N&W :   N&W R&D
Unbuilt:: VA4 [Regions: A]
C&H :   C&H NER
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
SCL :  (Double)   SCL S&A
Unbuilt:: GA1 [Regions: A]
S&G :   S&G
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]

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
NYC 15   18   22   +7  309   742   5      
PENN 20   22   25   +5  185   1107   68   5   5  
READ 0   0   15   +15  0   468   52   4   4  
B&O 21   25   30   +9  301   808   0   9   9   5    
N&W 20   23   26   +6  123   753   41   5   5  
C&H 26   28   30   +4  203   1479   97   2   2  
SCL 21   24   27   +6  233   1323   69   10   10  
S&G 0   0   15   +15  0   707   78   14   14  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
B&M 725   B&H 550   HRL 710   NYNH 550   ERIE 1435   CNJ 670   C&O 470  
RF&P 585   N&S 1215   W&W 600   W&M 665   COG 430   P&LE 655   MRLE 690  
M&C 965   VC 1465  

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