Continental Rails II

Game # 9 - Turn # 10

Headline News 1859 to 1860

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1859: John Brown is executed after seizing arsenal at Harper's Ferry.
1860: Rich silver strike at Comstock Lode in Nevada Territory.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Leland Stanford bought CNS for $13066, Edward Harriman bought M&SP for $43117, William Ogden bought M&LR for $4478, Byron Kilbourn bought L&A for $11636, J. Pierpont Morgan bought CP for $56789, Henry Farham bought SL&A for $11001.

PCs Merged: C&EI merges into PENN, C&C merges into WBSH.

PCs Incorporated: CASL, MP, CB&Q, FEC.

New Technologies Acquired: PENN bought steel rails, B&O bought steel rails, C&O bought steel rails, R&D bought steel rails, W&M bought steel rails, C&H bought steel rails, GTW bought steel rails, WBSH bought steel rails, A&C bought steel rails, A&T bought steel rails, N&C bought steel rails, NO&J bought steel rails, SM bought steel rails, MN bought steel rails, IC bought steel rails.

RoWs built: IN6 by PENN, IL3 by B&O, IL2 by C&O, OH8 by R&D, SC2 by W&M, FL5 by C&H, AL7 by S&G, IL8 by COG, IN8 by P&LE, IN9 by MRLE, IN10 by WBSH, TN6 by A&T, MS3 by GM&O, KY14 by N&C, TN8 by NO&J, OH5 by FW&C.

Double Tracked Lines: PENN doubled LV, B&O doubled MON, C&O doubled O&M, C&H doubled S&A, COG doubled NYNH, P&LE doubled P&LE, WBSH doubled WBSH, NO&J doubled NO&J.

New RoWs acquired: W&M got SC1, C&H got GA1, R&D got OH6, FW&C got MI2, C&O got IL1, IC got IL4, WBSH got IL7, N&C got IL9, A&T got KY6, PENN got KY8, NO&J got KY10, A&C got TN4, GM&O got TN11, S&G got AL6, COG got MS2, C&NW got WI4, P&LE got IL5, B&O got IL6, MRLE got KY13.

RR Mergers: C&H merges into WBSH.

Loan Recalls: Byron Kilbourn, Baron Louis Aubade, Jay Gould, Crazy French II, J. Pierpont Morgan, Jim Hill.

New railroad Presidents: William Ogden of SM, Crazy French II of CB&Q, Henry Farham of CASL, Sleeping Dog of FEC.

New Private Companies Available: V&T, WP, UP, MKT, SLSW, GW.

Sleeping Dog gagne la Médaille du Golfe for avoir relié le WBSH entre la région Golfe et Chicago.

William Ogden dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $3370. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Sleeping Dog, Crazy French II, Byron Kilbourn, Edward Harriman, Jay Gould, J. Pierpont Morgan, Jim Hill, Cante

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Depression to Recession.
Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Edward Harriman (3) Crazy French II (6) J. Pierpont Morgan (10) Byron Kilbourn (1) Leland Stanford (2)
Rail Mogul William Ogden (8) Edward Harriman (3) Baron Louis Aubade (4) Crazy French II (6) Byron Kilbourn (1)
Rail Builder Sleeping Dog (7) Crazy French II (6) Baron Louis Aubade (4) Edward Harriman (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (10)
Rail Magnate Crazy French II (6) Edward Harriman (3) Baron Louis Aubade (4) Sleeping Dog (7) J. Pierpont Morgan (10)
Rail Prodigal William Ogden (8) Edward Harriman (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (10) Crazy French II (6) Jay Gould (5)
Rail Baron Edward Harriman (3) Crazy French II (6) Sleeping Dog (7) William Ogden (8) J. Pierpont Morgan (10)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
3 Edward Harriman PENN NO&J M&SP ....
2 Leland Stanford A&T C&O .... CNS
7 Sleeping Dog FEC WBSH .... ....
1 Byron Kilbourn N&C R&D .... L&A
6 Crazy French II CB&Q MRLE .... ....
13 Cante P&LE C&NW .... ....
4 Baron Louis Aubade B&O A&C .... ....
11 Jim Hill .... S&G .... ....
8 William Ogden GM&O SM M&LR ....
14 Henry Farham CASL W&M SL&A ....
12 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
10 J. Pierpont Morgan IC COG .... CP
5 Jay Gould FW&C .... .... ....
15 Louis McLane GTW MN .... ....
9 William Palmer .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 439   57372   31555   99   141074   78168   2   0   0   0  
PENN Pennsylvania 1610   228711   121216   98   404067   116943   8   9   0   68  
READ Reading 288   45826   29328   93   97298   54830   1   3   0   0  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 1398   172297   89595   99   347638   87303   7   9   0   58  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 1010   97637   51747   98   244693   64511   4   2   0   138  
R&D Richmond & Danville 1029   97692   53731   99   265326   173042   0   1   500   792  
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 343   29186   16053   99   68860   51440   0   2   710   630  
S&G Savannah & Gulf 853   96733   56106   99   224529   143506   1   3   119   545  
COG Central of Georgia 3391   448732   282703   91   987415   602107   0   4   0   394  
LS Lake Shore 182   18618   11171   97   49700   25255   0   1   0   0  
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 1373   156101   92100   98   362913   219655   1   5   0   527  
MRLE Mad River & Lake Erie 2043   304318   182592   94   582856   311884   3   6   0   844  
GTW Grand Trunk Western 107   11308   6559   96   30291   11334   2   0   0   0  
WBSH Wabash Line 2308   316447   167715   98   565996   103439   8   9   825   551  
A&C Atlanta & Chattanooga 137   13123   7218   99   18417   17367   3   4   555   0  
A&T Alabama & Tennessee 425   33885   18637   99   75835   47768   1   1   550   853  
GM&O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 325   25946   18422   86   69534   47186   -3   15   0   370  
N&C Nashville & Chattanooga 306   28459   15652   99   73623   48375   0   4   0   581  
NO&J New Orleans & Jackson 607   58936   32415   99   106171   80900   2   9   300   1150  
SM Southern Mississippi 44   7118   4698   88   6581   5519   5   1   0   0  
MN Michigan Northern 102   12518   7010   98   30369   10892   4   0   0   0  
FW&C Ft. Wayne & Chicago 234   30908   17927   99   60221   38864   3   9   0   84  
IC Illinois Central 185   19095   10502   99   26028   24432   3   0   600   0  
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 120   15698   10204   92   16887   16313   3   11   0   0  
CB&Q Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 190   19272   11949   92   26207   24193   2   0   0   0  
CASL Chicago, Alton & St. Louis 185   18993   13675   82   25622   23653   0   0   0   0  
FEC Florida East Coast 299   19009   12736   87   36503   33697   -1   0   0   0  
MP Missouri Pacific 283   27654   18528   87   37907   34993   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 B&H  (Double) C2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AN]
PENN:  (Double)   PENN LV  (Double) PA5 PA6 P&FW PA9 PA10 A&GW PA4
IN5 C&EI IN6
Unbuilt:: KY8 [Regions: AOLC]
READ:   READ PA3 PA2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
B&O :  (Double)   B&O PA7  (Double) WV2 M&C OH1 OH2 IN4  (Double) MON  (Double)
IN7 IL3
Unbuilt:: IL6 [Regions: AOC]
C&O :   C&O VA4 VA5 KY2 KY5  (Double) O&M  (Double) IL2
Unbuilt:: IL1 [Regions: AO]
R&D :  (Double)   R&D VA7 VC VA2 WV4 KY1 OH8
Unbuilt:: OH6 [Regions: AO]
W&M :   W&M NC1 SC2
Unbuilt:: SC1 [Regions: A]
S&G :  (Double)   S&G GA3 GA6 GA7 AL1 AL5 AL7
Unbuilt:: AL6 [Regions: ADG]
COG :  (Double)   COG A&WP BRL GA8  (Double) AL3 AL4 N&W  (Double) N&S
VA1  (Double) W&W NC2 SC5 SC3 TN12 NYNH  (Double) CNJ  (Double)
C&A  (Double) ERIE PA1  (Double) MD1 NY2 RF&P MD2 IL8
Unbuilt:: MS2 [Regions: ADLM]
LS :   LS
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: L]
P&LE:  (Double)   P&LE OH3 TP&W MI1 IN2 MC MS MI5 MI4 IN8
Unbuilt:: IL5 [Regions: OLC]
MRLE:   MRLE OH4 NYC B&A  (Double) B&M  (Double) NY3 HRL  (Double) C3  (Double)
PA11 C4 IN1  (Double) IN3 IN9
Unbuilt:: KY13 [Regions: ALCN]
GTW :   GTW
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: L]
WBSH:  (Double)   WBSH OH7 C&C IN10 C&H  (Double) G&C SC4 TN2 TN3
SCL  (Double) S&A  (Double) NER GA4 FL4 KY4 KY3 FL5
Unbuilt:: IL7 [Regions: AOCG]
A&C :   A&C
Unbuilt:: TN4 [Regions: D]
A&T :   A&T TN5 TN6
Unbuilt:: KY6 [Regions: D]
GM&O:   GM&O MS3
Unbuilt:: TN11 [Regions: G]
N&C :   N&C KY14
Unbuilt:: IL9 [Regions: ]
NO&J:  (Double)   NO&J MS6 TN8
Unbuilt:: KY10 [Regions: G]
SM :   SM
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
MN :   MN
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: L]
FW&C:  (Double)   FW&C OH5
Unbuilt:: MI2 [Regions: C]
IC :   IC
Unbuilt:: IL4 [Regions: C]
C&NW:   C&NW
Unbuilt:: WI4 [Regions: C]
CB&Q:   CB&Q
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]
CASL:   CASL
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]
FEC :   FEC
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ]
MP :   MP
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MW]

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 60   52   44   -16  658   2195   0     4   3     6    
PENN 92   83   75   -17  1138   7907   148   3   3   2    
READ 35   48   62   +27  648   1440   0     8  
B&O 57   59   61   +4  1176   6944   54   4   4   2     6    
C&O 31   39   48   +17  1322   4996   54   2   2   1     3     7    
R&D 39   32   25   -14  1330   5094   51   1   1   3    
W&M 17   20   23   +6  328   1660   55   14   14   8    
S&G 44   40   36   -8  969   4235   30   11   11   1     2    
COG 33   27   21   -12  6765   16844   115   10   10   6    
LS 83   50   17   -66  352   910   0     13   1     4    
P&LE 64   68   73   +9  2421   8995   50   13   13   14    
MRLE 65   54   43   -22  4955   10145   77   6   6   11    
GTW 20   26   32   +12  158   505   30   15   15   3     13    
WBSH 73   86   81   +8  230   11239   314   7   7   11    
A&C 10   11   12   +2  201   685   0   4   4  
A&T 34   37   41   +7  370   2048   77   2   2   1     7    
GM&O 35   41   48   +13  174   1530   95   8   8  
N&C 34   40   46   +12  150   1453   77   1   1  
NO&J 69   70   71   +2  611   2963   72   3   3   4    
SM 10   12   15   +5  87   203   17   8   8  
MN 20   23   27   +7  127   471   39   15   15   2     3     13    
FW&C 34   43   53   +19  188   1110   60   5   5  
IC 10   10   11   +1  273   925   0   10   10  
C&NW 10   17   24   +14  268   600   0   13   13  
CB&Q 0   0   11   +11  0   855   95   6   6  
CASL 0   0   11   +11  0   833   92   14   14  
FEC 0   0   11   +11  0   1346   149   7   7  
MP 0   0   11   +11  0   1274   141     10  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
L&N 930   CRIP 750   V&T 865   WP 710   UP 525   MKT 1630   SLSW 775  
GW 700  

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