Continental Rails II

Game # 9 - Turn # 4

Headline News 1847 to 1848

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1847: U.S. and Britain reach peaceful agreement on Oregon border.
1848: Mexican war ends; California ceded to U.S.

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Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Leland Stanford bought B&M for $1153, William Ogden bought B&H for $551, William Ogden bought NYNH for $580, Crazy French II bought MRLE for $3623, Edward Harriman bought P&FW for $2102, Sleeping Dog bought G&C for $531.

PCs Merged: ERIE merges into C&A, N&S merges into N&W, NER merges into SCL.

PCs Incorporated: COG, R&D, P&LE.

RoWs built: PA5 by PENN, PA7 by B&O.

Double Tracked Lines: NYC doubled B&A.

New RoWs acquired: NYC got NY3, C&A got PA1, READ got PA3, PENN got PA6, N&W got VA1, C&O got VA4, C&H got SC4, S&G got GA3, B&O got WV2, GT got C2, HRL got C3.

New railroad Presidents: J. Pierpont Morgan of C&A, Byron Kilbourn of R&D, J. Pierpont Morgan of N&W, Sleeping Dog of SCL, Byron Kilbourn of COG, Cante of P&LE.

New Private Companies Available: LS, GTW, M&C, A&WP, BRL, MC.

Edward Harriman dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1020.

Le développement de la gare de triage facilite les manoeuvres, réduisant les coûts opérationnels.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Improved to Good.
Best locomotive available: Lion 0-4-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards

Tycoon Announcements:

7 Sleeping Dog good use of spy, mr. kilbourn. almost worth the missing of

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Edward Harriman (3) Jim Hill (11) Cante (13) Crazy French II (6) J. Pierpont Morgan (10)
Rail Mogul Baron Louis Aubade (4) Edward Harriman (3) William Ogden (8) Crazy French II (6) Cyrus Holliday (12)
Rail Builder Baron Louis Aubade (4) Byron Kilbourn (1) Leland Stanford (2) Edward Harriman (3) Jay Gould (5)
Rail Magnate Baron Louis Aubade (4) Edward Harriman (3) Sleeping Dog (7) Cyrus Holliday (12) Leland Stanford (2)
Rail Prodigal Edward Harriman (3) William Ogden (8) Jay Gould (5) Byron Kilbourn (1) Leland Stanford (2)
Rail Baron Edward Harriman (3) Baron Louis Aubade (4) William Ogden (8) Cyrus Holliday (12) Crazy French II (6)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
3 Edward Harriman PENN .... .... P&FW
10 J. Pierpont Morgan N&W C&A .... ....
11 Jim Hill .... S&G .... ....
8 William Ogden READ .... NYNH B&H
2 Leland Stanford .... C&O B&M ....
4 Baron Louis Aubade B&O GT .... ....
6 Crazy French II NYC HRL MRLE ....
7 Sleeping Dog C&H SCL .... G&C
1 Byron Kilbourn COG R&D .... ....
14 Henry Farham .... .... .... ....
12 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
13 Cante P&LE .... .... ....
5 Jay Gould .... .... .... ....
9 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
15 Louis McLane .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 73   14516   9871   92   19280   13509   5   12   0   0  
NYC New York Central 349   57783   35248   99   79850   34116   8   4   0   0  
HRL Hudson River Line 142   23091   14547   97   35022   24422   5   14   1205   0  
C&A Camden & Amboy 379   51975   34304   94   91632   61248   3   12   0   0  
PENN Pennsylvania 369   66570   41939   97   89246   35861   8   9   0   337  
READ Reading 104   20296   13801   92   26685   18895   5   17   0   0  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 310   36726   22770   98   71270   26481   4   4   0   0  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 94   12085   7372   99   21856   14128   3   4   650   0  
R&D Richmond & Danville 76   12907   9809   84   19694   13131   1   0   0   0  
N&W Norfolk & Western 325   36445   23690   95   72792   36196   2   2   800   0  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129   19779   12065   99   29007   697   9   4   0   0  
SCL Sea Coast Line 462   69334   47147   92   103683   39984   5   8   0   0  
S&G Savannah & Gulf 157   20064   13242   94   34561   24379   2   9   456   0  
COG Central of Georgia 86   13744   9621   90   21644   14431   3   0   0   0  
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 131   19914   14537   87   31784   21191   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 :   GT
Unbuilt:: C2 [Regions: A]
NYC :   NYC B&A  (Double)
Unbuilt:: NY3 [Regions: A]
HRL :   HRL
Unbuilt:: C3 [Regions: A]
C&A :   C&A ERIE
Unbuilt:: PA1 [Regions: A]
PENN:  (Double)   PENN LV PA5
Unbuilt:: PA6 [Regions: A]
READ:   READ
Unbuilt:: PA3 [Regions: A]
B&O :   B&O PA7
Unbuilt:: WV2 [Regions: AO]
C&O :   C&O
Unbuilt:: VA4 [Regions: A]
R&D :   R&D
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ]
N&W :   N&W N&S
Unbuilt:: VA1 [Regions: A]
C&H :   C&H
Unbuilt:: SC4 [Regions: A]
SCL :   SCL S&A NER
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
S&G :   S&G
Unbuilt:: GA3 [Regions: A]
COG :   COG
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: D]
P&LE:   P&LE
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: OL]

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 14   18   22   +8  149   365   0   4   4  
NYC 25   29   33   +8  536   1647   105   6   6   11    
HRL 14   17   20   +6  273   710   0   6   6  
C&A 14   21   29   +15  195   1752   143   10   10   8    
PENN 33   38   43   +10  329   1783   67   3   3  
READ 14   19   25   +11  218   520   0   8   8  
B&O 37   40   43   +6  215   1483   75   4   4   2    
C&O 14   19   24   +10  194   470   0   2   2  
R&D 0   0   15   +15  0   342   38   1   1  
N&W 40   46   52   +12  88   1508   121   10   10   1     3     14    
C&H 22   26   31   +9  264   651   0   7   7   3    
SCL 25   28   31   +6  454   2168   149   7   7   11     12    
S&G 14   16   19   +5  257   785   0   11   11  
COG 0   0   15   +15  0   387   43   1   1  
P&LE 0   0   15   +15  0   590   65   13   13  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
CNJ 670   RF&P 585   W&W 600   W&M 665   LS 910   GTW 535   M&C 965  
A&WP 760   BRL 925   MC 760  

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