Continental Rails II

Game # 10 - Turn # 2

Headline News 1843 to 1844

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1843: Great Britain granted rights to island of Hong Kong under Nanking Treaty.
1844: Opium War ends in China.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Jay Gould bought B&M for $726, Dan Drew bought GT for $380, Jim Fisk bought B&A for $1563, Jim Fisk bought HRL for $1104, Jay Gould bought CNJ for $671, John Forbes bought C&A for $704, Dan Drew bought C&O for $475, Erastus Corning bought S&A for $750, John Forbes bought S&G for $1001.

New railroad Presidents: William Palmer of NYC, John Forbes of PENN, Dan Drew of B&O.

Development of switch yards facilitates operations, reduces operating costs.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Recession to Normal.
Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards

Tycoon Announcements:

1 Comte Verlin respects à tous ! comte verlin
8 Jay Gould ryan.tan@ce.com.au
9 Erastus Corning Greeting from Athens,Greece. I whish a happy game to everyone. nepys@in.gr

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron William Palmer (10) Jay Gould (8) Hannibal Kimball (5) Erastus Corning (9) Comte Verlin (1)
Rail Mogul Comte Verlin (1) John Forbes (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Jim Fisk (4) Hannibal Kimball (5)
Rail Builder Comte Verlin (1) John Forbes (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Jim Fisk (4) Hannibal Kimball (5)
Rail Magnate Comte Verlin (1) John Forbes (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Jim Fisk (4) Hannibal Kimball (5)
Rail Prodigal Comte Verlin (1) John Forbes (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Jim Fisk (4) Hannibal Kimball (5)
Rail Baron William Palmer (10) Jay Gould (8) Hannibal Kimball (5) Erastus Corning (9) Comte Verlin (1)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
10 William Palmer NYC .... .... ....
8 Jay Gould .... .... B&M CNJ
5 Hannibal Kimball .... .... .... ....
9 Erastus Corning .... .... S&A ....
7 Jim Hill .... .... .... ....
2 John Forbes PENN .... S&G C&A
3 J. Edgar Thompson .... .... .... ....
12 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
15 J. Pierpont Morgan .... .... .... ....
13 Thomas Scott .... .... .... ....
11 Byron Kilbourn .... .... .... ....
6 Edward Harriman .... .... .... ....
1 Comte Verlin B&O .... GT C&O
14 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
4 Jim Fisk .... .... B&A HRL

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
NYC New York Central 148   16630   10976   94   30567   503   5   1   0   0  
PENN Pennsylvania 104   18556   11690   97   24536   460   10   2   0   0  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160   15876   9684   99   32053   490   5   1   0   0  
N&W Norfolk & Western 82   12391   7806   97   17691   362   8   3   0   0  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129   17895   11095   98   27873   482   7   2   0   0  
SCL Sea Coast Line 139   23434   15232   95   30840   378   9   3   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)
New York Central (NYC ):   NYC
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ):   C&H
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):   SCL
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 14   17   21   +7  323   742   5   10   10   5    
PENN 14   17   21   +7  195   521   4   2   2  
B&O 14   16   18   +4  306   803   5   1   1  
N&W 13   14   16   +3  159   411   3      
C&H 15   16   18   +3  243   646   5      
SCL 13   15   17   +4  276   696   6      

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
B&H 550   NYNH 550   ERIE 1435   LV 650   READ 520   RF&P 585   R&D 380  
N&S 1215   W&W 600   W&M 665   NER 925   COG 430   P&LE 655  

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