Continental Rails II

Game # 19 - 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, Jim Hill bought GT for $435, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought B&A for $1603, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought HRL for $1321, Casey Jones bought CNJ for $825, Henry Farham bought LV for $1322, Thomas Durant bought READ for $1169, B bought C&O for $582, Cyrus Holliday bought RF&P for $750, Railroad Bill bought R&D for $871, Railroad Bill bought N&S for $2053, Frederik Conrad bought W&M for $683, Frederik Conrad bought NER for $1627, Jim Hill bought S&A for $1869, Jay Gould bought S&G for $1800.

New railroad Presidents: Casey Jones of PENN, B of N&W, B of C&H, Stepp of SCL.

New Private Companies Available: LS, P&LE.

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

Tycoon Announcements:

3 Cornelius Vanderbilt Have a nice game!
4 Frederik Conrad good luck to all, may you never have a loan recall
10 Stepp greetings and good luck to you all!

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Casey Jones (2) Henry Farham (6) Stepp (10) Griffes d’argent (5) B (1)
Rail Mogul B (1) Casey Jones (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Frederik Conrad (4) Griffes d’argent (5)
Rail Builder B (1) Casey Jones (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Frederik Conrad (4) Griffes d’argent (5)
Rail Magnate B (1) Casey Jones (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Frederik Conrad (4) Griffes d’argent (5)
Rail Prodigal B (1) Casey Jones (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Frederik Conrad (4) Griffes d’argent (5)
Rail Baron Casey Jones (2) Henry Farham (6) Stepp (10) Griffes d’argent (5) B (1)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
2 Casey Jones PENN .... CNJ ....
6 Henry Farham .... .... LV ....
10 Stepp SCL .... .... ....
5 Griffes d’argent .... .... .... ....
4 Frederik Conrad .... .... NER W&M
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... RF&P ....
1 B C&H N&W .... C&O
8 Jim Hill .... .... S&A GT
7 Jay Gould .... .... S&G B&M
9 Railroad Bill .... .... N&S R&D
11 Thomas Durant .... .... READ ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
12 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt .... .... B&A HRL

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
NYC New York Central 148 18986 11581 99 30660 488 7 3 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 104 20013 12808 96 22825 312 11 6 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 18094 11037 99 31461 432 6 0 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 82 13807 9251 93 17568 246 8 2 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129 20042 12226 99 28318 464 9 2 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 139 25616 15626 99 31100 459 11 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 13 15 18 +5  307 741 6    
PENN 15 19 24 +9  243 522 3 2 2 6
B&O 20 20 20 +0  338 802 6    
N&W 14 17 20 +6  199 411 3 1 1
C&H 15 18 21 +6  281 646 5 1 1
SCL 20 25 31 +11  328 697 5 10 10 5

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 C&A 460 W&W 600 LS 910 P&LE 655

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