Continental Rails II

Game # 24 - Turn # 3

Headline News 1845 to 1846

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

  1. 1845: First telegraph line laid between Washington and Baltimore.
  2. 1846: Congress declares war with Mexico over Texas border incidents!

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: Henry B. Plant bought HRL for $1500, Aubin Rioudu Frei bought C&A for $470, J. Pierpont Morgan bought NER for $2132, Nicholas van Rijn bought S&G for $1091, Henry Farham bought LS for $2221.
  • PCs Merged: LV merges into PENN, RF&P merges into N&W, B&A merges into NYC, N&S merges into N&W.
  • PCs Incorporated: B&M, ERIE, B&H, CNJ, GT, R&D, READ.
  • N&W doubled N&W.
  • New RoWs acquired: PENN got PA9, C&H got SC4, B&O got WV1, N&W got MD2.
  • New railroad Presidents: Eugene de Segur of B&M, Nicholas van Rijn of GT, Nicolas Koechlin of B&H, Henry B. Plant of NYC, Henry Farham of ERIE, Nicolas Koechlin of CNJ, Thomas Durant of READ, Cornelius Vanderbilt of R&D, Thomas Durant of SCL.
  • Development of switch yards facilitates operations, reduces operating costs.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Good to Boom.
  • Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards.

Tycoon Announcements:

1 Pascu spend spend spend!! we are the money
3 Nicholas van Rijn builing to montreal
8 Henry B. Plant this is also my first game of cr2. have fun everyone!

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Aubin Rioudu Frei (2) Henry Farham (10) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Thomas Durant (11) Nicholas van Rijn (3)
Rail Mogul Aubin Rioudu Frei (2) Pascu (1) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Nicholas van Rijn (3) Cornelius Vanderbilt (5)
Rail Builder Pascu (1) Aubin Rioudu Frei (2) Nicholas van Rijn (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Cornelius Vanderbilt (5)
Rail Magnate Pascu (1) Aubin Rioudu Frei (2) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Nicholas van Rijn (3) Cornelius Vanderbilt (5)
Rail Prodigal Pascu (1) Aubin Rioudu Frei (2) Nicholas van Rijn (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Cornelius Vanderbilt (5)
Rail Baron Aubin Rioudu Frei (2) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Pascu (1) Henry Farham (10) Nicholas van Rijn (3)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
2 Aubin Rioudu Frei N&W PENN .... C&A
4 J. Pierpont Morgan .... C&H NER ....
5 Cornelius Vanderbilt .... R&D .... ....
8 Henry B. Plant NYC .... .... HRL
6 Nicolas Koechlin B&H CNJ .... ....
10 Henry Farham .... ERIE .... LS
11 Thomas Durant SCL READ .... ....
3 Nicholas van Rijn .... GT .... S&G
7 Eugene de Segur .... B&M .... NYNH
1 Pascu B&O .... .... ....
9 CamilloN .... .... .... ....
12 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
B&M Boston & Maine 145 21380 15607 87 38842 23808 1 0 0 0
GT Grand Trunk 73 14789 10648 88 22133 13567 4 0 0 0
B&H Boston & Hartford 110 18770 13702 87 31247 19153 2 0 0 0
NYC New York Central 349 48125 29356 99 83628 32969 6 2 0 0
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 287 29474 22105 85 68571 42029 -1 0 0 0
CNJ Central New Jersey 134 23111 16640 88 37974 23276 3 0 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 234 44999 27449 99 55219 23792 10 9 0 0
READ Reading 104 20966 15096 88 31464 19286 4 0 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 18612 11353 99 32937 1024 6 6 0 0
R&D Richmond & Danville 76 13521 10006 86 21916 13434 2 0 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 442 59050 36610 98 109907 55605 5 9 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129 20536 12527 99 29641 1225 9 1 415 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 139 26638 17048 96 28542 506 11 5 0 0

Railroad Lines:

Regions:  A = Atlantic ;  D = Deep South ;  O = Ohio ;  L = Great Lakes ;  C = Central ;  M = Mississippi ;  G = Gulf ;  W = Midwest ;  S = Southwest ;  T = Mountain ;  P = Pacific ;  N = Canada ;  X = Mexico 
  • Boston & Maine (B&M)
    B&M GT NYC B&H me1 Boston
    B&M
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Grand Trunk (GT)
    GT B&M NYC B&H c2 Boston Montreal
    GT
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Boston & Hartford (B&H)
    B&H B&M GT NYC nynhBoston New York
    B&H
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • New York Central (NYC)
    NYC B&A B&M GT B&H hrl ny1 ny3 c3 Boston New York Buffalo Montreal
    NYC ; B&A
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)
    ERIEhrl nynhCNJ c&a ny1 ny2 pa8 New York Philadelphia Buffalo
    ERIE
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Central New Jersey (CNJ)
    CNJ hrl nynhERIEc&a PENNpa8 PENNNew York Philadelphia
    CNJ
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
    PENNLV pa9 CNJ pa8 pa10CNJ c&a READpa1 pa2 pa3 pa4 pa5 pa8 New York Philadelphia Baltimore Buffalo
    PENN ; LV
    Unbuilt: PA9
    [Regions: A]
  • Reading (READ)
    READc&a PENNPENNpa1 pa2 pa3 pa4 pa5 New York Philadelphia Baltimore
    READ
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
    B&O wv1 m&c pa7 N&W wv2 wv3 oh1 pa1 pa2 pa3 pa4 pa7 md1 N&W Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Pittsburgh Cincinnati
    B&O
    Unbuilt: WV1
    [Regions: A]
  • Richmond & Danville (R&D)
    R&D c&o N&W N&W vc va1 va2 va3 va4 va7 Washington Norfolk
    R&D
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: ]
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
    N&W RF&PN&S md2 B&O c&o pa7 md1 va7 B&O c&o R&D w&w md1 va1 va3 va7 nc1 nc2 Baltimore Washington Norfolk Wilmington Pittsburgh
    N&W  (Double) ; RF&P ; N&S
    Unbuilt: MD2
    [Regions: A]
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
    C&H sc4 s&a g&c sc1 sc2 sc3 ga1 ner SCL g&c sc1 sc2 sc3 Charleston Savannah Atlanta
    C&H
    Unbuilt: SC4
    [Regions: A]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCL ner C&H s&a s&g sc1 ga2 ga4 Charleston Savannah
    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
B&M 0 0 16 +16  0 653 72 7 7
GT 0 0 16 +16  0 329 36 3 3
B&H 0 0 16 +16  0 495 55 6 6
NYC 26 27 29 +3  247 1647 105 8 8
ERIE 0 0 16 +16  0 1292 143 10 10
CNJ 0 0 16 +16  0 603 67 6 6
PENN 20 24 29 +9  175 1110 65 2 2 4
READ 0 0 16 +16  0 468 52 11 11
B&O 30 37 45 +15  266 808 0 1 1 3 6
R&D 0 0 16 +16  0 342 38 5 5
N&W 25 34 44 +19  138 2035 179 2 2 4 5
C&H 19 22 26 +7  235 651 0 4 4
SCL 24 32 40 +16  330 697 5 11 11 7

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 470
W&W Wilmington & Weldon 600
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 665
S&A Savannah & Augusta 690
COG Central of Georgia 430
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 655
MRLE Mad River & Lake Erie 690
P&FW Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne 955
G&C Greenville & Columbia 470
GTW Grand Trunk Western 535
M&C Marietta & Cincinnati 965
VC Virginia Central 1465
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