Continental Rails II

Game # 25 - Turn # 2

Headline News 1843 to 1844

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

  1. 1843: Great Britain granted rights to island of Hong Kong under Nanking Treaty.
  2. 1844: Opium War ends in China.

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: Leland Stanford bought GT for $372, Louis McLane bought B&A for $1150, Louis McLane bought B&H for $635, Henry Farham bought ERIE for $1453, William Ogden bought C&A for $700, Byron Kilbourn bought LV for $813, William Ogden bought READ for $800, Leland Stanford bought R&D for $401, Jay Gould bought W&W for $1100, Jay Gould bought W&M for $1100, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought NER for $978, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought S&A for $1015, Cyrus Holliday bought S&G for $1026.
  • Loan Recalls: Railroad Bill Jr, Cyrus Holliday.
  • New railroad Presidents: Louis McLane of NYC, Leland Stanford of N&W, Cyrus Holliday of SCL.
  • New Private Companies Available: LS, P&LE.
  • Railroad Bill Jr et Cyrus Holliday dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1000.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Normal to Improved.
  • Best locomotive available: Lion 0-4-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station.

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Maurin Jolybois (4) Byron Kilbourn (6) Henry Farham (5) Jay Gould (9) Railroad Bill Jr (1)
Rail Mogul Railroad Bill Jr (1) Cyrus Holliday (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Maurin Jolybois (4) Henry Farham (5)
Rail Builder Railroad Bill Jr (1) Cyrus Holliday (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Maurin Jolybois (4) Henry Farham (5)
Rail Magnate Railroad Bill Jr (1) Cyrus Holliday (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Maurin Jolybois (4) Henry Farham (5)
Rail Prodigal Railroad Bill Jr (1) Cyrus Holliday (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Maurin Jolybois (4) Henry Farham (5)
Rail Baron Railroad Bill Jr (1) Cyrus Holliday (2) Maurin Jolybois (4) Byron Kilbourn (6) Henry Farham (5)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
4 Maurin Jolybois N&W .... R&D GT
6 Byron Kilbourn .... .... LV ....
5 Henry Farham .... .... ERIE ....
9 Jay Gould .... .... W&W W&M
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt .... .... S&A NER
8 William Ogden .... .... READ C&A
10 Edward Harriman .... .... .... ....
11 Milton Littlefield .... .... .... ....
12 Robert Schuyler .... .... .... ....
13 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
14 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
15 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
7 Louis McLane NYC .... B&A B&H
2 Cyrus Holliday .... SCL S&G ....
1 Railroad Bill Jr .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
NYC New York Central 148 17697 11149 97 31170 521 6 1 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 104 19533 12110 98 23761 399 11 1 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 17024 10385 99 31518 410 5 1 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 82 13310 8518 96 18238 262 8 5 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129 19423 12625 95 27967 495 7 2 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 139 24306 15313 97 31158 489 10 3 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 

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 16 18 +4  280 741 6 7 7
PENN 12 19 26 +14  250 521 4    
B&O 14 15 16 +2  344 803 5    
N&W 13 18 23 +10  180 411 3 4 4 6
C&H 12 13 15 +3  256 646 5    
SCL 15 18 22 +7  273 697 5 2 2

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
B&M Boston & Maine 725
HRL Hudson River Line 710
NYNH New York & New Haven 550
CNJ Central New Jersey 670
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 470
RF&P Richmond, Fred. & Potomac 585
N&S Norfolk & Southern 1215
LS Lake Shore 910
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 655
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