Continental Rails II

Game # 25 - 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 Farham bought LS for $1003, Byron Kilbourn bought P&LE for $856.
  • PCs Merged: B&A merges into NYC, R&D merges into N&W, S&G merges into SCL, LV merges into PENN.
  • PCs Incorporated: S&A, B&H, ERIE, READ, C&A, GT, W&W, W&M.
  • New RoWs acquired: NYC got NY3, N&W got VA4, SCL got GA6.
  • New railroad Presidents: Maurin Jolybois of GT, Louis McLane of B&H, Henry Farham of ERIE, William Ogden of C&A, Byron Kilbourn of PENN, William Ogden of READ, Jay Gould of W&W, Jay Gould of W&M, Cornelius Vanderbilt of C&H, Cornelius Vanderbilt of S&A.
  • New Private Companies Available: COG, MRLE, P&FW, G&C, GTW.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Improved.
  • Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station.

Tycoon Announcements:

6 Byron Kilbourn buy penn now !

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Byron Kilbourn (6) Maurin Jolybois (4) Cyrus Holliday (2) Henry Farham (5) Louis McLane (7)
Rail Mogul Cyrus Holliday (2) Maurin Jolybois (4) Louis McLane (7) Byron Kilbourn (6) Railroad Bill Jr (1)
Rail Builder Louis McLane (7) Railroad Bill Jr (1) Cyrus Holliday (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Maurin Jolybois (4)
Rail Magnate Cyrus Holliday (2) Maurin Jolybois (4) Louis McLane (7) Railroad Bill Jr (1) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
Rail Prodigal Railroad Bill Jr (1) Cyrus Holliday (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Maurin Jolybois (4) Henry Farham (5)
Rail Baron Cyrus Holliday (2) Louis McLane (7) Maurin Jolybois (4) Railroad Bill Jr (1) Byron Kilbourn (6)

Player Summary

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

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 73 14068 10129 88 19889 13261 3 0 0 0
B&H Boston & Hartford 110 18217 12934 89 28079 18721 3 0 0 0
NYC New York Central 349 45764 27916 99 81779 33448 5 4 745 0
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 287 28526 20253 89 61619 41081 0 0 0 0
C&A Camden & Amboy 92 22155 16616 85 27689 18461 4 0 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 234 42989 26223 99 56260 23003 9 9 0 0
READ Reading 104 20084 15264 84 28274 18851 2 0 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 17657 10771 99 31039 672 6 3 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 158 27276 16638 99 36964 13889 9 9 650 0
W&W Wilmington & Weldon 120 13778 10471 84 26909 17941 -1 0 0 0
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 133 13444 10486 82 28469 18981 -2 0 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129 20131 12884 96 27456 503 8 1 0 0
S&A Savannah & Augusta 138 19941 14358 88 33539 22361 1 0 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 296 45288 27626 99 70328 25913 7 16 625 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
GT 0 0 15 +15  0 329 36 4 4
B&H 0 0 15 +15  0 495 55 7 7
NYC 18 19 21 +3  249 1652 100 7 7
ERIE 0 0 15 +15  0 1292 143 5 5
C&A 0 0 15 +15  0 414 46 8 8
PENN 26 36 46 +20  146 1107 68 6 6
READ 0 0 15 +15  0 468 52 8 8
B&O 16 18 21 +5  334 804 4    
N&W 23 28 33 +10  145 756 38 4 4 6
W&W 0 0 15 +15  0 540 60 9 9
W&M 0 0 15 +15  0 599 66 9 9
C&H 15 18 21 +6  248 646 5 3 3
S&A 0 0 15 +15  0 621 69 3 3
SCL 22 24 27 +5  225 1409 78 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
COG Central of Georgia 430
MRLE Mad River & Lake Erie 690
P&FW Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne 955
G&C Greenville & Columbia 470
GTW Grand Trunk Western 535
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