Continental Rails II

Game # 26 - Turn # 1

Headline News 1841 to 1842

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

  1. 1841: Newfangled railways start operations in the U.S.
  2. 1842: Potato famine in Ireland. Great Britain institutes new Penny Post system.

NEW GAME MESSAGE

Welcome to the age of the robber barons in this new game of Continental Rails II .
If this is not an anonymous game, you may change your character name. Good luck to all, and may the fittest survive! For players using electronic mail, don't forget to tell what kind of web browser you are using. And report as soon as possible any problem you detect with your reports.

Railroad News

  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Mild Depression to Normal.
  • Best locomotive available: Lion 0-4-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station.

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
1 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
7 Jim Hill .... .... .... ....
11 Byron Kilbourn .... .... .... ....
12 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
14 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
4 Jim Fisk .... .... .... ....
3 J. Edgar Thompson .... .... .... ....
6 Edward Harriman .... .... .... ....
15 J. Pierpont Morgan .... .... .... ....
2 John Forbes .... .... .... ....
8 Jay Gould .... .... .... ....
5 Hannibal Kimball .... .... .... ....
9 Erastus Corning .... .... .... ....
13 Thomas Scott .... .... .... ....
10 William Palmer .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
NYC New York Central 148 15494 10536 92 31522 1418 3 1 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 104 17093 10598 98 25030 412 9 1 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 14666 9386 96 32343 1638 3 1 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 82 11595 7653 94 18622 384 6 1 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129 16878 11308 93 29104 597 5 1 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 139 21225 13159 98 32619 600 8 1 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 16 16 16 +0  245 741 6    
PENN 14 14 15 +1  166 521 4    
B&O 13 14 15 +2  259 802 6    
N&W 12 12 13 +1  125 411 3    
C&H 15 15 15 +0  201 646 5    
SCL 14 14 15 +1  231 696 6    

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
B&M Boston & Maine 725
GT Grand Trunk 365
B&A Boston & Albany 1005
B&H Boston & Hartford 550
HRL Hudson River Line 710
NYNH New York & New Haven 550
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 1435
CNJ Central New Jersey 670
C&A Camden & Amboy 460
LV Lehigh Valley 650
READ Reading 520
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 470
RF&P Richmond, Fred. & Potomac 585
R&D Richmond & Danville 380
N&S Norfolk & Southern 1215
W&W Wilmington & Weldon 600
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 665
NER Northeastern Line 925
S&A Savannah & Augusta 690
S&G Savannah & Gulf 785

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