Continental Rails II

Game # 26 - 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: Jim Hill bought GT for $469, John Forbes bought C&A for $577, Jay Gould bought LV for $653, Jim Hill bought C&O for $571, Dan Drew bought R&D for $388, Hannibal Kimball bought NER for $1300, Jay Gould bought S&A for $1122, J. Edgar Thompson bought S&G for $815.
  • New railroad Presidents: Hannibal Kimball of C&H, Dan Drew of SCL.
  • New Private Companies Available: COG, LS, P&LE.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Normal.
  • Best locomotive available: Lion 0-4-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station.

Tycoon Announcements:

7 Jim Hill greetings my fellow tycoons

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Jim Fisk (4) Dan Drew (1) Jim Hill (7) John Forbes (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Rail Mogul Dan Drew (1) John Forbes (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Jim Fisk (4) Hannibal Kimball (5)
Rail Builder Dan Drew (1) John Forbes (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Jim Fisk (4) Hannibal Kimball (5)
Rail Magnate Dan Drew (1) John Forbes (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Jim Fisk (4) Hannibal Kimball (5)
Rail Prodigal Dan Drew (1) John Forbes (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Jim Fisk (4) Hannibal Kimball (5)
Rail Baron Jim Fisk (4) Dan Drew (1) Jim Hill (7) John Forbes (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
4 Jim Fisk .... .... .... ....
1 Dan Drew .... SCL .... R&D
7 Jim Hill .... .... C&O GT
2 John Forbes .... .... C&A ....
3 J. Edgar Thompson .... .... .... S&G
6 Edward Harriman .... .... .... ....
8 Jay Gould .... .... LV S&A
11 Byron Kilbourn .... .... .... ....
12 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
5 Hannibal Kimball C&H .... .... NER
14 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
15 J. Pierpont Morgan .... .... .... ....
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 17312 11426 94 31181 474 5 1 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 104 19398 11833 99 23997 366 11 4 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 16920 10660 97 32643 666 5 1 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 82 13096 8250 97 18116 289 9 4 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129 19256 12516 95 28795 537 7 1 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 139 24216 14772 99 30974 534 10 2 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 15 15 -1  252 742 5    
PENN 15 21 28 +13  231 522 3    
B&O 15 15 16 +1  314 803 5    
N&W 13 18 23 +10  174 411 3    
C&H 15 16 18 +3  247 647 4 5 5
SCL 15 20 25 +10  300 697 5 1 1

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
B&M Boston & Maine 725
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
READ Reading 520
RF&P Richmond, Fred. & Potomac 585
N&S Norfolk & Southern 1215
W&W Wilmington & Weldon 600
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 665
COG Central of Georgia 430
LS Lake Shore 910
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 655
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