Continental Rails II

Game # 26 - 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: Jim Fisk bought B&H for $565, Jim Fisk bought NYNH for $565, Hannibal Kimball bought READ for $601, Dan Drew bought COG for $1414.
  • PCs Merged: LV merges into PENN, NER merges into SCL, S&G merges into SCL.
  • PCs Incorporated: S&A, C&A, C&O, GT, R&D.
  • New RoWs acquired: SCL got NC1, C&H got SC1.
  • New railroad Presidents: Jim Hill of GT, John Forbes of C&A, Jay Gould of PENN, John Forbes of B&O, Jim Hill of C&O, Dan Drew of R&D, Jay Gould of S&A, J. Edgar Thompson of SCL.
  • New Private Companies Available: MRLE, G&C, M&C.
  • John Forbes dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1013. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Dan Drew
  • Development of switch yards facilitates operations, reduces operating costs.
  • 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, switch yards.

Tycoon Announcements:

2 John Forbes good luck and have fun!!
7 Jim Hill gt & c&o = high dividends !

Top Victory Points

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

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
3 J. Edgar Thompson SCL .... .... ....
5 Hannibal Kimball C&H .... READ ....
1 Dan Drew .... R&D COG ....
8 Jay Gould PENN S&A .... ....
6 Edward Harriman .... .... .... ....
7 Jim Hill C&O GT .... ....
4 Jim Fisk .... .... NYNH B&H
2 John Forbes B&O C&A .... ....
11 Byron Kilbourn .... .... .... ....
12 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
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
GT Grand Trunk 73 13540 10155 85 17747 12853 2 0 0 0
NYC New York Central 148 17409 10794 98 31199 616 6 2 0 0
C&A Camden & Amboy 92 20801 15393 86 24707 17893 4 0 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 234 40317 24594 99 53052 22296 8 2 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 17232 11028 96 31587 563 5 2 0 0
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 94 11510 8632 85 19487 14113 0 0 0 0
R&D Richmond & Danville 76 12489 8992 88 17573 12727 2 0 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 82 13256 8219 98 17441 262 9 1 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129 18920 11541 99 27003 743 8 1 0 0
S&A Savannah & Augusta 138 18991 13863 87 29927 21673 1 0 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 481 65269 40468 98 103843 52475 5 9 500 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 14 +14  0 329 36 7 7
NYC 15 19 24 +9  331 743 4    
C&A 0 0 14 +14  0 414 46 2 2
PENN 28 29 31 +3  176 1107 68 8 8
B&O 16 19 22 +6  318 804 4 2 2
C&O 0 0 14 +14  0 423 47 7 7
R&D 0 0 14 +14  0 342 38 1 1
N&W 23 21 20 -3  154 411 3   7
C&H 18 19 20 +2  199 651 0 5 5
S&A 0 0 14 +14  0 621 69 8 8
SCL 25 31 37 +12  219 2242 170 3 3 1

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
B&M Boston & Maine 725
B&A Boston & Albany 1005
HRL Hudson River Line 710
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 1435
CNJ Central New Jersey 670
RF&P Richmond, Fred. & Potomac 585
N&S Norfolk & Southern 1215
W&W Wilmington & Weldon 600
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 665
LS Lake Shore 910
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 655
MRLE Mad River & Lake Erie 690
G&C Greenville & Columbia 470
M&C Marietta & Cincinnati 965
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