Continental Rails II

Game # 27 - 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 Good to Great.
  • 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 Jim Fisk .... .... .... ....
2 Nicolas Koechlin .... .... .... ....
3 Eugène de Ségur .... .... .... ....
4 J. Pierpont Morgan .... .... .... ....
5 Cornelius Vanderbilt .... .... .... ....
6 Milton Littlefield .... .... .... ....
7 Thomas Scott .... .... .... ....
8 John Forbes .... .... .... ....
9 Jay Gould .... .... .... ....
10 Hannibal Kimball .... .... .... ....
11 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
12 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
NYC New York Central 148 19043 12378 95 31486 1360 6 2 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 104 20743 12653 99 24967 320 12 2 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 17811 11577 95 32586 1118 5 2 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 82 14231 9250 95 18347 253 9 1 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129 20259 12966 96 28286 361 8 1 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 139 26041 15885 99 32652 428 11 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 10 12 14 +4  254 741 6    
PENN 12 14 16 +4  174 521 4    
B&O 18 20 23 +5  238 802 6    
N&W 12 14 16 +4  129 411 3    
C&H 12 14 16 +4  213 646 5    
SCL 18 20 23 +5  241 696 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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