Continental Rails II

Game # 27 - 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: John Forbes bought B&M for $865, EugÞne de SÚgur bought GT for $378, Thomas Scott bought RF&P for $588, Jim Fisk bought R&D for $390, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought W&W for $912, J. Pierpont Morgan bought W&M for $666.
  • PCs Merged: LV merges into PENN, NER merges into C&H, B&A merges into NYC, HRL merges into NYC, N&S merges into N&W.
  • PCs Incorporated: ERIE, READ, S&A, S&G, C&O, B&H.
  • N&W doubled N&W, C&H doubled C&H, SCL doubled SCL.
  • New RoWs acquired: NYC got NY3, PENN got PA9, N&W got NC2, C&H got SC1, SCL got GA2.
  • New railroad Presidents: John Forbes of B&H, Nicolas Koechlin of NYC, Thomas Scott of ERIE, Jay Gould of READ, Jay Gould of B&O, Milton Littlefield of C&O, Milton Littlefield of N&W, EugÞne de SÚgur of C&H, Jim Fisk of S&A, Cornelius Vanderbilt of S&G.
  • New Private Companies Available: P&LE, MRLE, P&FW, G&C, M&C, VC.
  • Jay Gould dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1000.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Panic to Mild Depression.
  • Best locomotive available: Lion 0-4-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station.

Tycoon Announcements:

4 J. Pierpont Morgan mississippi bound !

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Nicolas Koechlin (2) Thomas Scott (7) John Forbes (8) Milton Littlefield (6) Jay Gould (9)
Rail Mogul J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Jay Gould (9) Jim Fisk (1) John Forbes (8) Thomas Scott (7)
Rail Builder John Forbes (8) Jim Fisk (1) Nicolas Koechlin (2) Eugène de Ségur (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
Rail Magnate Jim Fisk (1) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Thomas Scott (7) John Forbes (8) Jay Gould (9)
Rail Prodigal Jay Gould (9) Jim Fisk (1) Nicolas Koechlin (2) Eugène de Ségur (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
Rail Baron John Forbes (8) Jay Gould (9) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Thomas Scott (7) Jim Fisk (1)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
2 Nicolas Koechlin NYC .... .... ....
6 Milton Littlefield N&W C&O .... ....
8 John Forbes .... B&H B&M ....
3 Eugène de Ségur C&H .... GT ....
10 Hannibal Kimball .... .... C&A ....
9 Jay Gould B&O READ .... ....
7 Thomas Scott .... ERIE .... RF&P
4 J. Pierpont Morgan .... SCL W&M ....
5 Cornelius Vanderbilt .... S&G .... W&W
1 Jim Fisk .... S&A .... R&D
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
11 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
12 William Palmer .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
B&H Boston & Hartford 110 13766 10462 84 14399 14401 0 0 0 0
NYC New York Central 491 53068 32371 99 76246 44889 3 14 0 0
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 287 21734 15431 89 31599 31601 -1 0 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 234 32579 19874 99 42887 18627 6 16 770 0
READ Reading 104 15140 11658 83 14499 14501 0 0 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 13786 8409 99 31458 640 4 3 0 0
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 94 9159 6778 86 11199 11201 -1 0 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 325 30325 18498 99 46332 28219 3 1 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 314 37241 22717 99 49798 23159 5 9 0 0
S&A Savannah & Augusta 138 15193 10635 90 17199 17201 1 0 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 139 29492 17990 99 32265 1137 13 25 0 0
S&G Savannah & Gulf 157 15124 11343 85 18599 18601 -1 0 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 
  • Boston & Hartford (B&H)
    B&Hb&mgtNYCnynhBoston New York
    B&H
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • New York Central (NYC)
    NYCB&AHRLny3lsny2pa10pa11c4b&mgtB&HnynhERIEcnjc&any1c3Boston New York Philadelphia Buffalo Cleveland Montreal London
    NYC ; B&A ; HRL
    Unbuilt: NY3
    [Regions: A]
  • Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)
    ERIENYCnynhcnjc&any1ny2pa8New York Philadelphia Buffalo
    ERIE
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
    PENNLVpa9cnjpa8pa10cnjc&aREADpa1pa2pa3pa4pa5pa8New York Philadelphia Baltimore Buffalo
    PENN ; LV
    Unbuilt: PA9
    [Regions: A]
  • Reading (READ)
    READc&aPENNPENNpa1pa2pa3pa4pa5New York Philadelphia Baltimore
    READ
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
    B&Opa1pa2pa3pa4pa7md1md2wv1Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Pittsburgh
    B&O
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
    C&Orf&pr&dvcmd1md2va2va3va4va7Baltimore Washington
    C&O
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
    N&WN&Snc2w&wva1va2nc1sc3sc5rf&pr&dw&wva1va3nc1Washington Norfolk Wilmington
    N&W  (Double) ; N&S
    Unbuilt: NC2
    [Regions: A]
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
    C&HNERsc1S&ASCLS&Gg&csc2sc3sc4SCLga4w&mSCLg&cnc1sc2sc3sc4Wilmington Charleston Savannah
    C&H  (Double) ; NER
    Unbuilt: SC1
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Augusta (S&A)
    S&ASCLS&GC&Hsc4ga1SCLga4Charleston Savannah Atlanta
    S&A
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCLga2S&AS&GcogC&Hga3ga4C&HC&HS&AS&GC&Hga4Charleston Savannah Atlanta
    SCL  (Double)
    Unbuilt: GA2
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Gulf (S&G)
    S&GS&ASCLC&HSCLga3ga4ga5ga6Charleston Savannah
    S&G
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]

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
B&H 0 0 10 +10  0 495 55 8 8
NYC 19 24 29 +10  247 2291 171 2 2 8 10
ERIE 0 0 10 +10  0 1292 143 7 7
PENN 21 21 22 +1  194 1106 69   9
READ 0 0 10 +10  0 468 52 9 9
B&O 17 19 22 +5  300 804 4 9 9 2
C&O 0 0 10 +10  0 423 47 6 6
N&W 27 34 41 +14  144 1508 121 6 6 5 7
C&H 27 27 27 +0  191 1484 92 3 3 1 4
S&A 0 0 10 +10  0 621 69 1 1
SCL 23 25 28 +5  271 702 0 4 4
S&G 0 0 10 +10  0 707 78 5 5

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
NYNH New York & New Haven 550
CNJ Central New Jersey 670
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 655
MRLE Mad River & Lake Erie 690
P&FW Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne 955
G&C Greenville & Columbia 470
M&C Marietta & Cincinnati 965
VC Virginia Central 1465
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