Continental Rails II

Game # 28 - 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 Edward Harriman .... .... .... ....
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt .... .... .... ....
4 J. Pierpont Morgan .... .... .... ....
5 Leland Stanford .... .... .... ....
6 Milton Littlefield .... .... .... ....
7 Thomas Scott .... .... .... ....
8 John Forbes .... .... .... ....
9 Jay Gould .... .... .... ....
10 Hannibal Kimball .... .... .... ....
11 Zorglub von Raspouti .... .... .... ....
12 Railroad Bill Jr .... .... .... ....
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 18514 11849 96 31273 1682 6 1 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 104 20891 12952 98 24509 233 12 2 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 18383 11949 95 32586 681 5 2 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 82 13937 9198 94 18326 207 8 2 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129 20443 13901 92 28353 361 7 1 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 139 26438 16920 96 32647 389 10 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  271 741 6    
PENN 12 14 17 +5  188 521 4    
B&O 18 20 22 +4  242 802 6    
N&W 12 14 16 +4  141 411 3    
C&H 12 14 16 +4  216 646 5    
SCL 18 20 22 +4  223 696 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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