Continental Rails II

Game # 28 - 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: Edward Harriman bought GT for $466, Thomas Scott bought B&A for $2123, Hannibal Kimball bought HRL for $1083, Milton Littlefield bought NYNH for $584, Milton Littlefield bought CNJ for $694, Railroad Bill Jr bought C&A for $1050, Railroad Bill Jr bought LV for $1450, Zorglub von Raspouti bought READ for $850, Leland Stanford bought R&D for $426, Jim Fisk bought NER for $2085, John Forbes bought S&A for $1114, Jim Fisk bought S&G for $915.
  • Loan Recalls: J. Pierpont Morgan, Leland Stanford, Jay Gould.
  • New railroad Presidents: Zorglub von Raspouti of NYC, Leland Stanford of B&O, Leland Stanford of N&W, Edward Harriman of C&H, Jay Gould of SCL.
  • New Private Companies Available: LS.
  • Leland Stanford et J. Pierpont Morgan dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1000.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Great to Panic.
  • Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station.

Tycoon Announcements:

6 Milton Littlefield great game guys!
7 Thomas Scott good to beback.
12 Railroad Bill Jr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaj_vggfnvo

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Milton Littlefield (6) John Forbes (8) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Zorglub von Raspouti (11) Jim Fisk (1)
Rail Mogul Jim Fisk (1) Edward Harriman (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Builder Jim Fisk (1) Edward Harriman (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Magnate Jim Fisk (1) Edward Harriman (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Prodigal J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Leland Stanford (5) Jim Fisk (1) Edward Harriman (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
Rail Baron J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Leland Stanford (5) Milton Littlefield (6) John Forbes (8) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
6 Milton Littlefield .... .... CNJ NYNH
8 John Forbes .... .... S&A ....
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt .... .... .... ....
11 Zorglub von Raspouti NYC .... .... READ
10 Hannibal Kimball .... .... HRL ....
2 Edward Harriman C&H .... .... GT
12 Railroad Bill Jr .... .... LV C&A
1 Jim Fisk .... .... NER S&G
7 Thomas Scott .... .... B&A ....
9 Jay Gould SCL .... .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
4 J. Pierpont Morgan .... .... .... ....
5 Leland Stanford N&W B&O .... R&D

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
NYC New York Central 148 20131 12280 99 30650 462 8 1 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 104 22541 13750 99 22258 297 14 4 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 19338 11796 99 32845 541 6 1 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 82 14938 9710 95 18000 298 10 1 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129 22241 15569 90 27815 335 7 1 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 139 28367 18722 94 30384 398 11 3 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 14 19 24 +10  340 742 5 11 11 4 10
PENN 17 26 35 +18  248 521 4    
B&O 22 20 18 -4  346 803 5 5 5
N&W 16 19 23 +7  187 411 3 5 5 3
C&H 16 17 18 +2  284 647 4 2 2
SCL 22 23 25 +3  308 697 5 9 9

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
B&M Boston & Maine 725
B&H Boston & Hartford 550
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 1435
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 470
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
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