Continental Rails II

Game # 28 - 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: Thomas Scott bought B&M for $840, Jay Gould bought ERIE for $2044, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought N&S for $1499, Hannibal Kimball bought LS for $1304.
  • PCs Merged: NER merges into SCL, S&G merges into SCL, HRL merges into NYC, LV merges into PENN, R&D merges into N&W, B&A merges into NYC.
  • PCs Incorporated: CNJ, NYNH, C&A, GT, S&A, READ.
  • New Engines Acquired: NYC bought Norris 4-2-0, PENN bought Norris 4-2-0, B&O bought Norris 4-2-0, N&W bought Norris 4-2-0, C&H bought Norris 4-2-0, SCL bought Norris 4-2-0.
  • New Technologies Acquired: NYC bought Grand Station.
  • NYC doubled NYC, C&H doubled C&H, SCL doubled SCL.
  • New RoWs acquired: NYC got NY3, N&W got VA4, C&H got SC4, SCL got GA6, B&O got WV1.
  • New railroad Presidents: Edward Harriman of GT, Hannibal Kimball of NYC, Milton Littlefield of NYNH, Milton Littlefield of CNJ, Railroad Bill Jr of C&A, Railroad Bill Jr of PENN, Zorglub von Raspouti of READ, John Forbes of S&A, Jim Fisk of SCL.
  • Development of switch yards facilitates operations, reduces operating costs.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Panic to Depression.
  • Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards.

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Jim Fisk (1) Milton Littlefield (6) John Forbes (8) Hannibal Kimball (10) Zorglub von Raspouti (11)
Rail Mogul Leland Stanford (5) Edward Harriman (2) Jay Gould (9) Zorglub von Raspouti (11) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
Rail Builder Zorglub von Raspouti (11) Jim Fisk (1) Edward Harriman (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
Rail Magnate Edward Harriman (2) Leland Stanford (5) Jay Gould (9) Zorglub von Raspouti (11) Jim Fisk (1)
Rail Prodigal J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Leland Stanford (5) Jim Fisk (1) Edward Harriman (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
Rail Baron Leland Stanford (5) Zorglub von Raspouti (11) Edward Harriman (2) Jay Gould (9) J. Pierpont Morgan (4)

Player Summary

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

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 73 10718 7717 88 10199 10201 2 0 0 0
NYC New York Central 491 56402 32713 99 76094 44928 5 6 0 0
NYNH New York & New Haven 110 13937 10313 86 14399 14401 0 0 0 0
CNJ Central New Jersey 134 16669 12168 87 17499 17501 1 0 0 0
C&A Camden & Amboy 92 16832 12119 88 14199 14201 3 0 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 234 32767 20315 98 38100 17943 6 13 0 0
READ Reading 104 14978 10934 87 14499 14501 1 0 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 13619 8716 96 33805 1181 3 9 1025 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 158 20745 13277 96 29805 11537 5 16 650 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129 20552 13153 96 29208 1264 8 9 166 0
S&A Savannah & Augusta 138 15551 11352 87 17199 17201 0 0 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 481 61957 37794 99 77308 44620 5 11 625 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 
  • Grand Trunk (GT)
    GTb&mNYCb&hc2Boston Montreal
    GT
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • New York Central (NYC)
    NYCHRLB&Any3lsny2pa10pa11c4b&mGTb&hNYNHerieCNJC&Any1c3Boston New York Philadelphia Buffalo Cleveland Montreal London
    NYC  (Double) ; HRL ; B&A
    Unbuilt: NY3
    [Regions: A]
  • New York & New Haven (NYNH)
    NYNHb&hNYCerieCNJC&ABoston New York Philadelphia
    NYNH
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Central New Jersey (CNJ)
    CNJNYCNYNHerieC&APENNpa8pa9New York Philadelphia
    CNJ
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Camden & Amboy (C&A)
    C&ANYCNYNHerieCNJPENNPENNREADpa1pa2New York Philadelphia Baltimore
    C&A
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
    PENNLVCNJC&AREADpa1pa2pa3pa4pa5pa8pa9New York Philadelphia Baltimore
    PENN ; LV
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Reading (READ)
    READC&APENNPENNpa1pa2pa3pa4pa5New York Philadelphia Baltimore
    READ
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
    B&Owv1m&cpa7md2wv2wv3oh1pa1pa2pa3pa4pa7md1md2Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Pittsburgh Cincinnati
    B&O
    Unbuilt: WV1
    [Regions: A]
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
    N&WR&Dva4c&ovcva2va3va5va6va7c&orf&pn&svcva1va2va3va7Washington Norfolk
    N&W ; R&D
    Unbuilt: VA4
    [Regions: A]
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
    C&Hsc4S&Ag&csc1sc2sc3ga1SCLSCLg&csc1sc2sc3Charleston Savannah Atlanta
    C&H  (Double)
    Unbuilt: SC4
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Augusta (S&A)
    S&ASCLSCLsc1C&Hga1ga2ga4Charleston Savannah Atlanta
    S&A
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCLNERS&Gga6ga3ga5ga7w&mC&HS&Anc1sc1sc2ga2ga3ga4ga5Wilmington Charleston Savannah
    SCL  (Double) ; NER ; S&G
    Unbuilt: GA6
    [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
GT 0 0 10 +10  0 329 36 2 2
NYC 24 26 28 +4  173 2291 171 10 10 4 7 11
NYNH 0 0 10 +10  0 495 55 6 6
CNJ 0 0 10 +10  0 603 67 6 6
C&A 0 0 10 +10  0 414 46 12 12
PENN 35 35 35 +0  211 1106 69 12 12
READ 0 0 10 +10  0 468 52 11 11
B&O 18 22 26 +8  299 808 0 5 5 8
N&W 23 22 22 -1  142 754 40 5 5 3
C&H 18 21 24 +6  254 651 0 2 2
S&A 0 0 10 +10  0 621 69 8 8
SCL 25 26 27 +2  214 2242 170 1 1 9

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
B&H Boston & Hartford 550
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 470
RF&P Richmond, Fred. & Potomac 585
W&W Wilmington & Weldon 600
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 665
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 655
MRLE Mad River & Lake Erie 690
G&C Greenville & Columbia 470
GTW Grand Trunk Western 535
M&C Marietta & Cincinnati 965

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