Continental Rails II

Game # 33 - Turn # 3

Headline News 1845 to 1846

World & National New

  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: William Ogden bought GT for $675, Jay Gould bought NYNH for $602, Jay Gould bought CNJ for $693, Milton Littlefield bought C&O for $611, J. Edgar Thompson bought W&M for $800, J. Edgar Thompson bought NER for $950, Hannibal Kimball bought LS for $925, Thomas Scott bought P&LE for $3161.
  • PCs Merged: LV merges into PENN, B&A merges into NYC, HRL merges into NYC, C&A merges into PENN.
  • PCs Incorporated: R&D, S&A, READ, RF&P, S&G.
  • New RoWs acquired: NYC got NY3, B&O got PA7.
  • New railroad Presidents: Cyrus Holliday of PENN, Cornelius Vanderbilt of READ, Oakes Ames of RF&P, Milton Littlefield of R&D, Oakes Ames of N&W, William Ogden of S&A, William Ogden of SCL, John Forbes of S&G.
  • New Private Companies Available: COG, M&C, VC.
  • Oakes Ames et Cyrus Holliday dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1000.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Improved to Great.
  • Best locomotive available: Lion 0-4-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station.

Tycoon Announcements:

2Edward Harriman submitted for your approval --- the b&o with increasing dividends. buy it now.
6Milton Littlefield the richmond & danville rr now open, investors welcome!
8John Forbes at least 8 balls are nice and shiny to look at.
9Jay Gould a swing and a miss! fortunately, in this new game you get three strikes.
11Thomas Durant chicago or bust!!

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber BaronMilton Littlefield (6)Thomas Durant (11)Mick A'Wish (5)Cyrus Holliday (15)J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Rail MogulThomas Durant (11)Edward Harriman (2)Mark Hopkins (1)J. Edgar Thompson (3)Oakes Ames (4)
Rail BuilderThomas Durant (11)Mark Hopkins (1)Edward Harriman (2)J. Edgar Thompson (3)Oakes Ames (4)
Rail MagnateEdward Harriman (2)Thomas Durant (11)Mark Hopkins (1)J. Edgar Thompson (3)Oakes Ames (4)
Rail ProdigalOakes Ames (4)Cyrus Holliday (15)Mark Hopkins (1)Edward Harriman (2)J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Rail BaronThomas Durant (11)Edward Harriman (2)Cyrus Holliday (15)Oakes Ames (4)Milton Littlefield (6)

Player Summary

President ofPCs owned
Player #Tycoon nameRR 1RR 2PC 1PC 2
11Thomas Durant NYC............
15Cyrus Holliday ....PENN........
14Cornelius Vanderbilt ....READ........
2Edward Harriman B&O............
6Milton Littlefield ....R&DC&O....
9Jay Gould ........CNJNYNH
3J. Edgar Thompson ........W&MNER
13William Ogden SCLS&AGT....
10Hannibal Kimball ........N&SLS
4Oakes Ames N&WRF&P........
5Mick A'Wish ................
12Sir Eton Lenefsky ................
1Mark Hopkins ................
7Thomas Scott ........P&LE....
8John Forbes S&G............

Railroad Summary

RRNameTracksRevenuesExpenseEfficiencyBondsLoansProfit / shareDividend / shareGrantLand
NYCNew York Central 491679184278897118167575085147450
PENNPennsylvania 32665182404139883416416709800
READReading 10420226151698528274188512000
B&OBaltimore & Ohio 160178751090499345101728571500
RF&PRichmond, Fred. & Potomac 11715780113628827689184611000
R&DRichmond & Danville 761301196288619694131312000
N&WNorfolk & Western 8213584855897169852719500
C&HCharleston & Hamburg 129196911220898271984648500
S&ASavannah & Augusta 1382012815700823353922361-1000
SCLSea Coast Line 1392590015799992987145911300
S&GSavannah & Gulf 15719850138959036269241811000

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 
  • New York Central (NYC)
    NYC ; B&A ; HRL
    Unbuilt NY3
    [Regions: A]
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
    PENN ; LV ; C&A
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Reading (READ)
    READ
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
    B&O
    Unbuilt PA7
    [Regions: A]
  • Richmond, Fred. & Potomac (RF&P)
    RF&P
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Richmond & Danville (R&D)
    R&D
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: ]
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
    N&W
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
    C&H
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Augusta (S&A)
    S&A
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCL
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Gulf (S&G)
    S&G
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]

Stock Market Report

RR stock data

RRStart priceTrade priceEnd priceNet change# Shares traded# Shares issued# Shares in treasuryPresidentChairmanDirectors
NYC162229+13 337 2 291 1711111
PENN293541+12 217 1 521 114151514
READ0015+15 0 468 521414
B&O212529+8 281 808 022
RF&P0015+15 0 527 5844
R&D0015+15 0 342 3866
N&W283033+5 123 411 344
C&H162126+10 327 646 5  
S&A0015+15 0 621 691313
SCL323742+10 230 697 513135
S&G0015+15 0 707 7888

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CFPrice
B&MBoston & Maine 725
B&HBoston & Hartford 550
ERIEErie Lackawanna 1435
W&WWilmington & Weldon 600
COGCentral of Georgia 430
M&CMarietta & Cincinnati 965
VCVirginia Central 1465
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