Continental Rails II

Game # 34 - 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: Rotshild bought B&H for $1001, Railroad Bill Sr bought NYNH for $1100, Railroad Bill Sr bought CNJ for $1972, John Forbes bought READ for $701, Dan Drew bought W&M for $1133.
  • PCs Merged: N&S merges into N&W, LV merges into PENN, C&A merges into PENN, HRL merges into NYC, NER merges into SCL, B&A merges into NYC.
  • PCs Incorporated: R&D, ERIE, C&O, GT, S&A, S&G.
  • PENN doubled PENN, B&O doubled B&O, N&W doubled N&W, SCL doubled SCL.
  • New RoWs acquired: NYC got NY3, PENN got PA5, N&W got VA3, C&H got SC4, B&O got WV1, SCL got GA4.
  • Loan Recalls: Sleeping Dog.
  • New railroad Presidents: Jim Fisk of GT, Hannibal Kimball of ERIE, William Palmer of C&O, Cyrus Holliday of S&A, Cyrus Holliday of S&G.
  • Development of switch yards facilitates operations, reduces operating costs.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Panic to Mild Depression.
  • Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards.

Tycoon Announcements:

5Leland Stanford fellow tycoons --- please consider thhe b&o for future directorships.
6Milton Littlefield invest in penn. great management = greater profits = greatest dividends
10Hannibal Kimball hmm, winning the erie may have been a pyrrhic victory.

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber BaronJim Fisk (1)Milton Littlefield (6)John Forbes (8)Edward Harriman (2)J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Rail MogulEdward Harriman (2)Milton Littlefield (6)Leland Stanford (5)William Palmer (12)J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Rail BuilderEdward Harriman (2)Jim Fisk (1)J. Edgar Thompson (3)J. Pierpont Morgan (4)Leland Stanford (5)
Rail MagnateEdward Harriman (2)J. Edgar Thompson (3)Leland Stanford (5)Milton Littlefield (6)Sleeping Dog (9)
Rail ProdigalThomas Scott (7)Jim Fisk (1)Edward Harriman (2)J. Edgar Thompson (3)J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
Rail BaronEdward Harriman (2)Milton Littlefield (6)William Palmer (12)J. Edgar Thompson (3)Leland Stanford (5)

Player Summary

President ofPCs owned
Player #Tycoon nameRR 1RR 2PC 1PC 2
6Milton Littlefield PENN............
2Edward Harriman NYC............
3J. Edgar Thompson N&W............
1Jim Fisk ....GT........
8John Forbes ........READ....
10Hannibal Kimball ....ERIE........
7Thomas Scott ................
12William Palmer C&HC&O....RF&P
9Sleeping Dog SCL............
4J. Pierpont Morgan ................
14Dan Drew ............W&M
11Rotshild ............B&H
13Railroad Bill Sr ........CNJNYNH
5Leland Stanford B&O............
15Cyrus Holliday S&AS&G........

Railroad Summary

RRNameTracksRevenuesExpenseEfficiencyBondsLoansProfit / shareDividend / shareGrantLand
GTGrand Trunk 731060475298910199102012000
NYCNew York Central 4915285232240997685445055397450
ERIEErie Lackawanna 2872263017199843159931601-2000
PENNPennsylvania 326558203460898573993374481400
B&OBaltimore & Ohio 160159449726993340010245600
C&OChesapeake & Ohio 9491106650871119911201-1000
R&DRichmond & Danville 761011072798810099101011000
N&WNorfolk & Western 32529946182679947453287012100
C&HCharleston & Hamburg 129152039274992924711556400
S&ASavannah & Augusta 13815336111958717199172010000
SCLSea Coast Line 32446324282589954997242527300
S&GSavannah & Gulf 1571536911680841859918601-1000

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)
    GT
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • New York Central (NYC)
    NYC ; HRL ; B&A
    Unbuilt NY3
    [Regions: A]
  • Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)
    ERIE
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
    PENN (Double) ; LV ; C&A
    Unbuilt PA5
    [Regions: A]
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
    B&O  (Double)
    Unbuilt WV1
    [Regions: A]
  • Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
    C&O
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Richmond & Danville (R&D)
    R&D
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: ]
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
    N&W  (Double) ; N&S
    Unbuilt VA3
    [Regions: A]
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
    C&H
    Unbuilt SC4
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Augusta (S&A)
    S&A
    Unbuilt none
    [Regions: A]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCL  (Double) ; NER
    Unbuilt GA4
    [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
GT0010+10 0 329 3611
NYC222733+11 244 2 291 171221
ERIE0010+10 0 1 292 1431010
PENN172431+14 203 1 524 11166
B&O282624-4 312 808 0557
C&O0010+10 0 423 471212
R&D0010+10 0 342 38  
N&W242731+7 118 1 505 124337 8
C&H222529+7 213 651 012128 15
S&A0010+10 0 621 691515
SCL252525+0 266 1 535 929914
S&G0010+10 0 707 781515

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CFPrice
B&MBoston & Maine 725
W&WWilmington & Weldon 600
COGCentral of Georgia 430
LSLake Shore 910
MRLEMad River & Lake Erie 690
P&FWPittsburgh & Ft Wayne 955
G&CGreenville & Columbia 470
M&CMarietta & Cincinnati 965
VCVirginia Central 1465
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