Continental Rails II - DE 4

Game # 16 - Turn # 2

Headline News 1843 to 1844

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1843: Great Britain granted rights to island of Hong Kong under Nanking Treaty.
1844: Opium War ends in China.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Darkwing bought GT for $415, Stepp bought B&A for $1660, Matthias W. Baldwin bought HRL for $1287, Louis McLane bought ERIE for $2270, Cheyenne bought C&A for $1223, Jim Hill bought LV for $1165, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought RF&P for $644, B bought R&D for $456, George R. Obberbaron bought N&S for $1400, Sun-E Storm bought NER for $992, Sun-E Storm bought S&A for $763.

Loan Recalls: B.

New railroad Presidents: Henry Farham of NYC, B of B&O, Sun-E Storm of C&H.

New Private Companies Available: COG.

B dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1000.

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Normal to Recession.
Best locomotive available: Lion 0-4-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station

Tycoon Announcements:

1 Darkwing Auf in den Westen! Allen Mitspielern viel Spass!!!
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt well, it was a plan anyway.....
6 Stepp good to be back.
9 Jim Hill Good luck everybody!

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Frederik Conrad (12) Darkwing (1) Jim Hill (9) Sun-E Storm (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
Rail Mogul Darkwing (1) Sun-E Storm (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) B (4) Matthias W. Baldwin (5)
Rail Builder Darkwing (1) Sun-E Storm (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) B (4) Matthias W. Baldwin (5)
Rail Magnate Darkwing (1) Sun-E Storm (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) B (4) Matthias W. Baldwin (5)
Rail Prodigal B (4) Darkwing (1) Sun-E Storm (2) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Matthias W. Baldwin (5)
Rail Baron B (4) Frederik Conrad (12) Darkwing (1) Jim Hill (9) Sun-E Storm (2)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
12 Frederik Conrad .... .... .... ....
1 Darkwing .... .... .... GT
9 Jim Hill .... .... LV ....
2 Sun-E Storm C&H .... NER S&A
8 George R. Obberbaron .... .... N&S ....
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt .... .... .... RF&P
7 Cheyenne .... .... C&A ....
6 Stepp .... .... .... B&A
13 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
14 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
15 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
11 Louis McLane .... .... ERIE ....
5 Matthias W. Baldwin .... .... HRL ....
10 Henry Farham NYC .... .... ....
4 B 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   17120   10786   97   30628   663   5   1   0   0  
PENN Pennsylvania 104   19263   12136   97   23519   300   10   7   0   0  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160   17440   10813   98   33011   614   5   1   0   0  
N&W Norfolk & Western 82   13203   8846   93   17557   262   7   1   0   0  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129   18920   12109   96   27266   372   7   2   0   0  
SCL Sea Coast Line 139   24306   15070   98   31166   489   10   4   0   0  

Railroad Lines:
(Region Key: A=Atl D=DpSouth O=Ohio L=GtLakes C=Central M=Miss G=Gulf W=MidWest S=SWest T=Mtn P=Pacific N=Canada X=Mexico)
New York Central (NYC ):   NYC
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ):   C&H
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):   SCL
Unbuilt:: none [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
NYC 15   20   25   +10  348   742   5   10   10   5    
PENN 12   17   23   +11  246   521   4      
B&O 14   16   19   +5  313   802   6   4   4  
N&W 13   20   27   +14  198   411   3      
C&H 12   13   15   +3  290   646   5   2   2  
SCL 16   16   17   +1  294   696   6      

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
B&M 725   B&H 550   NYNH 550   CNJ 670   READ 520   C&O 470   W&W 600  
W&M 665   S&G 785   COG 430  

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