Continental Rails II - DE 5

Game # 17 - 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: Franziskus bought B&A for $2011, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought HRL for $801, Henry Farham bought ERIE for $2122, George R. Obberbaron bought LV for $900, Mister MP bought READ for $520, Frederik Conrad bought C&O for $699, B bought R&D for $402, Dan Drew bought S&A for $888, Dan Drew bought S&G for $888.

Loan Recalls: B.

New railroad Presidents: Stepp of NYC, Cornelius Vanderbilt of PENN, Darkwing of N&W, B of C&H.

New Private Companies Available: COG, P&LE.

B dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1000.

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

Tycoon Announcements:

9 Cornelius Vanderbilt to all: have a good game!

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Cornelius Vanderbilt (9) Darkwing (4) Milton Littlefield (3) Maldonash (2) George R. Obberbaron (1)
Rail Mogul George R. Obberbaron (1) Maldonash (2) Milton Littlefield (3) Darkwing (4) Mister MP (5)
Rail Builder George R. Obberbaron (1) Maldonash (2) Milton Littlefield (3) Darkwing (4) Mister MP (5)
Rail Magnate George R. Obberbaron (1) Maldonash (2) Milton Littlefield (3) Darkwing (4) Mister MP (5)
Rail Prodigal B (7) George R. Obberbaron (1) Maldonash (2) Milton Littlefield (3) Darkwing (4)
Rail Baron B (7) Cornelius Vanderbilt (9) Darkwing (4) Milton Littlefield (3) Maldonash (2)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
9 Cornelius Vanderbilt PENN .... .... HRL
4 Darkwing .... N&W .... ....
3 Milton Littlefield .... .... .... ....
2 Maldonash .... .... .... ....
8 Stepp NYC .... .... ....
1 George R. Obberbaron .... .... LV ....
6 Frederik Conrad .... .... .... C&O
5 Mister MP .... .... .... READ
13 Thomas Scott .... .... .... ....
12 Franziskus .... .... B&A ....
10 Dan Drew .... .... S&A S&G
15 J. Pierpont Morgan .... .... .... ....
14 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
11 Henry Farham .... .... ERIE ....
7 B .... C&H .... R&D

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
NYC New York Central 148   15581   10128   95   31091   586   4   0   0   0  
PENN Pennsylvania 104   17458   10999   97   23034   300   9   7   0   0  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160   15322   10266   93   32696   634   3   0   0   0  
N&W Norfolk & Western 82   11786   7307   98   18145   354   8   4   0   0  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129   17406   11488   94   27380   557   6   2   0   0  
SCL Sea Coast Line 139   22119   14599   94   31320   500   7   1   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   18   21   +6  298   741   6   8   8  
PENN 12   16   20   +8  228   521   4   9   9   1    
B&O 11   17   23   +12  386   802   6      
N&W 11   14   18   +7  189   411   3   4   4  
C&H 13   16   20   +7  266   647   4   7   7  
SCL 13   13   13   +0  262   697   5      

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
B&M 725   GT 365   B&H 550   NYNH 550   CNJ 670   C&A 460   RF&P 585  
N&S 1215   W&W 600   W&M 665   NER 925   COG 430   P&LE 655  

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