Continental Rails II

Game # 20 - Turn # 1

Headline News 1841 to 1842

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1841: Newfangled railways start operations in the U.S.
1842: Potato famine in Ireland. Great Britain institutes new Penny Post system.

NEW GAME MESSAGE

Welcome to the age of the robber barons in this new game of Continental Rails II .
If this is not an anonymous game, you may change your character name. Good luck to all, and may the fittest survive! For players using electronic mail, don't forget to tell what kind of web browser you are using. And report as soon as possible any problem you detect with your reports.

Railroad News

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

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
1 Jim Fisk .... .... .... ....
2 Edward Harriman .... .... .... ....
3 J. Edgar Thompson .... .... .... ....
4 J. Pierpont Morgan .... .... .... ....
5 Leland Stanford .... .... .... ....
6 Milton Littlefield .... .... .... ....
7 Thomas Scott .... .... .... ....
8 John Forbes .... .... .... ....
9 Jay Gould .... .... .... ....
10 Hannibal Kimball .... .... .... ....
11 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
12 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
NYC New York Central 148 18726 11797 97 31273 670 6 1 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 104 21041 12835 99 24581 291 12 2 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 18154 11074 99 32701 1382 6 2 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 82 14113 8609 99 18912 321 10 2 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129 20351 13432 94 28446 397 8 2 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 139 26438 17449 94 31880 350 10 2 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 10 12 15 +5  260 741 6    
PENN 12 14 17 +5  183 521 4    
B&O 18 21 24 +6  245 802 6    
N&W 12 14 17 +5  144 411 3    
C&H 12 14 17 +5  241 646 5    
SCL 18 21 24 +6  210 696 6    

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&A 1005 B&H 550 HRL 710 NYNH 550 ERIE 1435
CNJ 670 C&A 460 LV 650 READ 520 C&O 470 RF&P 585 R&D 380
N&S 1215 W&W 600 W&M 665 NER 925 S&A 690 S&G 785

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