Continental Rails II

Game # 21 - 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: Milton Littlefield bought B&A for $1705, Milton Littlefield bought HRL for $710, Jay Gould bought ERIE for $1513, Jay Gould bought C&A for $1001, Henry Farham bought LV for $1350, Thomas Scott bought C&O for $871, Thomas Scott bought N&S for $2053, J. Pierpont Morgan bought W&W for $800, J. Pierpont Morgan bought W&M for $800, Eudes L'Artuby bought NER for $1750, Leland Stanford bought S&A for $1838, Henry Farham bought S&G for $1631.
  • New railroad Presidents: Eugene de Segur of NYC, Leland Stanford of C&H, Nicholas van Rijn of SCL.
  • New Private Companies Available: P&LE.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Good to Boom.
  • Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station.

Tycoon Announcements:

1 Nicholas van Rijn s&a + scl = destiny
7 Thomas Scott bonjour à tous. rr bill jr cherche associés pour faire monter la cote de n&w

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Nicolas Koechlin (8) Nicholas van Rijn (1) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Eugene de Segur (10) Eudes L'Artuby (2)
Rail Mogul Nicholas van Rijn (1) Eudes L'Artuby (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Builder Nicholas van Rijn (1) Eudes L'Artuby (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Magnate Nicholas van Rijn (1) Eudes L'Artuby (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Prodigal Nicholas van Rijn (1) Eudes L'Artuby (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Baron Nicolas Koechlin (8) Nicholas van Rijn (1) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Eugene de Segur (10) Eudes L'Artuby (2)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
8 Nicolas Koechlin .... .... .... ....
1 Nicholas van Rijn SCL .... .... ....
4 J. Pierpont Morgan .... .... W&M W&W
10 Eugene de Segur NYC .... .... ....
2 Eudes L'Artuby .... .... NER ....
9 Jay Gould .... .... C&A ERIE
3 J. Edgar Thompson .... .... .... ....
11 Henry Farham .... .... S&G LV
6 Milton Littlefield .... .... B&A HRL
12 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
5 Leland Stanford C&H .... S&A ....
7 Thomas Scott .... .... N&S C&O

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
NYC New York Central 148 19467 12459 96 30691 539 6 1 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 104 21338 13016 99 23930 379 13 1 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 18955 12131 96 32732 493 5 1 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 82 14523 9440 95 17913 230 9 2 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129 20997 14278 92 27814 361 7 1 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 139 26836 16907 97 30306 350 11 8 0 0

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 

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 13 17 21 +8  359 742 5 10 10
PENN 16 19 22 +6  209 521 4    
B&O 21 22 24 +3  298 803 5    
N&W 16 22 29 +13  179 411 3    
C&H 15 18 22 +7  279 647 4 5 5
SCL 21 29 37 +16  323 697 5 1 1

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 READ 520 RF&P 585
R&D 380 P&LE 655

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