1845: First telegraph line laid between Washington and Baltimore.
1846: Congress declares war with Mexico over Texas border incidents!
Railroad News
Private Companies Purchased: Eugene de Segur bought B&M for $725, William Palmer bought GT for $436, William Palmer bought B&H for $741, Eugene de Segur bought CNJ for $670, Nicholas van Rijn bought RF&P for $1276, Nicholas van Rijn bought P&LE for $2001.
PCs Merged: C&A merges into PENN, LV merges into PENN, B&A merges into NYC, HRL merges into NYC, N&S merges into N&W, NER merges into SCL.
New railroad Presidents: Milton Littlefield of NYC, Henry Farham of PENN, Nicolas Koechlin of B&O, Thomas Scott of C&O, Thomas Scott of N&W, J. Pierpont Morgan of W&W, J. Pierpont Morgan of W&M, Leland Stanford of S&A, Eudes L'Artuby of SCL, Henry Farham of S&G.
Development of switch yards facilitates operations, reduces operating costs.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Boom to Panic.
Best locomotive available: Norris 4-2-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards.
Top Victory Points
The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron
Eudes L'Artuby (2)
Nicolas Koechlin (8)
Nicholas van Rijn (1)
Milton Littlefield (6)
Eugene de Segur (10)
Rail Mogul
Nicholas van Rijn (1)
Eugene de Segur (10)
Leland Stanford (5)
Eudes L'Artuby (2)
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Rail Builder
Eugene de Segur (10)
Nicholas van Rijn (1)
Eudes L'Artuby (2)
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
Rail Magnate
Nicholas van Rijn (1)
Leland Stanford (5)
Eugene de Segur (10)
Eudes L'Artuby (2)
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
Rail Prodigal
Nicholas van Rijn (1)
Eudes L'Artuby (2)
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Baron
Eugene de Segur (10)
Nicholas van Rijn (1)
Leland Stanford (5)
Eudes L'Artuby (2)
Nicolas Koechlin (8)
Player Summary
President of
PCs owned
Player #
Tycoon name
RR 1
RR 2
PC 1
PC 2
2
Eudes L'Artuby
SCL
....
....
....
6
Milton Littlefield
NYC
....
....
....
10
Eugene de Segur
....
....
B&M
CNJ
7
Thomas Scott
N&W
C&O
....
....
11
Henry Farham
PENN
S&G
....
....
1
Nicholas van Rijn
....
....
P&LE
RF&P
4
J. Pierpont Morgan
W&M
W&W
....
....
9
Jay Gould
....
....
....
ERIE
12
William Palmer
....
....
GT
B&H
8
Nicolas Koechlin
B&O
....
....
....
13
William Ogden
....
....
....
....
14
Dan Drew
....
....
....
....
3
J. Edgar Thompson
....
....
....
....
15
Cyrus Holliday
....
....
....
....
5
Leland Stanford
C&H
S&A
....
....
Railroad Summary
RR
Name
Tracks
Revenues
Expense
Efficiency
Bonds
Loans
Profit / share
Dividend / share
Grant
Land
NYC
New York Central
491
79161
49079
98
148860
59687
7
6
745
0
PENN
Pennsylvania
326
73837
45040
99
106879
43509
12
12
0
0
B&O
Baltimore & Ohio
160
20429
13687
93
30899
307
6
2
0
0
C&O
Chesapeake & Ohio
94
13739
9343
92
29567
15233
3
0
0
0
N&W
Norfolk & Western
325
42728
26492
98
87623
36355
5
8
0
0
W&W
Wilmington & Weldon
120
15934
12110
84
36431
18769
0
0
0
0
W&M
Wilmington & Manchester
133
14639
10394
89
38543
19857
0
0
0
0
C&H
Charleston & Hamburg
129
22906
13973
99
30363
1166
10
1
0
0
S&A
Savannah & Augusta
138
23219
16485
89
45407
23393
3
0
0
0
SCL
Sea Coast Line
324
55335
32094
99
99113
33343
9
14
860
0
S&G
Savannah & Gulf
157
22686
16107
89
49103
25297
2
0
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