Continental Rails II

Game # 22 - Turn # 2

Headline News 1843 to 1844

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

  1. 1843: Great Britain granted rights to island of Hong Kong under Nanking Treaty.
  2. 1844: Opium War ends in China.

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: Nicholas van Rijn bought GT for $408, William Palmer bought B&A for $3013, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought HRL for $1687, Nicholas van Rijn bought ERIE for $2009, Jay Gould bought C&A for $1615, Eudes L'Artuby bought LV for $2453, Eudes L'Artuby bought READ for $560, Casey Jones bought C&O for $626, Troy Phelan bought RF&P for $620, Casey Jones bought R&D for $619, EugFne de STgur bought NER for $1753, Henry Farham bought S&A for $1551.
  • New railroad Presidents: Jay Gould of PENN, Frederik Conrad of B&O, Troy Phelan of N&W, B of C&H.
  • New Private Companies Available: COG, LS.
  • Stepp dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1001.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Good to Great.
  • Best locomotive available: Lion 0-4-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station.

Tycoon Announcements:

1 Troy Phelan hello to all. good luck and have fun.
2 Nicholas van Rijn gmats great movies about trains the train 1964 burt lancaster d j frankenheimer
14 Eudes L'Artuby en avant pour une nouvelle aventure !

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Nicolas Koechlin (3) Henry Farham (8) B (15) Troy Phelan (1) Nicholas van Rijn (2)
Rail Mogul Troy Phelan (1) Nicholas van Rijn (2) Nicolas Koechlin (3) George R. Obberbaron (4) Stepp (5)
Rail Builder Troy Phelan (1) Nicholas van Rijn (2) Nicolas Koechlin (3) George R. Obberbaron (4) Stepp (5)
Rail Magnate Troy Phelan (1) Nicholas van Rijn (2) Nicolas Koechlin (3) George R. Obberbaron (4) Stepp (5)
Rail Prodigal Stepp (5) Troy Phelan (1) Nicholas van Rijn (2) Nicolas Koechlin (3) George R. Obberbaron (4)
Rail Baron Stepp (5) Nicolas Koechlin (3) Henry Farham (8) B (15) Troy Phelan (1)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
3 Nicolas Koechlin .... .... .... ....
8 Henry Farham .... .... .... S&A
15 B C&H .... .... ....
1 Troy Phelan N&W .... RF&P ....
9 Frederik Conrad B&O .... .... ....
12 Eugène de Ségur .... .... NER ....
10 Casey Jones .... .... C&O R&D
13 Jay Gould PENN .... C&A ....
4 George R. Obberbaron .... .... .... ....
11 Cornelius Vanderbilt .... .... .... HRL
14 Eudes L'Artuby .... .... LV READ
6 Edward Harriman .... .... .... ....
7 William Palmer .... .... B&A ....
2 Nicholas van Rijn .... .... ERIE GT
5 Stepp .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
NYC New York Central 148 19150 12447 95 31161 373 6 2 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 104 21263 12970 99 22551 262 13 4 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 18154 11255 98 32324 493 6 3 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 82 14465 9402 95 17455 230 9 5 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129 20997 13648 95 27981 506 8 3 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 139 26936 17778 94 31322 467 10 1 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 19 25 +12  433 742 5    
PENN 16 20 24 +8  278 521 4 13 13 8
B&O 21 26 31 +10  423 803 5 9 9 3
N&W 15 18 21 +6  193 411 3 1 1
C&H 16 18 20 +4  326 647 4 15 15
SCL 21 22 24 +3  327 697 5    

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
B&M Boston & Maine 725
B&H Boston & Hartford 550
NYNH New York & New Haven 550
CNJ Central New Jersey 670
N&S Norfolk & Southern 1215
W&W Wilmington & Weldon 600
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 665
S&G Savannah & Gulf 785
COG Central of Georgia 430
LS Lake Shore 910
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