Continental Rails II

Game # 23 - 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: Nicolas Koechlin bought GT for $369, William Ogden bought B&A for $1308, Troy Phelan bought HRL for $752, Henry Farham bought C&A for $979, Henry Farham bought LV for $1385, Hanniball Kimball bought C&O for $1100, J. Edgar Thompson bought RF&P for $783, Jay Gould bought R&D for $1037, J. Edgar Thompson bought N&S for $1415, Dan Drew bought NER for $1265, Eugene de Segur bought S&A for $1843, Edward Harriman bought S&G for $1054.
  • New railroad Presidents: Dan Drew of PENN, Jay Gould of B&O, Jim Fisk of C&H, Leland Stanford of SCL.
  • New Private Companies Available: COG, LS.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Panic to Mild Depression.
  • Best locomotive available: Lion 0-4-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station.

Tycoon Announcements:

1 Jim Fisk faites chauffer les chaudières !
6 Nicholas van Rijn great movies/tv about railroads part deux! the wild wild west 1965-69 panic!
10 Troy Phelan bonne chance à tous / good luck to all
11 Hanniball Kimball have fun!!!

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Jim Fisk (1) Leland Stanford (5) Nicolas Koechlin (7) Dan Drew (14) Edward Harriman (2)
Rail Mogul Jim Fisk (1) Edward Harriman (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Casiny (4) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Builder Jim Fisk (1) Edward Harriman (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Casiny (4) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Magnate Jim Fisk (1) Edward Harriman (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Casiny (4) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Prodigal Jim Fisk (1) Edward Harriman (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Casiny (4) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Baron Jim Fisk (1) Leland Stanford (5) Nicolas Koechlin (7) Dan Drew (14) Edward Harriman (2)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
1 Jim Fisk C&H .... .... ....
5 Leland Stanford SCL .... .... ....
7 Nicolas Koechlin .... .... GT ....
14 Dan Drew .... PENN NER ....
4 Casiny .... .... .... ....
11 Hanniball Kimball .... .... C&O ....
2 Edward Harriman .... .... .... S&G
6 Nicholas van Rijn .... .... .... ....
8 Eugene de Segur .... .... S&A ....
9 Jay Gould B&O .... R&D ....
13 William Ogden .... .... B&A ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
12 Henry Farham .... .... LV C&A
3 J. Edgar Thompson .... .... RF&P N&S
10 Troy Phelan .... .... .... HRL

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
NYC New York Central 148 14004 8542 99 30677 474 4 2 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 104 15518 9466 99 23687 458 8 9 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 13702 8632 97 32221 640 3 1 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 82 10605 6893 95 17657 459 6 3 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129 15270 9467 98 27183 464 6 7 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 139 19950 12768 96 30039 500 7 7 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 9 13 18 +9  323 741 6    
PENN 11 14 17 +6  229 521 4 14 14 11
B&O 12 13 14 +2  350 802 6 9 9
N&W 10 10 11 +1  145 411 3    
C&H 9 12 16 +7  287 646 5 1 1 6
SCL 14 19 25 +11  331 697 5 5 5 7

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
B&M Boston & Maine 725
B&H Boston & Hartford 550
NYNH New York & New Haven 550
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 1435
CNJ Central New Jersey 670
READ Reading 520
W&W Wilmington & Weldon 600
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 665
COG Central of Georgia 430
LS Lake Shore 910
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