Continental Rails II

Game # 23 - Turn # 3

Headline News 1845 to 1846

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

  1. 1845: First telegraph line laid between Washington and Baltimore.
  2. 1846: Congress declares war with Mexico over Texas border incidents!

Railroad News

  • Private Companies Purchased: Edward Harriman bought B&M for $800, Dan Drew bought NYNH for $576, Hanniball Kimball bought ERIE for $2000, Troy Phelan bought CNJ for $932, Nicholas van Rijn bought READ for $919, Nicholas van Rijn bought W&W for $731, Eugene de Segur bought W&M for $700, Leland Stanford bought COG for $651, William Ogden bought LS for $1620.
  • PCs Merged: NER merges into SCL, C&A merges into PENN, N&S merges into N&W, B&A merges into NYC.
  • PCs Incorporated: GT, S&G, C&O, S&A, HRL, R&D, LV, RF&P.
  • New Technologies Acquired: SCL bought Grand Station.
  • PENN doubled PENN.
  • New RoWs acquired: C&H got SC1, B&O got WV1.
  • New railroad Presidents: Nicolas Koechlin of GT, William Ogden of NYC, Troy Phelan of HRL, Henry Farham of LV, Hanniball Kimball of C&O, J. Edgar Thompson of RF&P, Jay Gould of R&D, J. Edgar Thompson of N&W, Eugene de Segur of S&A, Dan Drew of SCL, Edward Harriman of S&G.
  • New Private Companies Available: P&LE, P&FW, G&C, GTW, VC.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Mild Depression.
  • Best locomotive available: Lion 0-4-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station.

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Leland Stanford (5) Dan Drew (14) Jim Fisk (1) Nicolas Koechlin (7) William Ogden (13)
Rail Mogul Dan Drew (14) Jim Fisk (1) Leland Stanford (5) Jay Gould (9) Nicholas van Rijn (6)
Rail Builder Jim Fisk (1) Edward Harriman (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Casiny (4) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Magnate Jim Fisk (1) Leland Stanford (5) Jay Gould (9) Dan Drew (14) Edward Harriman (2)
Rail Prodigal Jim Fisk (1) Edward Harriman (2) J. Edgar Thompson (3) Casiny (4) Leland Stanford (5)
Rail Baron Dan Drew (14) Leland Stanford (5) Jim Fisk (1) Jay Gould (9) Nicolas Koechlin (7)

Player Summary

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

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 73 11887 8678 87 13769 11731 2 0 0 0
NYC New York Central 349 39548 24125 99 63642 29087 4 1 0 0
HRL Hudson River Line 142 19709 14979 84 24704 21046 0 0 0 0
LV Lehigh Valley 130 18675 13633 87 23084 19666 1 0 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 196 44250 27435 98 44110 17495 12 16 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 14854 9061 99 33655 1446 4 1 1025 0
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 94 10304 7316 89 15119 12881 0 0 0 0
RF&P Richmond, Fred. & Potomac 117 13389 9774 87 19169 16331 0 0 0 0
R&D Richmond & Danville 76 11240 8205 87 13634 11616 1 0 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 325 31527 20177 96 53900 31186 2 1 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129 17481 10663 99 24555 511 8 6 0 0
S&A Savannah & Augusta 138 17495 13471 83 23219 19781 -1 0 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 324 41068 23819 99 65149 28610 6 7 0 0
S&G Savannah & Gulf 157 17382 12689 87 25109 21391 0 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 
  • Grand Trunk (GT)
    GT b&m NYC b&h c2 Boston Montreal
    GT
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • New York Central (NYC)
    NYC B&A b&m GT b&h HRL ny1 ny3 c3 Boston New York Buffalo Montreal
    NYC ; B&A
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Hudson River Line (HRL)
    HRL NYC NYC nynheriecnj PENNny1 c3 Boston New York Philadelphia Montreal
    HRL
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Lehigh Valley (LV)
    LV cnj PENNPENNreadpa1 pa2 pa8 pa9 New York Philadelphia Baltimore
    LV
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
    PENNC&A HRL nynheriecnj LV readpa1 pa2 pa3 pa4 pa5 New York Philadelphia Baltimore
    PENN  (Double) ; C&A
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
    B&O wv1 m&c pa7 md2 wv2 wv3 oh1 pa1 pa2 pa3 pa4 pa7 md1 md2 Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Pittsburgh Cincinnati
    B&O
    Unbuilt: WV1
    [Regions: A]
  • Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
    C&O RF&PR&D vc md1 md2 va2 va3 va4 va7 Baltimore Washington
    C&O
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Richmond, Fred. & Potomac (RF&P)
    RF&PC&O R&D N&W md1 md2 va1 va3 va7 Baltimore Washington Norfolk
    RF&P
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Richmond & Danville (R&D)
    R&D C&O RF&PN&W vc va1 va2 va3 va4 va7 Washington Norfolk
    R&D
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: ]
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
    N&W N&S RF&PR&D w&w va1 va3 nc1 nc2 Washington Norfolk Wilmington
    N&W ; N&S
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
    C&H sc1 S&A SCL S&G g&c sc2 sc3 sc4 ga2 ga4 SCL SCL g&c sc2 sc3 sc4 Charleston Savannah
    C&H
    Unbuilt: SC1
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Augusta (S&A)
    S&A SCL S&G C&H sc4 ga1 ga2 ga4 Charleston Savannah Atlanta
    S&A
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
    SCL NER w&m C&H S&A S&G nc1 C&H sc2 ga2 ga4 Wilmington Charleston Savannah
    SCL ; NER
    Unbuilt: none
    [Regions: A]
  • Savannah & Gulf (S&G)
    S&G S&A SCL C&H ga2 ga3 ga4 ga5 ga6 Charleston Savannah
    S&G
    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
GT 0 0 12 +12  0 329 36 7 7
NYC 18 24 30 +12  237 1646 106 13 13
HRL 0 0 12 +12  0 639 71 10 10
LV 0 0 12 +12  0 585 65 12 12
PENN 17 27 37 +20  173 939 46 14 14 11 12
B&O 14 15 16 +2  263 808 0 9 9
C&O 0 0 12 +12  0 423 47 11 11
RF&P 0 0 12 +12  0 527 58 3 3
R&D 0 0 12 +12  0 342 38 9 9
N&W 11 12 14 +3  176 1505 124 3 3
C&H 16 18 20 +4  206 651 0 1 1 6
S&A 0 0 12 +12  0 621 69 8 8
SCL 25 29 34 +9  215 1535 92 14 14 5 7
S&G 0 0 12 +12  0 707 78 2 2

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
B&H Boston & Hartford 550
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 655
P&FW Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne 955
G&C Greenville & Columbia 470
GTW Grand Trunk Western 535
VC Virginia Central 1465
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