Continental Rails II

Game # 24 - 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: Eugene de Segur bought B&M for $728, Nicholas van Rijn bought GT for $429, Henry B. Plant bought B&A for $1100, Nicolas Koechlin bought B&H for $552, Eugene de Segur bought NYNH for $551, Henry Farham bought ERIE for $1443, Nicolas Koechlin bought CNJ for $678, J. Pierpont Morgan bought LV for $658, Thomas Durant bought READ for $550, Aubin Rioudu Frei bought RF&P for $710, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought R&D for $913, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought N&S for $1797.
  • New railroad Presidents: Aubin Rioudu Frei of PENN, Pascu of B&O, Aubin Rioudu Frei of N&W, J. Pierpont Morgan of C&H.
  • New Private Companies Available: LS.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Improved to Good.
  • Best locomotive available: Lion 0-4-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station.

Tycoon Announcements:

1 Pascu hi. first game played since 1994 sloth. im not a serius rival in this game.
3 Nicholas van Rijn hi fellow tycoons.

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Henry Farham (10) Thomas Durant (11) Nicholas van Rijn (3) Eugene de Segur (7) Pascu (1)
Rail Mogul Pascu (1) Aubin Rioudu Frei (2) Nicholas van Rijn (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Cornelius Vanderbilt (5)
Rail Builder Pascu (1) Aubin Rioudu Frei (2) Nicholas van Rijn (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Cornelius Vanderbilt (5)
Rail Magnate Pascu (1) Aubin Rioudu Frei (2) Nicholas van Rijn (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Cornelius Vanderbilt (5)
Rail Prodigal Pascu (1) Aubin Rioudu Frei (2) Nicholas van Rijn (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Cornelius Vanderbilt (5)
Rail Baron Henry Farham (10) Thomas Durant (11) Nicholas van Rijn (3) Eugene de Segur (7) Pascu (1)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
10 Henry Farham .... .... ERIE ....
11 Thomas Durant .... .... READ ....
3 Nicholas van Rijn .... .... GT ....
7 Eugene de Segur .... .... B&M NYNH
1 Pascu B&O .... .... ....
6 Nicolas Koechlin .... .... B&H CNJ
2 Aubin Rioudu Frei N&W PENN RF&P ....
4 J. Pierpont Morgan .... C&H .... LV
8 Henry B. Plant .... .... B&A ....
9 CamilloN .... .... .... ....
12 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
5 Cornelius Vanderbilt .... .... N&S R&D

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
NYC New York Central 148 18784 11646 98 30942 444 7 4 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 104 20723 13263 96 23424 343 11 6 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 17875 10904 99 31785 576 6 4 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 82 13639 8593 97 18003 271 9 1 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129 19954 13170 94 27783 503 7 4 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 139 25711 16969 94 31208 375 9 4 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 26 +13  318 742 5    
PENN 14 17 20 +6  232 521 4 2 2
B&O 19 24 30 +11  368 803 5 1 1 3
N&W 15 20 25 +10  186 411 3 2 2 4
C&H 14 16 19 +5  261 646 5 4 4
SCL 20 22 24 +4  244 697 5    

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
HRL Hudson River Line 710
C&A Camden & Amboy 460
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 470
W&W Wilmington & Weldon 600
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 665
NER Northeastern Line 925
S&A Savannah & Augusta 690
S&G Savannah & Gulf 785
LS Lake Shore 910
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