Continental Rails II

Game # 27 - 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 B&A for $1219, John Forbes bought B&H for $605, Nicolas Koechlin bought HRL for $851, Thomas Scott bought ERIE for $1438, Hannibal Kimball bought C&A for $755, Jay Gould bought LV for $738, Jay Gould bought READ for $536, Milton Littlefield bought C&O for $560, Milton Littlefield bought N&S for $1907, EugÞne de SÚgur bought NER for $1232, Jim Fisk bought S&A for $1393, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought S&G for $1148.
  • Loan Recalls: Nicolas Koechlin, J. Pierpont Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Hannibal Kimball.
  • New railroad Presidents: John Forbes of NYC, Jay Gould of PENN, Thomas Scott of N&W, Jim Fisk of C&H, J. Pierpont Morgan of SCL.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Great to Panic.
  • 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 Thomas Scott (7) Jay Gould (9) John Forbes (8) Eugène de Ségur (3) Jim Fisk (1)
Rail Mogul Jim Fisk (1) Nicolas Koechlin (2) Eugène de Ségur (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Cornelius Vanderbilt (5)
Rail Builder Jim Fisk (1) Nicolas Koechlin (2) Eugène de Ségur (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Cornelius Vanderbilt (5)
Rail Magnate Jim Fisk (1) Nicolas Koechlin (2) Eugène de Ségur (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Cornelius Vanderbilt (5)
Rail Prodigal Jim Fisk (1) Nicolas Koechlin (2) Eugène de Ségur (3) J. Pierpont Morgan (4) Cornelius Vanderbilt (5)
Rail Baron Thomas Scott (7) Jay Gould (9) John Forbes (8) Eugène de Ségur (3) Jim Fisk (1)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
7 Thomas Scott N&W .... ERIE ....
9 Jay Gould .... PENN READ LV
8 John Forbes NYC .... .... B&H
3 Eugène de Ségur .... .... .... NER
1 Jim Fisk C&H .... S&A ....
6 Milton Littlefield .... .... N&S C&O
10 Hannibal Kimball .... .... C&A ....
5 Cornelius Vanderbilt .... .... S&G ....
4 J. Pierpont Morgan .... SCL .... ....
2 Nicolas Koechlin .... .... B&A HRL
11 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
12 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
NYC New York Central 148 19798 12473 97 30802 423 7 3 0 0
PENN Pennsylvania 104 22074 13907 97 23822 216 12 2 0 0
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 160 19338 12570 95 32417 458 5 1 0 0
N&W Norfolk & Western 82 14938 9411 97 17503 298 10 4 0 0
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 129 21566 13587 97 27359 402 9 1 0 0
SCL Sea Coast Line 139 28472 17368 99 31264 470 13 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 14 16 19 +5  326 741 6 8 8 10
PENN 16 18 21 +5  223 521 4 9 9
B&O 23 20 17 -6  345 803 5    
N&W 16 21 27 +11  182 411 3 7 7 5
C&H 16 21 27 +11  303 647 4 1 1 3 4
SCL 23 23 23 +0  267 697 5 4 4

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price
B&M Boston & Maine 725
GT Grand Trunk 365
NYNH New York & New Haven 550
CNJ Central New Jersey 670
RF&P Richmond, Fred. & Potomac 585
R&D Richmond & Danville 380
W&W Wilmington & Weldon 600
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 665
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