Continental Rails II

Game # 30 - Turn # 1

Headline News 1841 to 1842

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

  1. 1841: Newfangled railways start operations in the U.S.
  2. 1842: Potato famine in Ireland. Great Britain institutes new Penny Post system.

NEW GAME MESSAGE

Welcome to the age of the robber barons in this new game of Continental Rails II .
If this is not an anonymous game, you may change your character name. Good luck to all, and may the fittest survive! For players using electronic mail, don't forget to tell what kind of web browser you are using. And report as soon as possible any problem you detect with your reports.

Railroad News

  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Good to Improved.
  • Best locomotive available: Lion 0-4-0
  • Technologies available are: Grand Station.

Player Summary

President ofPCs owned
Player #Tycoon nameRR 1RR 2PC 1PC 2
1Jim Fisk ................
2Edward Harriman ................
3J. Edgar Thompson ................
4J. Pierpont Morgan ................
5Aubin de Verlin ................
6Milton Littlefield ................
7Thomas Scott ................
8John Forbes ................
9Jay Gould ................
10Hannibal Kimball ................
11Thomas Durant ................
12William Palmer ................
13William Ogden ................
14Dan Drew ................
15Cyrus Holliday ................

Railroad Summary

RRNameTracksRevenuesExpenseEfficiencyBondsLoansProfit / shareDividend / shareGrantLand
NYCNew York Central 1481893811552993148611587200
PENNPennsylvania 1042133813016992527137912100
B&OBaltimore & Ohio 1601838311214993304712976100
N&WNorfolk & Western 8213995881797188052989200
C&HCharleston & Hamburg 129204431267598287915069200
SCLSea Coast Line 1392683617175963245738911200

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 

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CFPrice
B&MBoston & Maine 725
GTGrand Trunk 365
B&ABoston & Albany 1005
B&HBoston & Hartford 550
HRLHudson River Line 710
NYNHNew York & New Haven 550
ERIEErie Lackawanna 1435
CNJCentral New Jersey 670
C&ACamden & Amboy 460
LVLehigh Valley 650
READReading 520
C&OChesapeake & Ohio 470
RF&PRichmond, Fred. & Potomac 585
R&DRichmond & Danville 380
N&SNorfolk & Southern 1215
W&WWilmington & Weldon 600
W&MWilmington & Manchester 665
NERNortheastern Line 925
S&ASavannah & Augusta 690
S&GSavannah & Gulf 785

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