Establish yourself as a mogul to be reckoned with as you work your way up the ranks of the railway industry in this strategy game. Expand your domain across continents and a changing global marketplace.

Build the Transcontinental Railway or the Orient Express. Run Steam train through the jungles of Africa, or electric trains through the Swiss Alps. Run your competitors out of town on a rail.

An 18 scenario campaign lets you re-create history's greatest railroading feats and failures.

Your wealth can be built up with a sophisticated stock market with margin buying, short selling, and hostile takeovers.

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Alternate Titles

"铁路大亨2" -- Chinese title (simplified)
"Tielu Daheng 2" -- Chinese title

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Rail Road Tycoon II	PlayStation	$1.94
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User Reviews

An excellent sequel to an excellent game	Windows	James Walter (242)
A minor disappointment	Windows	Rasmus Jelsgaard (2)
A good game but not worthy of the name Railroad Tycoon 2	Windows	Heikki Sairanen (105)
The ultimate follow-up of the ultimate railroad simulation game.	Windows	Baxter (39)
Just not quite good enough	Windows	William Shawn McDonie (1153)

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The Press Says

Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Windows	Mar, 1999		90
Game Vortex	Dreamcast	2000	90 out of 100	90
Electric Playground	Macintosh	Jun 12, 1999	8.5 out of 10	85
Privat Computer PC	Windows	1999	84 out of 100	84
PC Player (Germany)	Windows	Nov, 1998	81 out of 100	81
Thunderbolt Games	Windows	Aug 09, 2008	8 out of 10	80
All Game Guide	Macintosh	1999		80
Super Play	Dreamcast	Feb, 2001	7 out of 10	70
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Dreamcast	Aug 08, 2001	7 out of 10	70
IGN	PlayStation	Feb 11, 2000	6 out of 10	60

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china scenario	2	chirinea (31388) Jun 25, 2007

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Trivia

Although the name suggests this is a sequel to the famous Railroad Tycoon from MicroProse, it is technically not a sequel. PopTop developed the game completely independent of the old game, and changed the title to Railroad Tycoon 2 when they obtained the rights to the name from MicroProse.

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