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unusual facts about railroad tycoon


Bruce Shelley

At MicroProse, he was Sid Meier's assistant designer for Railroad Tycoon (1990), Covert Action (1990), and Civilization (1991).


Magic: The Gathering video games

The game is notable as being the last game the esteemed game designer Sid Meier (Civilization, Railroad Tycoon) worked on while employed by MicroProse, though his involvement was short.

Royal Bombay Yacht Club

The seafront clubhouse was built in 1881, and received a number of prominent visitors within its first ten years, including: H.R.H. Prince Arthur, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and American railroad tycoon and yachting enthusiast Mr William Kissam Vanderbilt – part owner of the 1895 America’s Cup winner, the 37.5m sloop Defender.


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Georgian Court University

The university is located on the former winter estate of the millionaire George Jay Gould I, son of the railroad tycoon Jay Gould (1836–1892).

Henry Fairfield Osborn

Son of the prominent railroad tycoon William Henry and Virginia Reed Osborn, Henry Fairfield Osborn was born in Fairfield, Connecticut, 1857.

Henry Serrano Villard

He was the grandson of Henry Villard, the American railroad tycoon who commissioned the construction of the Villard Houses in Manhattan.

Marius de Zayas

In the late 1930s, he married Virginia Harrison, descendant of the railroad tycoon, Charles Crocker.

Ocean County, New Jersey

Georgian Court University in Lakewood is a private Roman Catholic Sisters of Mercy college, which opened in 1908 on the former winter estate of millionaire George Jay Gould I, son of railroad tycoon Jay Gould.

Women's Peace Society

Her husband was the publisher and railroad tycoon Henry Villard.