1830: Railways & Robber Barons
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Can a company buy a train from another company, including one the same president controls?
The rulebook allows purchases from another railroad at a mutually agreed price, and the same rule covers sister companies.
- 1830: Railways & Robber Barons rulebook · Rulebook · Purchase Trains (6.6)
- ad_bc · Community · 2026-01-02
- Werbaer · Community · 2007-01-22
Yes. A train can be bought from another railroad on the buyer's own operating turn, at any price the two presidents agree, starting at $1. The seller can refuse, the money goes to the seller's treasury, and a railroad may buy another railroad's last train. Owning both companies changes nothing.
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