In previous times, the district had been home to doctors, lawyers, and railroad barons.

Minnesota's sixth governor was determined to bring legislative power to bear against the railroad barons.

It was built by a railroad baron, in the late nineteenth century.

Westerners have a long tradition of griping about railroad barons.

The American railroad barons of the time indicated that expansion to the north was very much on their minds.

Cowboys and railroad barons no longer do the job.

As a result, in 1870s Samuel joined the ring of Russia's seven top railroad barons.

"He was a railroad baron, all right," our guide remarked.

His great grandfather was one of the railroad barons of the mid-Atlantic states.

Some ancestor was a railroad baron who owned everything in sight around here.