It was started in 1994 by Philip Anschutz, an oil and railroad magnate, and went public two years ago.

It was, as he said, a trip for a railroad magnate: luxurious, grand, beautiful and fun.

He demands tribute from railroad magnates and other captains of industry.

He attributed its first use to an 1880 anti-monopoly pamphlet in which Kansas farmers applied the term to railroad magnates.

It's harder to make a hero of Gould, the hunched, brooding railroad magnate who tried to corner the gold market.

A businessman and railroad magnate, he joined a small group of entrepreneurs intent on developing industry in Jones Valley.

He attributed the phrase to an 1880 anti-monopoly pamphlet about railroad magnates.

"Sounds good," muttered Tom, gazing at the railroad magnate with considerable admiration.

The railroad magnate at once became confidential.

"I'm going to get square for this, young man," growled the railroad magnate.