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1830: Railways & Robber Barons

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Can a president spend personal cash on a train outside a forced purchase, or combine money from several companies?

The rulebook has the president make up a forced purchase's shortfall, and players agree it is the only exception.

  • 1830: Railways & Robber Barons rulebook · Rulebook · Forced Train Purchases (6.6.2)
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No to both. Personal money goes in only to cover the shortfall of a forced train purchase by a company with no train, and only for that one company. Players agree a president cannot otherwise move money between his own funds and a company's treasury.

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