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Review by Brian Webster, 85%. "If you played Railroad Tycoon and hated it, you probably still won't like this sequel. But if you liked the original, you'll love Railroad Tycoon II."
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Games Review by Apollo Guide  Tycoon was one of the great strategy-simulations of the early years of sophisticated PC games. Thousands of gamers became addicted to building their own railways and associated economic systems until games like Civilization took things farther forward. Those of us...
http://apolloguide.com/soft_revtemp.asp?cid=815

[5/5] Review on the Linux port and a link to the playable demo version.
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The Linux Game Tome  Rate this game yourself nbsp Average of 12 Ratings: Real-time strategy/simulation where you control all aspects of a railroad. This real-time strategy simulation game places gamers in a world of big business, expansionism and engineering in which all aspects of...
http://happypenguin.org/show?Railroad%20Tycoon%20II

By: John Misak, 97%. "One of the few instances where the sequel outperforms the original."
http://www.pcgameworld.com/review.php/id/208/Railroad_Tycoon_II/

By: Samuel Brown Baker, [9.1/10]. "A sequel that eclipses the original in nearly all aspects."
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Railroad Tycoon II for PC Review PC Railroad Tycoon II Review  In an industry now thriving on me too games, it defies belief that there have been so few previous entries in the build and manage genre started by the original Railroad Tycoon. At least half of these have come from...
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/railroadtycoon2/review.html

By: Chris Harding, [4.5/5]. "It's definitely one of the best strategy games I've played this year."
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AVault PC Railroad Tycoon II Review  How to build your own model train set book. Boy was I in for a shock; I didn't know that the average Lionel train engine costs over $200.00, and that's just for one engine, not to mention the rest of...
http://www.avault.com/reviews/review_temp.asp?game=rt2

By: Trent C. Ward, [8.9/10]. "If you're a hard core strategy fan who's into world building, you'll have a hard time finding a game that will keep you more entertained than this remarkable product."
http://pc.ign.com/articles/160/160174p1.html?fromint=1

By: 2XHelix, 85%. "This game requires an extensive amount of time to understand as its realism is unsurpassed by any other strategy game in the same genre."
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 I am unable to play such action games, so I am reduced to playing strategy games more often than not. Although some good strategy games have been released, few are as good as Railroad Tycoon 2. Railroad Tycoon 2 (RT2)...
http://www.game-over.net/reviews.php?id=71&page=reviews

By: Nick Smith, [2.5/5]. "It's not just a business simulation, nor just a power game, but an educational competition where only the forward thinker survives and thrives."
http://www.allgame.com/cg/agg.dll?p=agg&SQL=GRH||||15322