The deluxe version of Railroad Tycoon adds VGA graphics and new continents South America and Africa, and 11 new trains.

[1] It also adds new historical periods: two more for the Eastern and Western United States, and one more for Europe.

[2] It takes into account drastically falling stock prices to improve the depth of the economic model.

[3] Train Bandits were included in the North American scenarios, which attempt to prey on mail cargoes.

said "Railroad Tycoon Deluxe basically puts a pretty face on an otherwise solid game [...] if you never played the original, this is one rail line you'll want to hop aboard.