Evelyn Ashcroft gave up her inheritance for love. She married Nathaniel Crowe, a poor land lawyer. She used her money and connections to build his career. Ten years later, Nathaniel was a railway and mining tycoon in New York. He was also sleeping with Vivian, Evelyn's former stepmother. They had a son together. Evelyn found out from his secretary. She decided to divorce him. She exposed him in public at his own book signing. Then she went back to her father's railway group. With help from her friend Charles, she dismantled Crowe Railway and Mining piece by piece. Nathaniel and Vivian lost everything. They became drug addicts. They ended up on the street. Evelyn became successful. The newspapers called her the Railway Queen.