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Rule the Rail!

Fully functional model railway building game on your screen. Create and paint the landscape, place the tracks engines and wagons. Start the trains and create control sequences to direct them to the right tracks. Place houses, industrial buildings, lamp posts, plants, and all the little details to finish your model railroad on the screen.

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Release
February 17, 2020
6 years and 168 days ago
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Mostly Positive30 reviews76.7%

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About the Game

If you are a fan of model trains then our train games will give you hours of fun and enjoyment.
The game offers all steps of building model railroad with incredible realism:

- You can form the landscape, crate mountains, hills, plains and ponds, and paint with different terrain textures.

- You can design the railway lines with the desired length and complexity, and compose any number of trains from more than 100 engines and wagons.

- You can control the trains manually from the control board, or create fully automated control system for the switches and signals to send the trains in the desired directions.

- Finally you can place different trees and bushes to finish the nice look.

Our special feature is the night view, where you can switch off the daylight, and the little model lamp posts will light up the table in a magical way.

Now with enhanced edit options, detailed Steam Guides, lot of different engines, wagons, buildings and with working turntable, automated bridge and tunnel building and many more.
Enjoy this amazing model railway game now!