Case study

Rails: an OCaml reconstruction of Railroad Tycoon

Rails rebuilds the 1990 Railroad Tycoon game in OCaml, implementing railroad construction, train management, AI rivals and economy systems. It loads the user's original DOS PIC, PAN and DTA data files and uses SDL2 for its interface and presentation.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 27
Last commit: 2026-11-07
Language: OCaml
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires the original Railroad Tycoon DOS PIC, PAN and DTA files.
Prerequisites: Source builds require OCaml 5.x, opam, SDL2 and SDL2_mixer development libraries.
Limits: Route history and further testing remain on the feature list.
License: MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{rails-railroad-tycoon-case,
  title = {{Rails: an OCaml reconstruction of Railroad Tycoon}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/bluddy/rails}},
  url = {https://github.com/bluddy/rails},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/rails-railroad-tycoon-case/}}
}

Plain text

Rails: an OCaml reconstruction of Railroad Tycoon. https://github.com/bluddy/rails (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/rails-railroad-tycoon-case/

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README.md GitHub · bluddy/rails · Revision 3699efe
docs/todo.md GitHub · bluddy/rails · Revision 3699efe