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Virtual Railway is a

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and model planning environment released for

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in 2001.

Gameplay

Players build a virtual

model railway Railway modelling (UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland) or model railroading (US and Canada) is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale. The scale models include locomotives, rolling stock, streetcars, t ...

layout in realistic scenes, helping people to plan their real-life layout(s). Fixed track parts,

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, scenery, building, tree and hills similar to a real life

. Users can also control the trains once the virtual railway is built and planned, leading to some people to call HVR a

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. Some advanced parts such as turntables are absent from the game, and all engines on the same track will all move at once, the same speed and direction, much like a real life DC model railway. Engines included in the first edition include the

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, the

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, Smokey Joe and the

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Hornby Virtual Railway (2001)

Hornby released the First Simulation/Game of the HVR series which was released on 7 June 2003.

Hornby Virtual Railway 2 (2003)

Hornby released Virtual Railway 2 (HVR2), 2 years after the original. The sequel was somewhat more realistic looking than its predecessor, and contained more elements to use such as scenery, new rolling stock, and new engines (includes Virgin 125). Also Download Stations, Locomotives, Rolling stock from www.hornby.com. Hornby Virtual Railway 2 was released on 2 June 2003.

References

External links

Hornby WebsiteHornby Virtual RailwayHornby Virtual Railway 2
2001 video games Train simulation video games Video games developed in the United Kingdom Windows games Windows-only games Hornby Railways {{simulation-videogame-stub