
Maxis also published A-Train Construction Set with A-Train as a single package in Europe, without the Ocean Software label.

Map Construction, known internationally as A-Train Construction Set, is an editor that can change existing saved games, or to build landscapes from scratch. As well as the buildings built by the computer, in response to the materials being present, the player can construct their own buildings, such as ski resorts and hotels, and make profits from them if the conditions are right, and if these areas are populated enough. These can provide extra revenue for a passenger service, but also allowing the city to develop and grow can be seen as a goal in itself. These start with houses, but eventually, as an area grows, roads, and shops and other buildings are built. Wherever the building materials are delivered, they can be taken and used to construct buildings for the city. The former is more likely to be profitable, but building materials allow the city to grow. There are two types of transport that the player's company can take: passengers or building materials. A-Train III is the first game in the series to make use of near-isometric dimetric projection to present the city, similar to Maxis's later SimCity 2000. There are no rival companies the player controls the only one in the city and the game is resultingly fairly open-ended. The game puts players in command of a railway company. Artdink ported the A-Train III along with the editor to Windows 95, and published both titles as a package as the 3rd ARTDINK BEST CHOICE title in Japan.

Later, the Japanese version was re-released in March 2000 for Windows 95 and 98. The US version was released in October 1992 on DOS and Amiga. It was originally released in December 1990 for the NEC PC-9801, FM Towns Marty, Sharp X68000, and PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16). It was originally developed and published by Japanese game developer Artdink for Japan, and was later published by Maxis for the United States. Take the A-Train III (known internationally as A-Train) is the third game in the A-Train series.

The "New Town" scenario in A-Train 1.0 for Macintosh In the US, it was released under the name Railroad Empire. The second iteration of the A-Train series was released in July 1988 for the NEC PC-9801 and Sharp X68000. A Windows 95/ 98 port followed in April 2000. The first iteration of the A-Train series was released in December 1985 for the FM-7, NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-9801, X1 Turbo, MZ-2500, Famicom and MSX2.
