diff --git a/flatland/envs/rail_env.py b/flatland/envs/rail_env.py
index cb4da95a81758625f1f45ecb535e47d834fd5005..ad160e4e8770b9994052563c4584a7211e8da3bc 100644
--- a/flatland/envs/rail_env.py
+++ b/flatland/envs/rail_env.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ class RailEnv(Environment):
     - invalid_action_penalty = 0
     - step_penalty = -alpha
     - global_reward = beta
+    - epsilon = avoid rounding errors
     - stop_penalty = 0  # penalty for stopping a moving agent
     - start_penalty = 0  # penalty for starting a stopped agent
 
@@ -433,7 +434,14 @@ class RailEnv(Environment):
         return False
 
     def step(self, action_dict_: Dict[int, RailEnvActions]):
+        """
+        Updates rewards for the agents at a step.
 
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        action_dict_ : Dict[int,RailEnvActions]
+
+        """
         self._elapsed_steps += 1
 
         # If we're done, set reward and info_dict and step() is done.
@@ -671,7 +679,19 @@ class RailEnv(Environment):
         return cell_free, new_cell_valid, new_direction, new_position, transition_valid
 
     def cell_free(self, position):
+        """
+        Utility to check if a cell is free
 
+        Parameters:
+        --------
+        position : Tuple[int, int]
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        bool
+            is the cell free or not?
+
+        """
         agent_positions = [agent.position for agent in self.agents if agent.position is not None]
         ret = len(agent_positions) == 0 or not np.any(np.equal(position, agent_positions).all(1))
         return ret
@@ -717,13 +737,35 @@ class RailEnv(Environment):
         return new_direction, transition_valid
 
     def _get_observations(self):
+        """
+        Utility which returns the observations for an agent with respect to environment
+
+        Returns
+        ------
+        Dict object
+        """
         self.obs_dict = self.obs_builder.get_many(list(range(self.get_num_agents())))
         return self.obs_dict
 
     def get_valid_directions_on_grid(self, row: int, col: int) -> List[int]:
+        """
+        Returns directions in which the agent can move
+
+        Parameters:
+        ---------
+        row : int
+        col : int
+
+        Returns:
+        -------
+        List[int]
+        """
         return Grid4Transitions.get_entry_directions(self.rail.get_full_transitions(row, col))
 
     def get_full_state_msg(self):
+        """
+        Returns state of environment in msgpack object
+        """
         grid_data = self.rail.grid.tolist()
         agent_static_data = [agent.to_list() for agent in self.agents_static]
         agent_data = [agent.to_list() for agent in self.agents]
@@ -737,12 +779,22 @@ class RailEnv(Environment):
         return msgpack.packb(msg_data, use_bin_type=True)
 
     def get_agent_state_msg(self):
+        """
+        Returns agents information in msgpack object
+        """
         agent_data = [agent.to_list() for agent in self.agents]
         msg_data = {
             "agents": agent_data}
         return msgpack.packb(msg_data, use_bin_type=True)
 
     def set_full_state_msg(self, msg_data):
+        """
+        Sets environment state with msgdata object passed as argument
+        
+        Parameters
+        -------
+        msg_data: msgpack object
+        """
         data = msgpack.unpackb(msg_data, use_list=False, encoding='utf-8')
         self.rail.grid = np.array(data["grid"])
         # agents are always reset as not moving
@@ -755,6 +807,13 @@ class RailEnv(Environment):
         self.dones = dict.fromkeys(list(range(self.get_num_agents())) + ["__all__"], False)
 
     def set_full_state_dist_msg(self, msg_data):
+        """
+        Sets environment grid state and distance map with msgdata object passed as argument
+        
+        Parameters
+        -------
+        msg_data: msgpack object
+        """
         data = msgpack.unpackb(msg_data, use_list=False, encoding='utf-8')
         self.rail.grid = np.array(data["grid"])
         # agents are always reset as not moving
@@ -769,6 +828,9 @@ class RailEnv(Environment):
         self.dones = dict.fromkeys(list(range(self.get_num_agents())) + ["__all__"], False)
 
     def get_full_state_dist_msg(self):
+        """
+        Returns environment information with distance map information as msgpack object
+        """
         grid_data = self.rail.grid.tolist()
         agent_static_data = [agent.to_list() for agent in self.agents_static]
         agent_data = [agent.to_list() for agent in self.agents]
@@ -786,6 +848,14 @@ class RailEnv(Environment):
         return msgpack.packb(msg_data, use_bin_type=True)
 
     def save(self, filename, save_distance_maps=False):
+        """
+        Saves environment and distance map information in a file
+
+        Parameters:
+        ---------
+        filename: string
+        save_distance_maps: bool
+        """
         if save_distance_maps is True:
             if self.distance_map.get() is not None:
                 if len(self.distance_map.get()) > 0:
@@ -802,14 +872,31 @@ class RailEnv(Environment):
                 file_out.write(self.get_full_state_msg())
 
     def load(self, filename):
+        """
+        Load environment with distance map from a file
+
+        Parameters:
+        -------
+        filename: string
+        """
         with open(filename, "rb") as file_in:
             load_data = file_in.read()
             self.set_full_state_dist_msg(load_data)
 
     def load_pkl(self, pkl_data):
+        """
+        Load environment with distance map from a pickle file
+
+        Parameters:
+        -------
+        pkl_data: pickle file
+        """
         self.set_full_state_msg(pkl_data)
 
     def load_resource(self, package, resource):
+        """
+        Load environment with distance map from a binary
+        """
         from importlib_resources import read_binary
         load_data = read_binary(package, resource)
         self.set_full_state_msg(load_data)
diff --git a/flatland/envs/rail_generators.py b/flatland/envs/rail_generators.py
index 028928aeec2c08c7b9035d875a874987dce79896..3e90128c74bda860d8a4c75d71652071660482a3 100644
--- a/flatland/envs/rail_generators.py
+++ b/flatland/envs/rail_generators.py
@@ -343,6 +343,17 @@ def random_rail_generator(cell_type_relative_proportion=[1.0] * 11, seed=1) -> R
                 template = [template[-1]] + template[:-1]
 
         def get_matching_templates(template):
+            """
+            Returns a list of possible transition maps for a given template
+            
+            Parameters:
+            ------
+            template:List[int]
+
+            Returns:
+            ------
+            List[int]
+            """
             ret = []
             for i in range(len(transitions_templates_)):
                 is_match = True
diff --git a/notebooks/simple_example1_env_from_tuple.ipynb b/notebooks/simple_example1_env_from_tuple.ipynb
index 2d13585156b447fe4f9eed07834b3dc04ccf84d6..317a5b63ef171691c0324d38d82ad543e295155c 100644
--- a/notebooks/simple_example1_env_from_tuple.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/simple_example1_env_from_tuple.ipynb
@@ -10,9 +10,21 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 1,
+   "execution_count": 2,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "ename": "SystemError",
+     "evalue": "Parent module '' not loaded, cannot perform relative import",
+     "output_type": "error",
+     "traceback": [
+      "\u001b[0;31m---------------------------------------------------------------------------\u001b[0m",
+      "\u001b[0;31mSystemError\u001b[0m                               Traceback (most recent call last)",
+      "\u001b[0;32m<ipython-input-2-b6a25a9cfbbb>\u001b[0m in \u001b[0;36m<module>\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0;32m----> 1\u001b[0;31m \u001b[0;32mfrom\u001b[0m \u001b[0;34m.\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m.\u001b[0m\u001b[0mflatland\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m.\u001b[0m\u001b[0menvs\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m.\u001b[0m\u001b[0mrail_generators\u001b[0m \u001b[0;32mimport\u001b[0m \u001b[0mrail_from_manual_specifications_generator\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0m\u001b[1;32m      2\u001b[0m \u001b[0;32mfrom\u001b[0m \u001b[0mflatland\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m.\u001b[0m\u001b[0menvs\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m.\u001b[0m\u001b[0mobservations\u001b[0m \u001b[0;32mimport\u001b[0m \u001b[0mTreeObsForRailEnv\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;32m      3\u001b[0m \u001b[0;32mfrom\u001b[0m \u001b[0mflatland\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m.\u001b[0m\u001b[0menvs\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m.\u001b[0m\u001b[0mrail_env\u001b[0m \u001b[0;32mimport\u001b[0m \u001b[0mRailEnv\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;32m      4\u001b[0m \u001b[0;32mfrom\u001b[0m \u001b[0mflatland\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m.\u001b[0m\u001b[0mutils\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m.\u001b[0m\u001b[0mrendertools\u001b[0m \u001b[0;32mimport\u001b[0m \u001b[0mRenderTool\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;32m      5\u001b[0m \u001b[0;32mfrom\u001b[0m \u001b[0mPIL\u001b[0m \u001b[0;32mimport\u001b[0m \u001b[0mImage\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n",
+      "\u001b[0;31mSystemError\u001b[0m: Parent module '' not loaded, cannot perform relative import"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "from flatland.envs.rail_generators import rail_from_manual_specifications_generator\n",
     "from flatland.envs.observations import TreeObsForRailEnv\n",
@@ -24,7 +36,9 @@
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": 2,
-   "metadata": {},
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": true
+   },
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "specs = [[(0, 0), (0, 0), (0, 0), (0, 0), (0, 0), (0, 0)],\n",
@@ -83,7 +97,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.7.3"
+   "version": "3.5.2"
   },
   "latex_envs": {
    "LaTeX_envs_menu_present": true,
diff --git a/notebooks/simple_example2_generate_random_rail.ipynb b/notebooks/simple_example2_generate_random_rail.ipynb
index 19b854ee15d8dd1e19361f58a552eba617b19b67..bfa2c877ef0ecec8c596592c13c08db287661c78 100644
--- a/notebooks/simple_example2_generate_random_rail.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/simple_example2_generate_random_rail.ipynb
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.6.5"
+   "version": "3.5.2"
   },
   "latex_envs": {
    "LaTeX_envs_menu_present": true,