Maintenance of Way Preview Video for National Train Day
157 years ago, the driving of the golden spike marked the meeting of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads at Promontory Summit – the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. We're celebrating that remarkable accomplishment today with two things: our biggest sale on Railroader to date (25%!), and a video overview of the MOW mechanics in our forthcoming update. It took abo…
Hello Railroaders! Can you believe it’s been almost two years since Railroader was released in Early Access? Some of you have been with us since before it was called Railroader! Many of you have joined us along the way, and some of you have only just become familiar with the game. Whether you’re an old head or a greenhorn, we want to sincerely thank you for your support. We’ve been fortunate to…
Railroader has coupled up to Rail Route, the railroad design and dispatching strategy game, for a railroading bundle! Take command behind the signal board in Rail Route , where you’ll design, expand, and automate your own rail network - then jump into the cab in Railroader to haul freight, run passenger services, and feel the power of classic American locomotives in the golden age of rail. Move…
Hello Railroaders! Progress continues on our Maintenance of Way (MoW) update! In our last update we shared a number of items, including that we are reworking track construction milestones to work with the MoW system: MoW trains will build the track and need to be supplied with ties, track, and ballast. Lots and lots of ballast. Today we'll look at what we've been up to as we continue to work to…
Hello Railroaders! Today we are happy to share our progress on the Maintenance of Way (MoW) update we've been hard at work on. We knew this was going to be a big update, and as we have playtested and iterated on MoW that has certainly proven true. It's also driven us to revisit some aspects of Railroader's milestone progression and the map itself. We think it's important to note that none of th…
Hello Railroaders! Today we are sharing what we've been up to since the release of 2024.6.11 back in March. We've been focused on two big features/efforts: Maintenance of Way and an enhanced tutorial. Before we go into it, please keep in mind that this is all "work in progress" and may change dramatically between now and when it is released to you! Maintenance of Way Maintenance of Way is a big…
Hello Railroaders! On Monday, March 3rd , we are finally bringing our work on the Experimental branch to everybody! Those of you who have not opted into the Experimental branch will finally experience Auto Engineer Waypoint Mode, Timetables (if you so choose), new engines, and more! We will remove the experimental-2024.6 branch at this time. If you wish to delay updating to 2024.6, you can swit…
What a year it’s been! We’ve put together a dev update video to commemorate our EA release anniversary, and hope it finds you well! Thank you for your support of Railroader – there’s much more to come! We are going to strive to be better about talking with you and look forward to the road ahead!
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