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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 tha…
March 2026 Development Update
Hello Railroaders! We wanted to give you an update on where things stand with the MoW Update. The beginning of this year has been particularly productive, and while we are happy with the state of the game, there is stil…
November 2025 Development Update
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,…
New Bundle: Running the Railroad - Railroader & Rail Route
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 ow…
Railroader 2025.1.0b Hotfix
This release contains no game changes from 2025.1.0a, but we have updated to Unity 2022.3.62f2 in response to a Unity security vulnerability. According to Unity there is no evidence of any exploitation of the vulnerabil…
August 2025 Development Update
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: Mo…
June 2025 Development Update
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 tha…
Railroader 2025.1.0a
This is a hot fix release that includes the following: Tutorial bug/typo fixes. Fix for broken Crews panel in the Company window.
Railroader 2025.1.0: New Tutorial!
There's a lot to learn about Railroader and for a long time now we have wanted to create a more interactive tutorial, with better cues and feedback. For those of you who are new to Railroader we hope that it helps get y…
April 2025 Development Update
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…
Railroader 2024.6.11: Waypoints, Timetables, Engines, Scenery & More
We are pleased to announce that Railroader 2024.6 is now available on the main branch after several months on the experimental branch! This release brings major new features like Auto Engineer Waypoint Mode and Timetabl…
Railroader 2024.6 Is Inbound!
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 Waypo…
Experimental: Railroader 2024.6.10
As with 2024.6.9, focusing on refinements with the goal of this being our last release before 2024.6 is posted on the default branch! Adjusted Auto Engineer to make hard couples less likely. (RR-750) Adjusted Auto Engin…
Experimental: Railroader 2024.6.9
Added timetable symbol dropdown to car inspector Operations tab. Timetable symbol dropdown now shows next departure time, or last arrival time if the next departure is too distant. Fixed Auto Dest on timetable passenger…
Experimental: Railroader 2024.6.8
We're continuing to work toward wrapping up work on the experimental branch, so our programming effort has been focused on bug fixes and refinements to Auto Engineer Waypoint Mode and Timetables, but we've also been wor…
Experimental: Railroader 2024.6.7
Fixed steam engine trucks drifting forward/back, our of sync with engine. (RR-701) Fixed delivered cars not recognized at Bryson Lumber Coal & Supply D1, Nantahala Talc & Limestone T3. (RR-700) Fixed timetable passenger…
Experimental: Railroader 2024.6.6b
Two more quick fixes – thank you for your reports and feedback! Fixed issue that caused derailments and equipment damage during regular movement, first seen in 2024.6.6. Fixed "Edit Timetable" button missing for clients…
Experimental: Railroader 2024.6.6a
A few quick fixes! Fixed Auto Engineer Waypoint failing to operate when signals were not unlocked. Fixed missing Nantahala Power & Light building. Fixed pavement at Dillsboro grade crossing.
Experimental: Railroader 2024.6.6
Railroader 2024.6.6 is now available on the Experimental branch! This release brings a bunch of bugfixes, but also some map changes we think you'll enjoy. We plan for this to be the last feature release for the 2024.6 e…
Experimental: Railroader 2024.6.5
One more quick fix for the holidays on the experimental-2024.6 branch! Auto Engineer Waypoint Mode: Fixed AE balking at taking diverging route at CTC switches. (RR-662)
