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RAILROADS Online! - 1 Year Anniversary Update



Dear Community,

Hooray! Today we celebrate 1 year of Railroads Online!
For this special occasion we have prepared a special update!

Season Fall
The world is now cloaked in ocher soils and colorful birch trees heralding fall.


New locomotive - Glenbrook
Originally built in 1875 for the Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company to haul cordwood and lumber from Glenbrook, Nevada. You can now enjoy this beautiful machine in Railroads Online! 147 years later.


New locomotve - Shay
This two truck shay will definitely boost your logging business! The locomotive features the destinctive side mounted cardan drive system and the offset boiler to balance out the masses over the frame. The shay was specially designed to provide plenty of traction on bumpy logging railroads with tight curves.


New locomotive D&RGW Class 45
This Baldwin 6-22-D Heavy Tank Locomotive was built in 1875 for the Denver & Rio Grande.
Being a 0-6-0 this locomotive makes a compact yet powerfull switcher.


New feature - Paint Works
With this update you can now choose from a range of different paint works for some rolling stock and locomotives, giving your railroad a more individual, customized look!


New feature - Ballast
Switches can now be built with or without ballast.


Complete Changelog
-fixed bell location on montezuma
-fixed valve gear mesh on montezuma
-fixed steps mesh on waycar
-fixed bug where player would collide with invisible freight on cars after re-rail
-improved spline track FPS render performance
-added wall spline without rails
-added switch variants without ballast
-added glenbrook locomotive
-added shay two truck locomotive
-added D&RGW Class 45
-added selectable paint works for rolling stock and locomotives

The latest update is available in the BETA-Branch. You can join the BETA-Branch in your Steam Library->Right click on Railroads Online!->Properties->Beta->"Beta - PublicBeta"



SPECIAL THANKS to all the players, streamers, railroaders, historians, museums and fans!

With your continuous support, input and knowledge you are providing a tremendous amount of help and motivation to us - especially in situations that have been rather tough. This project would not be possible without you! So a very big thank you! to you guys!

We are very exited to continue this journey together with you into the coming next years of Railroads Online!
We wish you all Happy Railroading! and a great weekend!

The Railroads Online! Team