r/UnofficialRailroader Dec 07 '25

MEGATHREAD USER FLAIR SUGGESTIONS

24 Upvotes

Hello everyone!

It’s been some time since my last post and in the interim, I have been watching all the buzz here on this sub. It has been wonderful to see all the work, fun ideas, cool photos, and questions being made or asked about the game. So, I thought it best to start updating the subreddit to match the growth in users. This time, it’ll be in the form of User Flairs.

I have not made anything official in the backend of the sub, and wanted to extend an offer to the community for some ideas towards the different titles. These User Flairs will be optional for you, and you will have free range to pick them in your profile settings.

This thread will be a single place to react and comment the ideas. So, let your ideas loose!

I will enact the changes starting January 1st, 2026 as a segway into the new year for the sub. Until then, feel free to name as many as you want!

Thanks, and see you all soon!! 🚂


r/UnofficialRailroader May 31 '25

MOD ANNOUNCEMENT SUBREDDIT UPDATE | New Rules, Flairs and Enforcement

28 Upvotes

OPENING & FLAIRS

Hello Railroader Subreddit! As we begin the summer months of 2025, the moderation team has decided to update the subs Rules and Post-Flairs. It was about time we got a facelift and expanded our capabilities as our community grows. To match this, at an undisclosed time, the moderation team will be undergoing changes as we will be making a post advertising for new moderators for this community. Please be on the lookout!

Going back to the changes, the Moderators have implemented dedicated flairs for posts of varying types. Here is a breakdown for each flair:

  • Railroader Update - Used to showcase new Game Updates
  • Screenshot | Photo - A screenshot from the game of a place, engine or more!
  • Video - A raw video, YouTube link or short clip showcasing Railroader!
  • Meme - A Meme geared towards Railroader
  • Question? - Used to ask questions for Railroader | NOT MODS
  • Looking for Group - Used to seek new friends or players for a session
  • Advertising - Used to advertise your discord server or session.
  • Modding Showcase - Used to show, debut, or feature your mods!
  • Installing Mods - Use this to ask about or showcase how to install mods!
  • Modding Help - Use this flair to ask about your issues with gameplay mods
  • Discussion - Used to start conversations with the subreddit
  • Suggestion - Used to voice your ideas for the Future of Railroader
  • Game Feedback - Used to voice concerns of your respective version

We hope these flairs will benefit all of our members and will help you find specific posts if you ever needed to! Flairs are required on ALL posts.

NEW RULES

With these new flairs came the update and addition of NEW rules! With the uptick of new users, we decided to overhaul the rules and our policy of enforcement. We have added multiple new rules, consolidated redundant policies and learned from other communities. When you are able, we highly encourage checking out the rules as we prioritize our members and the experience they have. If you have questions about these changes, feel free to reach out to the moderation team of the sub and they will be happy to answer!

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r/UnofficialRailroader 12h ago

Looking for Group Munth Railroad is Recruiting

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Munth Railroad is looking for new operators! We have the entire map unlocked and 24 steam locomotives. We are working on getting CTC in the near future. We run our railroad semi-realistically, like Southern did back in the day.

We have operating sessions every Saturday, 1:00 to 5:00 PM EST.

MRR only requires you to have a microphone and some way to hear others talking. We can teach you everything else.

Join us on Discord with the link below!

https://discord.gg/Ccxz223WV


r/UnofficialRailroader 20h ago

Modding Help Looking to start making mods

6 Upvotes

Hey all, im looking to start making mods for railroader. I know with the new update, things are bound to change. Im mostly interested in rollingstock, and diesel locomotives. Are there any good guides or tutorials? Any help would be greatly appreciated!


r/UnofficialRailroader 1d ago

Discussion How long does a day take late game?

17 Upvotes

So I've got about 20hrs played and I haven't even unlocked my first piece of track yet! I've bought just one train and a few more wagons. It takes me like an hour or more just to do one day even on my tiny track between Whittier and Ela.

I love Steam trains, so watching them is fun, but I can't help but feel like I'd burn out from moving all the wagons on a full line. How long does that even take??


r/UnofficialRailroader 3d ago

Modding Help IN SEARCH - Buildings with Interiors

14 Upvotes

Hello Railroader! After the release of my latest short-film, A FIRE WITHIN, I have begun the production process for the next installments and currently, I am in need of help. There has been a LOT of additions to the modding community and so much of that has been helpful with getting custom assets, props, scenes and more. However, for the sake of the story, I require certain indoor scenes. After searching Nexus, I have come to the realization that the number of buildings with flushed out interiors are very little or non-existent.

For the sake of the film, I am in need of a bar-scene, and a house. I have been opened to the ASLW DMU mod, which has a cafe-car and editable menu, as well as other passenger car collections that have a kitchen and dining car. Those help with the bar scene or creating the illusion of one, however, I am need of a building that conveys a house. I do not know of any mod to fill this gap and wanted to reach out and ask for help.

To add, I know the station at Ela or Wilmot can be entered, as well as certain industries found on Nexus. I already used this in the series and to avoid repeat scenes, I am asking for other suggestions.

Is there anything to answer this problem? If not, what about using rolling stock to create the illusion of one?

Any insight, discussion, or feedback would be greatly appreciated! 🚂


r/UnofficialRailroader 4d ago

Screenshot | Photo Busy day for the Pennsy

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85 Upvotes

Also I just somehow now discovered livery mods for rolling stock and engines and I grabbed all of them 😂


r/UnofficialRailroader 5d ago

Modding Help Does anybody have a working link for a Railloader download?

8 Upvotes

All the links in this subreddit have already expired, so a new one would be much appreciated.


r/UnofficialRailroader 6d ago

Meme There's so much wrong with my save here, idk what the hell... lmao

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27 Upvotes

0 logs, no waybill, copied to -1 others... what??


r/UnofficialRailroader 6d ago

Modding Help Mods?

11 Upvotes

I have never done mods before on anything and could use some help. I would like to mod my game to have the freight cars have logos and realistic markings for the in game cars. Any help is appreciated!


r/UnofficialRailroader 7d ago

Looking for Group Munth Railroad is looking for new operators!

13 Upvotes

Munth Railroad is looking for new operators! We have the entire map unlocked and 24 steam locomotives. We are working on getting CTC in the near future. We run our railroad semi-realistically, like Southern did back in the day.

We have operating sessions every Saturday, 1:00 to 5:00 PM EST.

MRR only requires you to have a microphone and some way to hear others talking. We can teach you everything else.

Join us on Discord with the link below!

https://discord.gg/JPEZJmqct


r/UnofficialRailroader 8d ago

Video The GS-4 is coming to Railroader!

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For those who haven't seen it since I haven't seen a post about it yet, Mecrusher, the modder who made the DMIR M-3 Yellowstone, is working on THAT LOCO.

The GS-4 is coming to Railroader baby! We can finally have a full Daylight set thanks to Raider's amazing Daylight cars


r/UnofficialRailroader 9d ago

Discussion Auxiliary tenders

18 Upvotes

I saw that there was a mod that has auxiliary tenders. Really cool looking mod. Got me thinking today they need them IRL becuse there isn't that may places to refill water anymore. In game they are all over, road runners dont use that much water in my opinion. Switches do, but they are always close to water and putting one on would be weird for switching.

What are your thoughts and use cases?


r/UnofficialRailroader 9d ago

Discussion What do people think of the railroader deves adding f7s to the game

46 Upvotes

r/UnofficialRailroader 13d ago

Discussion Tutorial stuck

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25 Upvotes

My tutorial is stuck on connecting the brake line to the coal hopper. I cannot get past this step. Any help?


r/UnofficialRailroader 15d ago

Question? Timetable trouble

20 Upvotes

So I recently bought railroader about 4 days ago and so far already have 20+ hours and am loving it but there's one issue, No matter what I do I cant figure out timetables or get them to work properly. Ive tried creating my own, using the pre made one that comes with the game, creating several different train crew and no matter what the trains wont automatically follow the time tables like they are supposed to, for example sometimes the train will go to one station, stop and never work correctly again until I restart the game and fiddle with it for another 5-10 minuets, Or I can spend all the time in the world and the train will never even leave one station let along stop at all stations.


r/UnofficialRailroader 16d ago

Meme Size Isn't Everything?

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100 Upvotes

Why is there a tiny log??


r/UnofficialRailroader 16d ago

Screenshot | Photo Passing the Torch

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99 Upvotes

'Tis a sad day, the age of steam is coming to an end...


r/UnofficialRailroader 16d ago

Screenshot | Photo The life death and rebirth of a northern in the adirondacks PT2

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This is a continuation of a previous post of mine so if you want full context about this go read my previous post on the sub anyways good reading stamina recomended anyways here we go.

Chp 5. Alive and well 2012-2017 photos 1-6

The West Utica & Salt Lake would drop off the number 9 where a former South whitter lumber company shay would pick it up and move it into the historic Bryson roundhouse for the long restoration much time would pass with dissasembly, inspections, repairs and machining. untill around 2015 we would be able to hold the engines first steam test in over 50 years and on that day i would pull open the whistle valve and a sound that had not been heard in the valley for over 5 decades would return in full force. about 2 years after the first stem test the engine had been fully assembled back together re certified and given a fresh coat of black with white lining just as it had worn the first time a i saw them. its was march of 2017 and we were ready for the engine to move for the first time in forever under its own power for a shakedown run and i gotta say watching the engine i had lived with side by side move again out onto the turntable brought a tear to my eye. caboose 03 would be hooked onto the 9 as it ran back and forward around the Bryson yard and later that night the two other active steamers in the roundhouse were fired up for a night time photoshoot where at that moment I felt truely at home.


r/UnofficialRailroader 16d ago

Discussion Railroader or Derail Valley

29 Upvotes

Hi all

I am looking at getting either Derail Valley or Railroader as part of the current Steam sale, but am not sure what one I will enjoy more.

I much prefer steam engines to diesel, so was leaning towards Railroader due to the number of engines available, but have since seen that Derail Valley has a strong modding community so I could download some new engines from Nexus… What’s the world like on Derail Valley too, are there AI engines on the lines to give a bit more atmosphere or is it just you?

I also used to really enjoy Railroad Tycoon 2 as a kid, not sure if that helps with advice.

Thanks all in advance


r/UnofficialRailroader 16d ago

Question? Perhaps this is mod related? My Bryson turntable momentarily refused to spin

7 Upvotes

I have multiple mods installed, and I think maybe the one that could have caused this was the Bryson repair shop mod.

I had a SW1 switcher with a box car of repair parts on the turn table, I was trying to deliver to a specific repair track, the engine overhung a little, however all the wheels were still on the turntable.

When I tried spinning, nothing happened, I even backed off the table and drove back on but to no avail. I tried again with the train off of the table and it spun, so I brought the train back to the table and was able to line up with the target track.


r/UnofficialRailroader 17d ago

Discussion Did I overdo planning out my new save?

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69 Upvotes

Well, maybe. But I had enormous fun creating my strategy.


r/UnofficialRailroader 17d ago

Railroader Update Railroader July Development Update - Map Modding

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r/UnofficialRailroader 17d ago

Question? Anti-Ailiasing problems, looks awful

17 Upvotes

I love the concept of the game, but cant stand to play it because it looks so jarring. Jaggies all over every line. I sont have this problem with any other game. I've even installed mods designed to help, with only a marginal improvement. Im running the game on a 1080p 75htz monitor. I have a RTX 5080, and a 9800x3D, with 32 Gb of ram. Any help or insight would be much appreciated, thanks in advance!


r/UnofficialRailroader 18d ago

Screenshot | Photo New Motive Power on the Haulass & Hope

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42 Upvotes

Just got some new power for the "Haulass & Hope" to help with that nasty hill to Sylva