At 22:20, Mark says that it's the last devlog for the year and that they've paused Patreon, so there was no January devlog on KZbin because there was no December devlog for Patreons. They took that month off for holiday travels and stuff. The new one's on Patreon according to their Twitter account and it'll come to KZbin later this month.

In this video, they said they paused funding on their Patreon at the end, so they could take a break during December for the holidays, so there's no dev vlog for a month. The new one released on Patreon according to their Twitter, so I expect we'll see it on KZbin later this month.

RO and CoS are made by two entirely different developers. They look similar because both use Unreal Engine and feature American 3' narrow gauge trains, but that's where the similarities end. But the CoS devs have said that optimization is a big focus of theirs, they've stressed that a few times on their Facebook posts, but we won't know how well the game's optimized until it releases. The fact they're aware of optimization concerns and stressing it's a focus of theirs, is a good sign though.

In the June 2024 devlog, they have screenshots of the Shay in Blender.

Obligatory we won't know the locomotive list till the game releases. But just musing over things, in their original form as 0-4-0 saddle tanks when built in 1942 by Porter "Anaka" and "Myrtle" could fit with the game but not when they got rebuilt to tender locomotives. The LK&P wasn't formed till 1969, the end of the games time frame and didn't start operations until 1970 after the games time frame. A tourist operation like the LK&P doesn't really represent a true day in the life of a three foot narrow gauge crew anyhow. I like the line and I got a chance to ride behind the Myrtle a few times but the locmotives are outside of the scope of the game in their current form. The devs have said previously that due to the abhorrent working conditions and injustices on sugar and other plantations in the time the game is set in they will not be having any plantation equipment. Now obviously a lot of tank engine designs that saw use in Hawaii, like the Ewa or Maui, saw use in logging or mining in the mainland US so something tailored to those two applications would fit. Really the main Hawaiian representation would have to be with equipment from the Oahu Railway. Which of course had equipment that was similar to many mainland US examples. The Orange Belt Railway has one locomotive that you for sure will be able to make in game. In the Dev blog from March 2024 for Patrons or April for the general public they showed the Baldwin 8-18C 4-4-0 and one of the prototypes they showed was Orange Belt Railway number 7. Remember while there may be presents for some customization the goal will be for the player to create their railroads "look" as they wish. So you can at least create very close representations of Orange Belt Locomotives.

@@bluepoppy1026 Thanks for your confirmation. I am well aware that the LK&P existed just after the game's timeframe. The only saving grace to this rule is that in 1969, the Anaka was tested on the East Broad Top Railroad, equipment from which I am sure will be in the game... I am also aware of number 7 being able to be reproduced, but wonder if any other locomotive models owned by the Orange Belt will be present.

Also, love the detail that the pil burner and coal burner have different steam colors (oil burner is more blue while coal burner is more of an orangey off-white)

Remember, the locomotive in the video is an Baldwin 8-18C, with rather small cylinders. Since Mark still has the throttle wide open, and precedes to put the bar in the corner, it’s going bark rather loudly. The locomotive in the other video has significantly larger cylinders and (presumably) doesn’t have the throttle wide open. Hyce (the same person in the video) has a video about the Glenbrook fighting up a sharp grade at the Cumbres and Toltec railroad. Most of the video is about the trip as a whole, but there is a clip at 22:00 showing What these old Baldwins sound like at full power while moving slowly. The locomotive is a 2-6-0 with marginally larger cylinders, but they’re going to sound similar at the same speeds. STS: Glenbrook 1vs1 with Cumbres pass is the title of the video if you want to track it down yourself. I’d link it if I could, but can’t with the device I am using. Now the devlog isn’t set on a grade, but the loco is trying to pull through the train brake.

@Stooltoad5017 cheers bud I'll check that one out right now 👌

This is Century of Steam, a game by Studio 346 of which Hyce aka Mark is part of. Hyce is narrating this devlog They are still working in its development. Century of Steam and Studio 346 are in no way part of Railroads Online. The only relation between the two is some of the current devs in Studio 346 working on Century of Steam had previously worked on Railroads Online.

It's mainly for when operating at night. During the day seeing the semaphore position is easy but harder at night especially at a distance.