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DarkriderZX
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30 something werewolf. Enjoys trains, video games, and comics
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Season's Greasons, everyone! However you celebrate, may you all close out the holidays and the year of 2025 with comfort and peace in these uncertain times, and have this bluegrass carol from our house band Burnham & Run!
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Greensleeves - Century of Steam OST
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December 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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A new Century of Steam flagstop video on our 1913 Ford Model T inspection car is now public as an early Christmas gift! We are joined by Brett, who shares his experience of restoring and running a Model TT truck and his contributions to making this model game-ready!

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RGS Inspection Car | Century of Steam Flag Stop
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December 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Studio 346 is a collection of artists, historians, & engineers joined in a common goal: to make our shared love & knowledge of railroading into a fun, meaningful experience. Since day 1, we’ve pledged never to use generative AI slop. Century of Steam always will be a game made for people, by people.
A poem on a paper background, surrounded by several roughly-drawn doodles of Rico and Dolores, Century of Steam's cartoon goat and deer mascots, respectively. The two of them are shown making various doodles and drawings of their own. The poem, in defense of human artistry against a pervasive deluge of AI slop, reads as such: Art's an exclusively human endeavor, Which sits at the crossroad of person and craft, A people without craft is weary to weather, A craft without people is soulless and daft. To put onto canvas a thing by our hands Comes with it a tangible part of our own, So others may gaze at our self as it stands, To know us and smile on what we have shown. So long as real hands and real minds can assure, Incredible works can be crafted and born, Even if some hands are covered in fur, And some minds are guarded by antler and horn. But say I had sought out a local town baker, To bake a confection I vaguely describe, If I had told everyone I was the maker, We'd all see the baker's betrayed by the lie. So anywhere art is not crafted with care, But stolen and churned into some unknown slurry, Remember this warning to heed and beware, Or else we may find ourselves lost in a hurry. Do what you love, and love what you do, But do it yourself, or it's not really you.
November 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Our Flagstop video on Russel Skeleton Log Cars is now public! 3D artist Alec shares the history and effort that went into making these ubiquitous little freight cars for Century of Steam, and they should look right at home on your backwoods logging lines!
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Russel Skeleton Log Cars | Century of Steam Flag Stop
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November 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Another Studio 346 Flag Stop video is now available for patrons! Tom and Brett talk about the process of making a 1913 Ford Model T Inspection Car for our upcoming train game Century of Steam, & the quirks of what it's like to scoot in this doot. You can view this post early at patreon.com/studio346
A render of a 1913 Ford Model T inspection car with flanged railroad wheels from the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, for upcoming multiplayer train game Century of Steam. The Ford Branding has been changed to Faux to avoid copyright issues. A render of a 1913 Ford Model T inspection car with flanged railroad wheels from the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, for upcoming multiplayer train game Century of Steam. The underside of the inspection car features a lot of detailing for the transmission, driveshaft, and suspension. A render of a 1913 Ford Model T inspection car with flanged railroad wheels from the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, for upcoming multiplayer train game Century of Steam. The dashboard has a lot of clutter, including railroad passes, playing cards with the game's goat and deer mascot characters Rio and Dolores on them, and an instruction booklet for Model T owners.
November 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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We've changed our formatting of videos a bit, and the first of our new Flag Stop videos is now available, covering the first part of our ongoing work on industries and tycoon elements for Century of Steam!

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Industries Part 0 | Century of Steam Flag Stop
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November 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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A new Century of Steam flag stop video featuring the Russel skeleton log cars is now available for our patrons! Fellow team member Alec shares the history and work done to replicate these ubiquitous items found on many narrow gauge logging railroads. You can view it now at patreon.com/Studio346
Top Half: Century of Steam's cartoon goat mascot Rico is standing next to an old steam locomotive; they are holding an oil can and admiring the ornate engine. To the right, a red flag with the text "Studio 346 Flag Stop" is waving. Lower Half: A grayscale image of the railroad log car model featured in the video with the text "Russel Skeleton Log Cars, Available now at Patreon.com/Studio346"
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Studio 346 would like to wish you all a very Happy Spoopy Day! May you all strike it rich at the candy mines tonight!
A Halloween Post from Studio 346, featuring an in-game screenshot of the upcoming railroad game Century of Steam. Green text reads: "Happy Halloween from Century of Scream!" A ghostly 1910s automobile on rails looms over an autumn graveyard scene. Rico and Doloroes, the game's cartoon goat and deer mascots, respectively, are posed in the scene. Dolores is wearing a pointy witch hat and flying through the air on a coal scoop as if it were a broom, and Rico is hanging on for dear life.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Somewhere far to the north, Basitin exiles make their home in the snowy regions of the world. And one family in particular discovers that they have an unexpected new member, and more on the way.
October 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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August's Century of Steam mini vlog is now public! Fellow Studio 346 developer Jake hops behind the throttle and shows off railroad torpedoes, tweaks to poling, and discusses the most recent round of performance optimization, plus some new track items in the works!

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Torpedos, Trackwork, and Tweaks to Poling | Century of Steam Mini Devlog
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October 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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August 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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July will be one of our in-between mini-vlogs between larger features again, and although it'll be brief, it certainly won't be boring 🚃🥖🚂
A screenshot from the upcoming video game "Century of Steam", featuring a Baldwin 10-26D Drawing 42 steam locomotive on a warm desert morning. The locomotive is shoving a caboose on the adjacent track with a large oak pole suspended between them. This move is called "poling" and Justin of Well There's Your Problem Podcast has asked us to show this again. Hi Justin.
July 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Checking in with y'all again: Work continues for the next progress video, though due to a mix of bereavement for lost love ones and paternity leave, some of our team members have needed additional time to recover before returning, so May's content will be postponed & merged with June's update video.
June 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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The newest dev vlog for upcoming train game Century of Steam has been made available both for Patrons and Youtube! Mark & Co. showcase our totally revamped oil firing simulation on our new NCO Tenwheelers, plus a brief appearance of GE 50-tonner diesel "Little Giant!"
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MORE DIESELS, Oil Firing, and other updates!
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July 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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A whole lot has happened in the last couple of weeks. The Boss of the company is now a dad, and The Co-Boss is back from more work in the field, so we'll be getting the last bits ready for our summer dev vlog, coming to Patreon on July 4th. We'll see you all in Independence, CA on Independence Day!
A screenshot of the work in progress for upcoming video game Century of Steam: Two Southern Pacific steam locomotives, numbered 9 and 18, meet at a water tower for a cool drink in the dry and dusty expanse of the Owens Valley. The Sierra Talc Company's milling facility is visible in the distance, and the Inyo mountains loom above the scene.
July 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Hello all, this weekend the team met to discuss deliverables & determined they'd benefit from a bit more time to get May's dev vlog ready, there's a lot of new stuff going in so we'll be posting that to the Patreon about a week or so into June. In the meantime, here's what we were working on today!
May 19, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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March's Century of Steam dev vlog is now up! Join Mark & Co. as they make their first revenue freight run over a 12-mile round trip! Locomotive sim got a major overhaul, car inspector & facility UI is in, icing reefers is now a thing, plus a whole lot more new stuff!
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A Full Day of Gameplay on the Railroad! Century of Steam March Devlog
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May 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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And of course, the original Nevada-California-Oregon variants will be included, too, so you can experience the full history of these locomotives in the game!
A test render of the Nevada California Oregon 4-6-0 #8 in as-built configuration.
May 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Those who are fans of the more obscure variants of these locomotives are also in for a treat, as we've included Pacific Coast Railway 110 and 111 as customization options as well!
A test render of Century of Steam's NCO 4-6-0, detailed as Pacific Coast Railway #110.
May 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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April's Dev Vlog is now available for patrons! Bit of a shorter upload since Mark was in Australia this month and others were sick, but we have some fun things in progress to show, including the SP / Nevada-California-Oregon tenwheelers & another surprise diesel in the works! patreon.com/Studio346
A test render of three Southern Pacific narrow gauge 4-6-0 locomotives, numbered 8, 9, and 18 from left to right. These 3 locomotives are just a few of the variants available for this engine in the upcoming video game Century of Steam.
May 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM