We have launched a brand new website and all-new community. We are excited to bring you new updates and features, on this page, you will find what we have released.
Have some ideas on what you would like us to have on the site / improve on? Let us know over on our Ideas Page by clicking here.
November 2025
New Ideas, Feature Requests and Roadmap page launched
We have launched a brand new Ideas, Feature Requests and Roadmap page. This is your chance to submit your ideas on what the RailAdvent website should have, and to also upvote other members’ ideas.
You can take a look by clicking here.
October 2025
App Testing Opens To Silver Members
Silver members can now test our new app on their Android device
Activity Post Titles
You can now set an activity post title when sharing an image or video
September 2025
The Greatest Gathering Available To Stream
Gold members can now enjoy our 2 Disc Set of The Greatest Gathering by visiting the Streaming Library
App Testing Begins!
Gold members can now exclusively test our new app on their Android device
August 2025
The Greatest Gathering
We had our very own stand at The Greatest Gathering in Derby, where we spoke to lots of our readers as well as debuted our new app to the public for the very first time.
July 2025
Activity Feed Filters
Our new activity feed filters on the LocoStop Community feed helps you to filter down the feed to the content you want to see. For example, from your connections or questions that are unanswered
June 2025
Platform and Hosting Updates
To prepare for our new app. we have implemented some changes to the RailAdvent platform and hosting configuration.
May 2025
New Events Calendar
In preparation for our brand new app, we have launched a new events calendar with map function to help you find heritage railway events local to you. You can find it here
April 2025
Comprehensive LE and ECS movements
We have begun adding in lots of ECS and Light Engine Movements to our Railtours page. By making this a RailAdvent Plus member feature, we can make sure these are consistently updated with additions and revisions.
March 2025
LocoStop User Card Popups
Hovering over a user's name now lets you view the user's profile, follow them or message them
February 2025
LocoStop Moderation Improvements
New features to allow users to report posts and automatically remove content in certain circumstances