Schooner island

I reckon there's probably some cool sounding Aboriginal name you could find for the island. I mean hsv went with Maloo for their utes which means thunder 💁 Also as far as getting back into Thomas and friends. Check out the unlucky tug if you want to get back into the lore haha

Ending credit cinematics were special... as realistic and beautiful as any I can remember.

Just to note with 17:51, you could possibly make a train station like Wondabyne or some of the tiny Hunter Line stations along the river/rural area. Might not necessarily be very 1960’s, but could be a solution to keep the area quiet and wild

If you want some fitting inspiration for this project I’d point you to the murchison dlc from trainz 2009(?) I think. Google will show you screenshots, etc. It’s a similar type of Australian map modeling the 50s/60s steam and diesel operations on an island like this

another day as an american DOT planner

I really hope some steam NSWGR makes it way in, it would be great to see a C38 charging though the landscape.

Deyras Island. Totally random name but sounds unique and could easily be Aussie. It’s cozy but a bit grand

29 years old, unapologetically still a fan of Number 1. Don't ever be embarrassed about where your interests come from, EVER.

What mod di you use to build beyond the world border? I'm curious- the map is HUGE

GTA TRAIN SET

i always considered cities skylines to be like a model train set, im glad im not the only one who feels that way lol, transport fever 2 fills the better gap for now, but cities has the aesthetics way over that game in the sense that youre building your own world like a model

The map looks exceptional

Darling harbour is just garbage now after they let big business destroy all that made it so special such as the amazing Darling Harbour complex. I used to work right near there in the 90’s and caught the monorail every day to see business around the city. This was at the time of Sega World which I went to on weekends often with a free pass. Unfortunately those amazing times are now just part of history as so called progress has raised the lot and turned it into a soulless business park. The only good thing left is the gardens.

my hobby too, hope to see it done soon.

Every time I see the river it feels so wrong, haha 😅

I'm so glad that you're back on CS

The Thomas the Tank Engine show was great back in the day but the new ones are just a joke as they are terrible and very unrealistic and has no heart and soul in it like the originals. I would love to see an area with the Thomas trains in it would be cool

You should add Thomas the Tank Engine in as I believe there is a mod for it

I think making American cities is very lazy,.. can you make a well planned city that's non car centric with focus on land usage

What interests me most are the architecture of the buildings and the cars that are seen on the streets of the pack.

Name idea: Castle Island Mixes your inspiration which is new castle and the island of sodor together. Also Thomas the tank engine OG series is elite so no shame in it mate, love this series!

Instead of Bourke street mall, the pedestrian only street could be brook street mall!

Being Victorian, I ask… will there be any VR Streamliner K classes?

i think naming it something along the lines of Willowbee Island, and you can keep the much older look while keeping it between 1919 and 1969, and tell a story around the "outdated" look and vehicles

bro a pedestrian bridge? @11:00

It's okay man I'm 25 with no kids and tune into classic Thomas when it pops into my head

I've got a game to recommend created by a solo developer from our neighbors in New Zealand, it's called Rolling Line and is only about $20? It's a rather small model railway sim game with a very simplistic art style but it's really fun, you can create a multitude of layouts and it has a very large community of modders on the Steam Workshop including some who are dedicated to making Aussie steam and diesel engines too. Really worth a shot imo

I do hope you subscribe to and watch The Unlucky Tug's stuff!

I’m the spirit of Sordor and Australia/ Tasmania… The Island of Toodolla 💶💵🚂💯

Always love seeing you build maps, the detail is just so good

i love this new serie , i often was passionate as a kid by those kinds of train exposition , i searched for a name for this island , i don’t know if its already taken but Callygary seem to be a good name for it

Just to let you know, there's a mod out there that lets you make your own train consists. It's been years since I used it but it was really good. No clue what the name was.

No shame in liking thomas the train, we all grew up watching him lmao

I think you should really try out Transport Fever 2, because it's way better and more detailed when it comes to transportation.

What is the fourth item in his toolbar from the workshop at 27:06 when he has the water infrastructure menu open? (it looks like a water control structue like a dam of some sort)

It feels like it has been a few months to a year since I last watched a video of yours and it didn't really occur to me that this video is meant to be the start of a new series primarily focused on steam locomotives which I absolutely love as someone who's a steam locomotive fanatic and grew up watching Thomas the Tank Engine. And the way you're going about this map is reminding me of the Island of Sodor where the primary mode of transportation is steam locomotives. I'm really looking forward to what this series has in store!

You really need to try Transport Fever 2, it has an endless amount of mods and assets and trains and you can go crazy there

Name it Awdry in honour of the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, Since it's very much an inspiration like you said :)

Don't feel too embarrased, R.W. Audry wrote the stories specifically to be enjoyable for both the kids and the parents that would be reading the books to them. As a result the book series and the origional model series can be enjoyed by people of all ages.

Tbh i think you're the only cities skylines creator who could branch out to other games and still be successful.

This map, and the theme of it are great! I'm looking forward to following this project!

Rolling line?

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Sodor 2

I 'am also more excited about this than CS2, I've been waiting for CS1 content from you for so long. Finally

Some other spectacular and distinct landforms near Sydney include the sandstone escarpments you see in the Blue Mountains or down the Illawarra, with the cliffs lining the upper parts of the ridges, or the canyons of the upper Nepean River where the Hume Fwy crosses near Picton. Steep walls on the upper part of either slope. Beautiful bushland there as well.

i feel you there, model railways take up a massive amount of space. part of me has an idea of a lateout but i am going to have to drop the scale down to sort of n scale but with custom trains as i want to adapt a minor bit of warhammer lore into a circular railway that goes through a square table that is divided into 3 or 4 public facing sections that include painted relief dividing walls that show different areas that a cover different areas that heavy mass convayance rail covers initial thinking: warhammer fans i am refering to vraks 1: space port 2: wastes 3: rearlines but i am not sure if i could make it happen let a long get it to a model railway expo or wargaming event

State of Fairfax, named after this chap who's decendants could have settled the island. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Fairfax

Classic Thomas is rad, such a labour of love and the sets have such amazing detail. Talk about world building! (I too got back into it with my son)