A ferry from SLC to near the Food Processing factory then onto rail would have saved alot of money.

How do you manage to be so consistent with episodes ? I find it challenging especially with ADHD ! My save file was broken and fixed it but the editing takes long for me and I find when I record it's hard to talk the entire time

Feels criminal being so early

I am sure that there are Portal Cranes available in the MODS... Those would look more realistic on your harbor build

Handy dandy ❤.. Additional, would it work when you place like two (temporary) roads to create a nice straight edge when you paint something in between, like that painted road opposite of the station ??

I did make Passenger cars to accompany those 4-4-0 packs xp

I like the idea of using barges to move grain from Pittsburgh to a food processor near Allentown and bringing back food on return trip.. You could maybe experiment with a River Boat passenger line from Pittsburgh to Allentown and then beyond. Although, I know you hate boats so maybe a rail line between Pittsburgh and Allentown doing the same thing :)

I'd take tools back onto the logs line to the point where it diverges from the tools line into the city. That way you will have the logs line taking something back, plus making the tools line shorter. Effectively, I am proposing a mini cargo hub, that may become bigger as you connect more lines.

Why don't you use 7:56 trams for goods transportation? Cheaper than trains and more capacity than carriages...

Maybe look at adding a Ferry service from Salt Lake City to the a ferry dock at the food factory then you could make a double track line from the Factory into Portland allowing a passenger line connected to the ferry but additionally allowing a freight train to carry the food into the city and collecting grain on its return trip, thus removing those horses and even the ships. That way you almost can make the port at the Food factory a major shipping terminal. Hope that makes sense. Nice episode.

Ayo, really excited for this series. I just got to say one thing, don’t get too ahead of yourselves. You should play within the capabilities of the year that you are in. Because of course you could just load the line with horses to meet the maximum load, or you could play, and allow for the option for growth. Also another thing that would be nice to see, is the small and narrow tight streets of the old town and how it compares in a number of years time when it becomes a metropolis. But other than that keep up the good work can’t wait for the next episode. ☺️

I'm looking for the mod that will change the default map size from large at 16 km x 16 km up to 50 km x 50 km. Any ideas??

I'm not understanding why you wouldn't consider a shunting line on the logs line instead of all the trucks? I ask because I don't know why you wouldn't.

Really enjoying your series! Have you ever thought about adding an exit to the truck stops? When I play I really like adding another road connection to my truck stops, so the vehicles pull in, and keep going straight out the exit. They dont hv to turn around and I find it smoother.

Oh, hey! Sorry for the late response (as I was abit lazy with watching some TPF2 videos on YT), but I was the one who suggested Brookshire County (albeit the name I suggested was New Brookshire, but ok)

Unless I am very much mistaken, you get slightly bigger horse carriages in 1865, which I would highly encourage to swap over to in order to decrease the amount of traffic. Great job of using rate information - such a massive change from your previous series. 🙂 For passengers I would recommend to try to start with at least 3 stops on the line - it has been proved that lines that go to more than one destination are more in-demand. Passenger travel by boats is only really feasible when you can't build a rail bridge that is affordable or realistic-looking, as trains are always faster, i.e., more appealing.

Two words - Line Rates :) Since the Tools factory only needed 100 units to start @ level 1, you only needed to produce 100 planks... which meant a max 200 logs from the forest for starters. Sure, these will increase as the sawmill and tools factory level up with extra consumption of Tools in the towns, but the vehicles placed on the lines at the start were far too many for what was needed. Use the CONSUMERS tab in the Tools & Sawmill to work out what your current line rate on the transfer needs to be :)

Play any Highrise City?

Probably rename Santa Rosa to Chirwick to make it less Spanish-y.

Im really looking forward to more steam trains and diesel trains, they look just so much cooler then electric and are so under used, i hope you can stay in that era a long time

Forgive me if I'm wrong but this is episode 5 no? Love the series btw, keep up the good work!

Lowell looks like a confluence of three rivers. I live in Pittsburgh, which is also a confluence of three rivers. Rename Lowell to Pittsburgh?

I love what you have done with the boats! I cant wait to see you finally get a train up and running!

The series is going really nicely and very satisfyingly. If want, to tie into the whole adding depth to realism by decorating, maybe in the country on a farm have a dedicated road depot that has stables for horses to breed. Then for later, a mechanics shop in a city or also country with maybe even a small engine and chassis manufacturer near a steel works and machines shop. Really do enjoy the adding realism by decorating the industries, cant wait to see it when comes to city population growth and restructuring some of the city layouts.

what's this mods name that you can put industries on the map ??

When you start up an oil well it is immediately producing 400 units of oil. You should set your line rate to 400 to match that oil production and get it to the port and you will make a better profit doing that even if some of the oil goes to waste at the port before you have money to increase your ship lines. The same is true for lumber, coal and ore. Those resources always produce maximum amounts as soon as you start them up and your line rates should always match their production rates.

nice outtro buddy i liked it 👌👌 when you got more cars trucks and trains its maybe nice to have a before and after bits👌

Im really enjoying your series so far! It seems like you are only really being punished financially by the high terraforming costs - its obviously something that you enjoy doing. I personally wouldn't think you would be cheating if you simply set the terraforming costs to zero. Just a thought!

Watch out before some americans show up and want your oil!

A+ for that little map overview of the episode plans really nice and unique touch. I think with ships in early stages breaking the Oil/Fuel lines into 2 makes better sense imo until you get to an era where you get bigger capacity and faster ships.

Love the cinematic thing, very nicely done. I'd recommend keeping an eye on the truck loading stations at ports - do they have enough storage for all the cargo that gets dumped by ships?

To me liquid gold is olive oil ahaha, need a mod for it

I love the way this series is shaping up mate, excited to see what you do with the rest of the map! Keep up the good work :)

I have not played this game since it came out. I was kinda miffed that each city requires certain goods, instead of all the goods, as in Transport Fever 1. Do you think this was an improvement over the first game or indifferent?

It wouldn't be the shortest setup but there's a decent tools production option outside of Lincoln. Lincoln needs tools and has a factory and there's Planks and Logs production nearby in Tacoma. Another good option might be shipping Crude Oil from Salt Lake City to the Salt Lake City Fuel Refinery and then delivering it to Houston. Love this series!

Why waste $$ on terraforming the river when adding a simple road would have done the trick for so so so much cheaper. Also with setting up the stones/bricks, why not use the conmat factory you had basically across the river from Allentown that way again its a quicker trip by ship which is more efficient. Love your detailing work!

you have 2 episode 2 of this series lol

to keep the cities being built how you want them too, just start player locking the most central part of the city stopping them from odd civil work

Episode 3 I think :)

On of the rules we used was if it was within 300 miles we trucked it, over that it was worth putting it on a train or ship. With the horses it’s got to be a much smaller distance but it’s a nice way to think about it. Great video.

Hope to see some big airports at some stage

How do you place stumps? I love the detailing aspect but never noticed stumps in asset menu. Great videos btw

Its been like 2 years since i played TPF2, this map and your vid inspired me to play along with you!!

I watch a few TP2 people... I enjoy yours because of your attention to detail and your skill at landscaping everything. I end up yelling at me monitor a lot when builders just slop things together just to have something to show for the day. Keep up your good work.

Sorry - another comment :) The truck depot should be located near the farm... that way you avoid the first LONG unfinancial period as grain gets picked up almost immediately, rather than travelling for ages from the factory.

That new farm was far too cheap LOL Also, have you checked how much the ongoing infrastructure bill is for industries placed using the sandbox? I was gonna do it that way for my new map and save game, but the costs were ridiculously high on Hard level. What difficulty level are we playing here? :)

Your farm is initially producing at a rate of 200 units. You should always set your line rate to match that as you make money delivering the grain to the food plant at that rate regardless of what your food plant output rate is. Stephen Spry has an excellent video on that and how you make money early in the game by using this technique on several of the raw material suppliers. I also agree with others that your Portland food delivery line is not really the right way to go. Using a ship to deliver food to Portland would be a much better option instead of 100 or more trucks operating in the same line as your grain trucks. If you don’t want to use a ship for Portland, at the very least have the grain trucks bring food back to a truck stop near the farm and set your Portland food line to deliver from there. You will make more money doing that because your grain trucks will not be totally empty on their return trip and you will significantly reduce the number of food delivery trucks you need.

Great vid man! Just started watching you vids and I love them

Please please use loots of steamtrains when you can and then use the highspeeed steam trains for passangers, diesel and electric are just so boring go look at

Great episode, love your detailed builds, looks so good! Can't wait for the next one.