Re: [OTTD] Ships & RVs game 1700-2050 (Was: Status of a game
Posted: 02 Nov 2014 10:41
Here is a screenshot covering most of the world.
The canal network was reworked in the 1960s and will now allow large ships to go at full speed all over. The only old-fashioned waterway left is the old Svalstua canal which is trafficked by fruit barges going between the Svalstua fruit plantations and the Østøra brewery, and farming supply barges going from the Fjøshol machine shop to the south (not shown) to the same fruit plantations. There's also the Laskebekk canal to the sawmill, which I'm anticipating eventually to be replaced by road vehicles. Alternatively, the company will finance another sawmill located at a more convenient place.
The Mjølby Bridge is a wonder of engineering, and I doubt if a longer bridge will ever be built on this continent.
If you look closely at the twin towns of Kollevang-Rekhella, you may be able to spot 4 buses going back and forth. This is a legacy from one of my ancestors, who in 1827 set up a horse-cart route for the convenience of the people of Kollevang, enabling them to visit the hospital at Rekhella. At the time it was a pitiful service; once there was noted that more than 1500 persons were waiting for the carriage at the Rekhella station. That is three times the combined population of Rekhella and Kollevang, and it sounds rather improbable.
We have one mail route between Stavskår and Enghall; originally there were 16 4-horse carriages, proudly carrying the vehicle numbers 1-16. I reduced it to 12 vehicles some years ago, and today there are clearly too many of them. The current Tipler mail truck carries 26 mail bags at 88 km/h which is 11 times the capacity of one of the original horse-carts. The towns of this world are not growing, so the demand is about the same as when my family started this business all those years ago.
The company is also running one mail ship, a minuscule Harbour Point vessel able to carry 30 mail bags between Laskebekk and Gurplass.
Those three routes constitute the sum of services that we are offering to the public. As my ancestor F. Fommel I succinctly put it: "Humans were created with two legs; let them walk." Despite this, they seem rather content with the company:
We have no interactions with the towns of Farhei, Onshall, and Samskåsa, but I'm certain that if we ever need to approach them, they will be just as friendly as the others.
The canal network was reworked in the 1960s and will now allow large ships to go at full speed all over. The only old-fashioned waterway left is the old Svalstua canal which is trafficked by fruit barges going between the Svalstua fruit plantations and the Østøra brewery, and farming supply barges going from the Fjøshol machine shop to the south (not shown) to the same fruit plantations. There's also the Laskebekk canal to the sawmill, which I'm anticipating eventually to be replaced by road vehicles. Alternatively, the company will finance another sawmill located at a more convenient place.
The Mjølby Bridge is a wonder of engineering, and I doubt if a longer bridge will ever be built on this continent.
If you look closely at the twin towns of Kollevang-Rekhella, you may be able to spot 4 buses going back and forth. This is a legacy from one of my ancestors, who in 1827 set up a horse-cart route for the convenience of the people of Kollevang, enabling them to visit the hospital at Rekhella. At the time it was a pitiful service; once there was noted that more than 1500 persons were waiting for the carriage at the Rekhella station. That is three times the combined population of Rekhella and Kollevang, and it sounds rather improbable.
We have one mail route between Stavskår and Enghall; originally there were 16 4-horse carriages, proudly carrying the vehicle numbers 1-16. I reduced it to 12 vehicles some years ago, and today there are clearly too many of them. The current Tipler mail truck carries 26 mail bags at 88 km/h which is 11 times the capacity of one of the original horse-carts. The towns of this world are not growing, so the demand is about the same as when my family started this business all those years ago.
The company is also running one mail ship, a minuscule Harbour Point vessel able to carry 30 mail bags between Laskebekk and Gurplass.
Those three routes constitute the sum of services that we are offering to the public. As my ancestor F. Fommel I succinctly put it: "Humans were created with two legs; let them walk." Despite this, they seem rather content with the company:
We have no interactions with the towns of Farhei, Onshall, and Samskåsa, but I'm certain that if we ever need to approach them, they will be just as friendly as the others.