Gorgeous build as always. I believe the walls in the coaling stations are to help prevent the coal from collapsing on the workers. My grandfather worked for the Missouri Pacific RR as a coal man. I think what you were trying to say is "artistic licence", and what you do is definitely art.
Great episode as always. Thank you for this great series. 11:28 Under certain circumstances, coal can self-ignite when left in larger quantities for a long time in the same spot. This is due to chemical reactions that generate heat and can lead to quite high temperatures deep inside the coal pile. The larger the pile, the more coal is available for such reactions and therefore, more heat is generated. Thus, the temperature required for spontaneous ignition is reached faster in larger piles. Because smaller piles take more time and are less likely to last or rest long enough for the coal to reach the critical temperature, smaller piles very rarely self-ignite. Despite the underlying chemical processes being unknown back when people started using coal, people still realized that large piles of coal more often catch fire than smaller piles. Consequently, it became a habit to distribute coal among several smaller piles instead of one big pile. Also, if a coal pile catches fire, more or less the whole coal on this pile can be considered lost. Therefore, having several smaller piles reduces not only the risk of fire but also the risk of losing a large part (if not all) of your stored coal. But I'm quite sure there were other good reasons, too. It's perhaps a complex combination of several good reasons, especially when one considers that it was done the same way almost everywhere on the world.
Forgetting where some projects were going to go or what was about to be built there and weren't is actually pretty realistic too: changes of governments, wars, investment moving from a place to another... So, yeah, this is definitely even better with any flaw you might think you could have, because that's how real cities are built. Another awesome episode for real.
Not even debatably, He uses CS as a canvas, this is more art than digital drawings. He takes stamps, then mis forms then changes the colours and creates a whole scene in 3D. He’s painting a city in 3D, and just so happens to use a computer program to do it, and it just so happens it’s a hacked version of what other people play as a video game.
@@MrCalls1 I wholeheartedly agree with you. I wrote my master’s degree about how Cities: Skylines can be used in spatial planning, and I couldn’t even begin to explain all the creative things you can do in the game. Of course, you have to be an expert like Akruas to utilize all the available tools and possibilities, but it’s the same with all advanced computer programs.
Still my favourite Cities Skylines series out there, Akruas! The city is looking absolutely stunning, especially the last shot of the video overlooking the whole town. It's grown so big, is so complex and detailed, so realistic, and has so much charm! I'm in complete and utter awe, so thank you for sharing!
Me, after few hours of CS: wow, i really like my city! Me, few years later, after my first moded city: i really love my city, i think i've mastered this game! Me, after watching Akruas: hang my head in shame...
13:11 I think the phrase is “artistic license”. I also LOVE the archway at 7:00, it reminds me of the archway that used to be at the old victorian Euston Station in London before it was demolished.
The reason there are different bunkers with coal is twosided. First its good to know there were different quality grades of coal. Secondary there is the issue of fire control.
It's amazing how fast and smart you are at creating specific places in the city. And at the same time it looks very homogeneous and seems to perfectly follow the natural development of Altengrad. Thumb up!
I would LOVE to see some "historical" Maps of this City from like 1400, 1600, 1800 and todays. Like you know, a drawn map from 1600 where you really can see the old fortifications and how it changed in time. Akruas, do you have some kind of website, where you can upload "aerial" photography of the entire city?
Funny you should mention not wanting to live by a railroad... In some cities there are actually full apartment blocks build on top of a smaller railroad station.
The aimless plaza could become a parkinglot for the station just post war I think. With the divider and tree line, it has the right shape, access from the side street only for maximum inconvenience as per usual in the 60s would be a must ! Yes, the train station platforms should definitely get longer.
Plans for that street could have been to swing round all the way to the bridge at the hydroelectric station (or indeed a brand new bridge, to keep it parallel to the railway). But with not enough funding and it really going mostly through residential areas and not many interesting destinations close by (terminating at the trainstation with complicated ways to link back unto important roads, the next point of interest being the city park and quite a few blocks from the potential corridor, which is also blocked by property) the project would have been terminated early on. This obviously has potential to be turned into an important ring-road post war, when many buildings along the rail corridor might be destroyed along with the entirety of the station plaza, allowing to continue that road on toward the port. Maybe look at some Ruhrgebiet cities like Essen for inspiration.
r=150 m is the minimal curve radius on sidings, whereas 190 m is used for turnouts if there is very little space. In better conditions railway companies would have used r=300 m or r=500 m.
You would want empty bays for coal deliveries, you need to check and double check how much is being delivered. If it was added to existing piles it's impossible to decipher. You also want to separate the coal from the coke.
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Ny guess on keeping the coal piles separate; some coal has more sulfur in it than others, or maybe other pollutants (a general term for anything in coal that isn't coal) Polluted coal probably doesn't belong in a household. Industry might not mind, yet.
One of the best, if not the best, build on UA-cam! Always one too look out for! Really enjoy these videos! Keep up the great work! Only downside is that we don't get a new one every day ;) (just kidding)
It would be perfetct to add a big steel structure that covers the tracks (i don't know the exact word in english), many big stations at that time had it and would be great for Altengrad main station.
19:23 Ngl, it's (Upper plaze road) kinda remind me "Unter den Linden" Avanue on Berlin, but without the Branderburg Gate on entrance and Old Berlin Palace.
18:30 I live 2 blocks alway from the mainline of the Long Island Railroad in New York and I can indeed confirm its shit. Trains at 2AM going 90MPH be like: 🌚🔈🔉🔊🔔🎺📯🥁🎷🎉📣📢💥💣🧨🌋🚽🚔🚨🚒🚐🚑🚓✈️🚁🚢
Not that I know a lot about football, but they used to cram the punters in! Look at any old documentary of interwar UK. This 1929 stadium in Uruguay had 80,000 people capacity in its day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio_Centenario
@@Akruas ooh I also thought that finding vintage airplane assets belonging to Central European airliners will be kind of hard... What matters the most is the love & respect for trams and trains in this city
Gorgeous build as always.
I believe the walls in the coaling stations are to help prevent the coal from collapsing on the workers.
My grandfather worked for the Missouri Pacific RR as a coal man.
I think what you were trying to say is "artistic licence", and what you do is definitely art.
The main thing I can think of is coal kept in larger piles will spontaneously combust.
Great episode as always. Thank you for this great series.
11:28 Under certain circumstances, coal can self-ignite when left in larger quantities for a long time in the same spot.
This is due to chemical reactions that generate heat and can lead to quite high temperatures deep inside the coal pile.
The larger the pile, the more coal is available for such reactions and therefore, more heat is generated.
Thus, the temperature required for spontaneous ignition is reached faster in larger piles.
Because smaller piles take more time and are less likely to last or rest long enough for the coal to reach the critical temperature, smaller piles very rarely self-ignite.
Despite the underlying chemical processes being unknown back when people started using coal, people still realized that large piles of coal more often catch fire than smaller piles.
Consequently, it became a habit to distribute coal among several smaller piles instead of one big pile.
Also, if a coal pile catches fire, more or less the whole coal on this pile can be considered lost.
Therefore, having several smaller piles reduces not only the risk of fire but also the risk of losing a large part (if not all) of your stored coal.
But I'm quite sure there were other good reasons, too.
It's perhaps a complex combination of several good reasons, especially when one considers that it was done the same way almost everywhere on the world.
Forgetting where some projects were going to go or what was about to be built there and weren't is actually pretty realistic too: changes of governments, wars, investment moving from a place to another... So, yeah, this is definitely even better with any flaw you might think you could have, because that's how real cities are built. Another awesome episode for real.
13:16 Oh what you are doing is definitely art
Not even debatably, He uses CS as a canvas, this is more art than digital drawings. He takes stamps, then mis forms then changes the colours and creates a whole scene in 3D. He’s painting a city in 3D, and just so happens to use a computer program to do it, and it just so happens it’s a hacked version of what other people play as a video game.
@@MrCalls1 I wholeheartedly agree with you. I wrote my master’s degree about how Cities: Skylines can be used in spatial planning, and I couldn’t even begin to explain all the creative things you can do in the game. Of course, you have to be an expert like Akruas to utilize all the available tools and possibilities, but it’s the same with all advanced computer programs.
Just add a few pickled sharks and perhaps an unmade bed and some elephant dung and it would surely be accepted by the Tate.
Dude, trust me...this IS art. What you've done is something very few could ever pull off. Amazing.
Still my favourite Cities Skylines series out there, Akruas! The city is looking absolutely stunning, especially the last shot of the video overlooking the whole town. It's grown so big, is so complex and detailed, so realistic, and has so much charm! I'm in complete and utter awe, so thank you for sharing!
Me, after few hours of CS: wow, i really like my city!
Me, few years later, after my first moded city: i really love my city, i think i've mastered this game!
Me, after watching Akruas: hang my head in shame...
13:11 I think the phrase is “artistic license”.
I also LOVE the archway at 7:00, it reminds me of the archway that used to be at the old victorian Euston Station in London before it was demolished.
And/or "artistic liberties"
@@MrMolova or creative liberties too
The reason there are different bunkers with coal is twosided. First its good to know there were different quality grades of coal. Secondary there is the issue of fire control.
It's amazing how fast and smart you are at creating specific places in the city. And at the same time it looks very homogeneous and seems to perfectly follow the natural development of Altengrad. Thumb up!
You could also use the big road as some kind of a bus terminal for the station ☺️
I would LOVE to see some "historical" Maps of this City from like 1400, 1600, 1800 and todays. Like you know, a drawn map from 1600 where you really can see the old fortifications and how it changed in time. Akruas, do you have some kind of website, where you can upload "aerial" photography of the entire city?
I would describe what you do as art. Both of your cities are unique and most certainly artistic. I'm sure many of your viewers would agree.
An absolutely beautiful build in a beautiful city!
Funny you should mention not wanting to live by a railroad... In some cities there are actually full apartment blocks build on top of a smaller railroad station.
I love this series! Can't wait for the city to evolve in future decades :)
Thanks!
Thank you!
You could add some dry grass in the empty spaces between the tracks to sell a bit more the realism
Here in the US, we would describe it as taking "Artistic Liberties". Still looks amazing though!!!
11:00 The divies are for different sizes of coal. You can buy very big chunks, medium, small or sand-like coal depends of the provider.
The aimless plaza could become a parkinglot for the station just post war I think. With the divider and tree line, it has the right shape, access from the side street only for maximum inconvenience as per usual in the 60s would be a must !
Yes, the train station platforms should definitely get longer.
finally I lived to see the day when Akruas finally started to take on the main part of this city
Plans for that street could have been to swing round all the way to the bridge at the hydroelectric station (or indeed a brand new bridge, to keep it parallel to the railway). But with not enough funding and it really going mostly through residential areas and not many interesting destinations close by (terminating at the trainstation with complicated ways to link back unto important roads, the next point of interest being the city park and quite a few blocks from the potential corridor, which is also blocked by property) the project would have been terminated early on.
This obviously has potential to be turned into an important ring-road post war, when many buildings along the rail corridor might be destroyed along with the entirety of the station plaza, allowing to continue that road on toward the port.
Maybe look at some Ruhrgebiet cities like Essen for inspiration.
Getting definite vibes of Zagreb Central Station, with the perpendicular avenue and square on one side and the big yard on the other.
r=150 m is the minimal curve radius on sidings, whereas 190 m is used for turnouts if there is very little space. In better conditions railway companies would have used r=300 m or r=500 m.
You would want empty bays for coal deliveries, you need to check and double check how much is being delivered. If it was added to existing piles it's impossible to decipher. You also want to separate the coal from the coke.
Great build Akruas, I love this city! Everything looks perfect. Maybe you should just update the theme to make it look even more real.
Artistic licence, coal bunkers, which did belong to the different train lines and distributors to housing/factories etc
Coalyard/Station looks great in cinematics
Another great episode, I am so very looking forward to the future :)
I like your style in regards to how you are telling the story, you remind me of "two dollar twenty".
Nádherná epizoda
Jinak mě napadá, že v této době mohlo být uhlí po městě rozváženo koňskými povozy (případně se někdy mohly používat i nákladní tramvaje), automobilů bylo celkem málo
The trainstation looks amazing!
Ny guess on keeping the coal piles separate; some coal has more sulfur in it than others, or maybe other pollutants (a general term for anything in coal that isn't coal) Polluted coal probably doesn't belong in a household. Industry might not mind, yet.
The main thing I can think of is coal kept in larger piles will spontaneously combust.
One of the best, if not the best, build on UA-cam! Always one too look out for! Really enjoy these videos! Keep up the great work! Only downside is that we don't get a new one every day ;) (just kidding)
I think, taht interesting would be some trolleybus network. In this time period it could be only one or two lines in some hilly suburb.
This is 100% Art Akruas!!
Don't discount yourself like this. There are very few people in the world that can do what you do in CS.
13:12 artistic liberties, although artistic freedom works too
i need to learn and start using PO. great build dude
Hey bud you need some water towers for the station!
You need a giant factory on the ourskirts. Maybe a brewery?
There already is a big factory.
Can you imagine the fire if you had an enormous pile. I imagine it was an early feeble attempt to control spread.
Super cool the coal railway part :-)
It would be perfetct to add a big steel structure that covers the tracks (i don't know the exact word in english), many big stations at that time had it and would be great for Altengrad main station.
This is absolutely beautiful! 😍
awesome video great series :) do you have a asset collection?
You are doing a great job! Keep it up.
Just what i love seeing after a long day! Love your series'
You are amazing, city looks so beautiful..
There’s different qualities of coal which is likely why they are separated
A m a z i n g Akruas! I love this city ☺️
Can't get enough!
Maybe use Back-and-Forth 2 Module for rails ?
19:23 Ngl, it's (Upper plaze road) kinda remind me "Unter den Linden" Avanue on Berlin, but without the Branderburg Gate on entrance and Old Berlin Palace.
18:30 I live 2 blocks alway from the mainline of the Long Island Railroad in New York and I can indeed confirm its shit.
Trains at 2AM going 90MPH be like: 🌚🔈🔉🔊🔔🎺📯🥁🎷🎉📣📢💥💣🧨🌋🚽🚔🚨🚒🚐🚑🚓✈️🚁🚢
Not that I know a lot about football, but they used to cram the punters in! Look at any old documentary of interwar UK. This 1929 stadium in Uruguay had 80,000 people capacity in its day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio_Centenario
Will there be any aerodrome (small airfield) replacing a bit of those farmlands?
No
@@Akruas were those not a thing yet in Central Europe pre-WW2?
@@daniellxnder Maybe they were, I just don't want to build an airfield or airport.
@@Akruas ooh I also thought that finding vintage airplane assets belonging to Central European airliners will be kind of hard...
What matters the most is the love & respect for trams and trains in this city
I love this!
This series make me sub 😁😁😁
i feel like altengrad is really comparable size and population wise to prešov
amazing!!!
👌
nice