A new settlement!

A group of loners who wanted to stay in the peaceful, wooded place they first moved to recently packed their bags and headed west, building a gravel road behind them as they went. The first thing they did was start a farm going, and then start work on their houses.

Eventually, coal was found in the hill the new settlement was built up against, prompting The C&W to extend it's line out to the mine. Pictures of the mine will come next update.

Here is the construction camp set up by the railroaders:

And here is an overview shot of the entire rail line under construction:

Please ignore the fall trees south of the creek on the bottom right, I was experimenting, and decided against those, in favor of using c.p.'s seasonal trees, as seen in Three Rivers Region.

Here is the completed rail terminal at [insert name here], before the mine was put in:

Now back on the home front a lot has been going on. The farmers were continuing to abandon their farms in what is now the heart of the city, so they were redeveloped.

Also, you can see that a retaining wall was added between the houses and rail line, as the current town planning comittee decided that there was a danger of houses sliding down the slope.

The Virgin Oil Co. faces more competition lately, as Shell and BP have both recently opened dual service stations in the redeveloped farms. Don't ask why there are two of each, that's just how they developed. Also, BP opened a self car wash down the street.

See you all next update!

Ever heard of Franklin County? Well, the Franklin Oil Co.'s new oil field in East Valley has partnered with the Virgin Oil Co. in a refining agreement. Read more about the agreement here.

Lastly, I am finally closing the tree poll, and seasonal trees have won by one vote! I am going to use the 3RR set David (dedgren) made, and they will start showing up in the next few updates.