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I am aware of the PostIMG issues - right now, a lot of images are failing to show (not just me - any picture on the s17.postimg domain don't load, though the s12.postimg ones are fine). At present I'm not sure how to fix it - PostIMG is being silly and it is possibly time to switch to Imgur completely. :/

Linoa06's own Commonwealth of Cathnoquey! This is mostly a Cities Skylines CJ *:) Also, plenty of transit maps!

1st CSL Journal to make it to the top of the BTT: CJ Section List

Trixie Winner 2016 for Best Transportation. Thanks everyone! *:D

Entries in this City Journal

Linoa06
Hiya there! I know I don't have the time to post updates anymore, but I've done more stuff with Dragon's Landing. So here goes! Here's a map of Perwyn Island and the state as a whole, first! We're in Dragon's Landing, but we've already visited a few other towns here : Wodenbury, PI back when CSL first released, as well as Westport, PI in the north of Perwyn Island. We've also been to Ashford, NT! But let's focus on the state capital of Dragon's Landing, which also happens to be the southernmost town of...
Linoa06
Hey there! I've been gone longer than I've wanted, but now I'm back with a brand new city (I've even got all the entries planned out, so that's gonna be a few solid entries). I lost my Santa Linna files over the summer and that crushed my motivation; however, while I am definitely working on another tropical island (Japanese, probably?) here's something I don't get to do very often - Euro cities! But first, here's where we've been so far in this City Journal - we're getting a pretty solid overview of the...
Linoa06
Hello and welcome back to Cathnoquey! Today we're going back to Vesper Bay, in the Kingscote Highlands. Last we left, a new tram network had just opened. Well, a month later, a new piece of rail infrastructure has just begun operations : the Metro Sprinter, a commuter rail service mostly operating along the West Coast Main Line! The Highlands are a very forested area of Cathnoquey, and at such there are several loggeries in the area. That's a lot of rail traffic, and freight convoys depart every day...
Linoa06
Hey there! It's been a while since I updated my CJ, because I've been busy making a new town. More to the point, I've decided to try and detail a little more. I've upgraded my PC to the point it can actually run a lot of props and CJ on decent quality settings, and while I still do not want to use CSL as a "city painter", I do want to go the extra mile in decorating and detailing. It's also been two years since I update this CJ and so far it's been my longest running one, and that's partly because I really...
Linoa06
Hey hey! Welcome to Ashford! Ah but who cares? Winter is finally here! 'Tis the season to be jolly as the winter holidays have started and a thick blanket of snow covers most of northern Cathnoquey. Traffic is almost at a standstill as the slippery roads have frozen over. It's the perfect season for desaturated postcards, and ski stations all across the Northern Territory have started operating for the winter. University is on winter break, but the university district is still fairly busy at this time of...
Linoa06

Entry 42 : Ashford Metro

By Linoa06,

Welcome to Ashford! And today, we're talking a tour on two of the major links that connect Ashford : the Blue and Orange rapid transit lines. Ashford is a big city, which requires some form of heavy rail to avoid traffic problems. Let's take a tour of the Blue Line first. The Blue Line is a 15 km long line that links the northernmost parts of the town, the CBD, and the nearer east side. 30% of all journeys made on the entire transit network are made on the Blue Line. Trains run on a 10 minute headway at...
Linoa06
Welcome back to Ashford! And now we can even land in by plane. Ashford Regional Airport isn't very big, but it should bring more tourists as well as boost the economy. Good thing for the new mayor, who is none other than the old mayor, as the citizen's initiative we discussed last entry eventually lost despite the polls calling the city for them. And so the first thing the old-new mayor did was call a conference on transportation, the Fredas after inauguration. Much to the environmentalists' dismay, the...
Linoa06
Hiya everyone, and happy new year I'm soon getting my PC upgraded, and I've decided to sort of wait until then before posting more of Cathnoquey. That, and the fact that I want to do a Snowfall city at some point. Today's going to be a bit of a different entry. We're going to take a look at some of the maps of the setting! Hmm..It will be fun to map this! But let's begin with the setting itself. If you follow my CJ you've probably noticed it takes place in a modern version of the Elder Scrolls settings....
Linoa06
My picture hosting website PostIMG is most likely closing due to a breach of CloudFlare ToS. At such pictures across the CJ may well be missing. The good news is, I've saved up 100% of my pictures, and it's mostly going to be a matter of transferring to a new picture service provider. What this really could mean is that I can open up Reddit to post my screenshots every now and then, and Imgur as a duplicate of this CJ to try and reach out beyond Simtropolis, if the response turns out positive enough. If...
Linoa06
Hey everyone! For our last entry here in Vesper Bay we'll take a tour of the town by night (and a couple more pictures) A plane taxis off the runway just after rain. Vesper Bay is one of the wettest towns in Cathnoquey. Sprinter train on its way across town. Night time! Here's a picture of the main train station - the architecture here is more utilitarian than aesthetic. Vesper Bay faces drunk driving problems. Tonight, once again, ambulances from two different hospitals rush to the scene of yet another...
Linoa06
Hey there party people! Cathnoquey is back, and this time we are going to Ashford, the capital of the Northern Territories Ashford is a city of some 300,000 inhabitants, with about 1,000,000 people in the surrounding metropolitan area. It is the state capital of the Northern Territories, as well as the seat of Ash County. It is located on the Timber Ponds, in fact a lake that stretches inland, surrounded by hills, forests and salt marshes, twenty miles from the northern coast of Cathnoquey. Ashford is one...
Linoa06
Hey everyone! Here's to introduce something a little different. I'll admit I've burnt out on Cities Skylines, but my universe doesn't stop there! It's not obvious to everyone, but Cities Skylines is not the first game from Colossal Order, So I've decided to look back at my first Colossal Order cities, back in 2011, with a city set in Cities in Motion 1. Obviously, the quality of the pictures won't be as good as with CSL, but it's quite fun to see where Skylines first started and how its design changed...
Linoa06
Heya! Let's go back to Vesper Bay! Now Vesper Bay is not the prettiest town. In fact it's my go-to town for testing new mods and assets, more than a really CJ worthy town. But this is where I built my first tram network, so let's take a look Today let's focus on the tram / LRT. There's also a BRT in the making though! The journey begins at the train station (which is being rebuilt)... For some time, the line runs directly on the street, and passes in front of the city hall. After that, the line goes in...
Linoa06
Cathnoquey isn't just a land of green hills and rolling meadows. There is a city, in the far north of the country, a city of snow and almost constant cold weather. Welcome to Northpoint... The town was built in a valley, nested between the Neville Brook Hills and the Sterling Range. For up-and-coming and hopelessly irreverant urban planner Robert Preston, this could be the place that would kickstart his career. As the plane began its final approach to Northpoint Airport (NPR), Preston finally got a look...
Linoa06
Heya everyone! It's been one year since I began this CJ and I'm thrilled that it's still going on! Today we're taking a commute in this town : In the morning mist you can even see the smog coming from the glorious chimneys of the great industrial areas that cover the town and its inhabitants in soot and riches. The journey begins south, in a residential district called South Lexington. This is the A4 road from Glenvale, which here is not a freeway, but instead a 1x1 road with local lanes. It gets really...
Linoa06
Heya! Welcome back to Vesper Bay. Today we're going to have a little tour of the downtown area! But first - a new map! Can you spot Vesper Bay? It's a bit out of the way, isn't it? Uptown, the southern area of the CBD, follows a regular grid. It's convenient for navigating the town, for sure, but some say it lacks character. Meanwhile, Downtown is the northern part, bounded by the rail tracks - so far only Downtown is really built up. It's the nexus of everything : buses, trams, and roadways. The CBD is...
Linoa06
Hello everyone! Today we're going high definition...can you guess where? That's right! We're going to Vesper Bay, a city located on the west coast of Cathnoquey. Here : Anyway! Let's take a tour at the city we're going to spend the next few entries on. Vesper Bay is a middle-sized city, with approximately 170.000 residents in the city proper. Vesper Bay features a tram line which for the most part has its own track or at least its own lane. It is mostly known for its University, one of the few...
Linoa06
Heya there! This is probably one of the last entries on Westport. I'm turning my sight to two new cities with Snowfall out (as well as a Fallout 4 side project), so let's wrap Westport up! The sun sets on Westport, but for the residents of HSP Perwyn North, it's another day of toil and hard labour. In the free world, though, it seems it will be another clear night tonight. Many people are headed home. The nights are cold in Westport, and the winds are bone-chilling. The skies are clear, but it's a new day...
Linoa06
Hiya and welcome to Westport! I have two new cities in the making and a new title design, but today I want to showcase Westport's simpler side, away from the resorts and the city centre. Also, I've finally got my PC fixed, so from now on everything should be in high res! Westport is a highly rated seaside resort, but the capital of Perwyn Island truly remains a simple place. In Westport, nature is everywhere, from the rocky embankments to the variety of trees everywhere. Even in the outskirts of town, such...
Linoa06
Hiya there! Today we're staying in Westport a big longer as I wanted to get this entry in. Infrastructure time! Westport is one the island's transport hub, especially for cargo. There are several small hubs, though most trains head on towards the harbour. Here it crosses the A9 road, on the three miles where it is otherwise a separated motorway. Many trains cross the road each day, and people are beginning to consider building an overpass. There are also plans to eventually upgrade the entire A9 to a...
Linoa06
Hello and welcome back to Cathnoquey as we return in (hopefully) better definition! So today we're going to take a tour of Westport's bigger attractions and more defining buildings. Small reminder of where Westport is in Cathnoquey. Visited cities in yellow! Westport features a lot of wall-to-wall buildings, as well as sprawling suburbs made of mostly terraced houses. It is the capital of the state of Perwyn, as well as the biggest city on the island of Perwyn itself, with 95.251 inhabitants. It does have...
Linoa06
Heya, and welcome to this first After Dark update for Glenvale. I was quite pleased to see the city has survived the many updates that followed so let's embark on a neon tour of our city! Ah, Coal Hill High... This school was rated best high school in Kingscote for 5E131. The Green Party, which won the council election eventually, held its victory conference here. The school campus is also praised. It was built both as a campus for the schools around it and as a park for Glenvale residents of Lakeview to...
Linoa06
Hiya everyone! Somehow the mayor managed to survive elections and remain major, and that may have to do with...a new metro line! Today we're going to the Eastern areas of Glenvale - the towns of Baxford, Brook Hill, and Canal City. You've probably never heard of them because I've never featured them yet - but there's a LOT of people there, and some of the loveliest areas in town. For instance, take Canal City. Its name is derived from the canals that crisscross what used to be an industrial area that was...
Linoa06
Hiya everyone I've been gone a little while (coughfalloutcough) and I've decided to pitch my CJ in a new direction. The country is divided in three : Amesbury represents the older, industrial North, while Glenvale is the picture of a far younger city in what was Cathnoquey's last frontier, the Wild Wild South. But there's a part of the country we've not talked much about : the Dunmeri Wilds and Perwyn Island, the area north-west of the country.These areas were settled the first, actually, by Dunmers from...
Linoa06
Hiya everyone! Today I got to set up different commercial specialisations around Glenvale, so let's dive in our shiny (almost) brand new districts!The Marigold Tower is finally lit up! In the background, a new tower was erected : the Grand Hotel tower. Tourists can stay here if they have the coin...Let's go on the other side of the Burbank Bridge today. The South Beach waterfront area is full of hotels, with a lovely view on the beach and the sea.The entire area is known for its vibrant nightlife, complete...
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