Narrow-gauge railway systems! Would have relevance even beyond the early-start setting.

Animated locomotive bogeys. That's been LONG overdue.

I agree, horses are a must have (eating corn, not drinking fuel), also proper animations for horses and locomotive gears.
Narrow gauge tracks, which can be constructed also by road CO, would be also very convenient. Especially if heavy industry will be equipped with narrow track connections, similar to factory connections, but for bulk and waste (working automagically at short distance or with help of loco shed, for long and complicated network). Narrow track would have limited speed, but less restriction for track radius.

For now I can think of few things, but for example old train signals, newspapers and written press, perhaps it is going back a long way, but perhaps horse-drawn carriages and trams, also old style visuals, sidewalks, streetlights, etc.

Oh, I forgot - of course cobblestone roads - these can be build over gravel road, with quarried stone, but pure by hand (no machinery). Stats similar to prefab roads (maybe slower vehicle speed but faster pedestrians).
Can be upgraded to asphalt.
And of course asphalt and prefab roads needs research.

Originally posted by Duke Flapjack:

Animated locomotive bogeys. That's been LONG overdue.

Are you playing in low visual effect? That would cause that to happen.

I just want robs' brick houses (and especially the various skins) to be included in vanilla. That is the quintessential 50s architecture and it is just so glorious.

Originally posted by Saviliana:

Originally posted by Duke Flapjack:

Animated locomotive bogeys. That's been LONG overdue.

Are you playing in low visual effect? That would cause that to happen.

Nope, I'm maxed out on graphics; it's an issue with modded steam locomotives. They are all lacking moving parts.

Originally posted by gonzaldd:

For now I can think of few things, but for example old train signals, newspapers and written press, perhaps it is going back a long way, but perhaps horse-drawn carriages and trams, also old style visuals, sidewalks, streetlights, etc.

Mmmm, newspapers instead of radio tower, good one!

Originally posted by gwahazar:

Oh, I forgot - of course cobblestone roads - these can be build over gravel road, with quarried stone, but pure by hand (no machinery). Stats similar to prefab roads (maybe slower vehicle speed but faster pedestrians).
Can be upgraded to asphalt.
And of course asphalt and prefab roads needs research.

Dirt is 35 and gravel is 60; I am not sure where a new type of road (and probably path) will fit. Cobblestones roads aren't an improvement over gravel and for gravel roads you just need to throw it down a path and it's done.
Cobblestones require a lot of manpower and end up uneven while asphalt is used for about 200 years already.

Originally posted by Kenobi:

I just want robs' brick houses (and especially the various skins) to be included in vanilla. That is the quintessential 50s architecture and it is just so glorious.

I think the developers bought the license to use other modder's work so I won't be surprised if part of the workshop will move to vanilla.

Originally posted by Duke Flapjack:

Nope, I'm maxed out on graphics; it's an issue with modded steam locomotives. They are all lacking moving parts.

Well, you said it yourself: mods. :) BUT if they were to be included in the game, that's another story.

Originally posted by Skinner:

Originally posted by gwahazar:

Oh, I forgot - of course cobblestone roads - these can be build over gravel road, with quarried stone, but pure by hand (no machinery). Stats similar to prefab roads (maybe slower vehicle speed but faster pedestrians).
Can be upgraded to asphalt.
And of course asphalt and prefab roads needs research.

Dirt is 35 and gravel is 60; I am not sure where a new type of road (and probably path) will fit.

70 km/h for cars, 79% speed for pedestrians.
Of course, gravel path would be still better, but I'm talking about early DLC and populated maps, where is often no space for paralel footpaths in existing towns.
Such prebuild towns could have even already existing cobblestone roads, it would looks better than gravel ones and no need to upgrade all of them, which is tedious in realistic mode.

Cobble stones ARE gravel roads basically; 60 km/h speed limit is reasonable and all processed stones are currently in the "gravel" category (be it minerals, limestone, precious ores or simply stonemason thing).

I would be more interested about narrow gauge rails - I would keep them similar to how trams operate and it would be hella cool!

Originally posted by Sirius Czech:

I would be more interested about narrow gauge rails - I would keep them similar to how trams operate and it would be hella cool!

Ha, good point! Ideally, upgrade-able, somehow, to normal/wide rails so the infrastructure will remain the same. Few more steel nuts and bolts, new logs and we're done!

If they do put in cobblestones it should come with a max driving speed of only 40kph but allow for walking that is around 90%. Early roads were not designed for speed. Cars and trucks originally had to share the road with pedestrians.

Maybe allow tram tracks with cobblestones too.

I would also like to see cobblestone roads, pedestrian paths and tramways, they could be constructed using bricks and given the same speed stats as the gravel roads to give the player an asthetic choice without compromising game play.

Originally posted by Skinner:

Originally posted by Sirius Czech:

I would be more interested about narrow gauge rails - I would keep them similar to how trams operate and it would be hella cool!

Ha, good point! Ideally, upgrade-able, somehow, to normal/wide rails so the infrastructure will remain the same. Few more steel nuts and bolts, new logs and we're done!

That would be a problem. I would keep them as a mix between trams and forklifts - their own stations, depots and roads, but ability to turn in station like trains do (trams cannot). I am not sure about one-way tracks, probably not a doable thing (trams do not have one either for this reason), but having something like a direct lines AND possibility of narrow gauge DO (similar to RDO logic)...

All principles working already in game. Would be interesting to see it working. And no, there is no need in upgradability to big rails, irl there is none as well if you do not count demolishing and erecting new