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San Francisco Bay Detailed (No Industry, only 5 mods needed)

I have put together a mostly accurate 1875 rendering of the San Francisco Bay Area. It contains about 50 cities and towns, the smallest of which are kept smaller with fences to preserve character. There is no industry.

Note: 1st screenshot is the actual layout of the workshop map and the other two are from a built up free game playthrough on 9/9

I suggest using my collection of mods if you want to build out the historic rail network:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2223624230
I may take time to repaint a few tram, train and bus models to historic colors for Muni, Key System, Sac Northern, etc.

There is a blank port area to the SW that simulates ship import/exports and just north of Martinez the narrow strip of land was the access point to the trans continental railroad. I would use the 'freestyle industry' mod for more compact factories and raw material source points.

The map is designed for the long haul, with submerged land that can be used for 20th century expansion later on. If you make it to the the 1920s, I highly suggest using the 'New Streetcar' mod to help you build the interurban system. The primary railroading company of the age in the area was Southern Pacific, with service also by ATSF, Western Pacific, and UP (borg).

Historic Campaign:
I would suggest horsecars between larger cities early, with stage lines connecting smaller towns. When you have some cash, start building single track railroads over obvious direct connections between cities before the AI starts to build up too much. In the screenshots, I built a streetcar loop simulating the SF Ferry Building loop stop with 3 loops, which can serve as a hub for SF local lines. Build the SF-Oakland ferry and run a 2 boat schedule.

Bug thread:

-straight fences don't seem to stop some stubborn expansion into pristine Bay Area wilderness! They will have to be replaced with curved fences or other blockers
-Hayward, Sausalito, and Redwood City are too far into the hills
-fences broken in SF panhandle
-Downtown SF may be too far west, no commercial near Ferry Building