Due my Update service stopped at Simcitymultiplayer.com (readers lost interrest there) I'm going to start my CJ up here.

For the first fourty entries please visit my CJ on ST





The city has had it's best time years ago when DI still was a cheap land to produce minor quality products for western concerns, things like cloths, cheap steel, plastic....

After the express train to shì shuixì stopped at the station our small train fills with some people, mostly workers that come from the industrial areas near the airport to the north.

12:00, we leave the station.
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Left homes are a very common scenery at this city...
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Our first stop is a small station that does not even have an over or underpass for passengers, it needs to be renovated but the city has no money to doo so.
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Now we're going to head over a bridge.
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The road to the right of the train is the A3, sometimes a motorway, sometimes not.
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The road to the left of our train is a small country road that will run paralelle to the tracks for some time.
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Now our train leaves the main line, heading east to it's next destination Xiao haitàn.
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Overview over the village.
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The pipes in the last picture belong to a small hydroelectric dam.
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One direction of the motorway A3 uses the dam for it's a bit strange way through the mountains.

The pipes run down at the north side of the hill
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And that's the small generator house....
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Meanwhile out train has reached Sònglin, punctual at 12:15.
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Our train reaches the first station of Shì za long yàn.
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The rail line divides suburban area and forest.
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Another small stop.
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The tracks coming from the left lead to a small station at some industries and is served at the change of the worker's shift there.
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The last small stop.
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Meeting the main line again.
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Approaching at our final destination, punctual at 12:25.
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And as a conclusion of this update, A routemap of Songlín line.

oh my. Those are very nice cities

That's some town you have there.

How did you get the farmland to show up green?

I love it when updates follow th rapid transit lines I love your rural and small town mix, I also love the scenery you've put into these pics. I look forward to more from this DD

@Cheese: Thank you =)
@blakesterville: Theese are rice paddies, seasonal
@mayorm: Thanks a lot =)

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U42

Heyho and welcome to the fourtysecond update of my CJDragon Islands, Today I will show you a Place of Dragon Islands I really like.

But first, we have to go there. By car, for once.

My car is that cobalt blue one marked with the arrow, Jump in! I'm heading out of Jiā xiàn (佳县) a small but international town.
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But first we have to cross one of the local tracks. In earlier days this was the end of a main route, today it's only a local route taken by a railtaxi that connects the town with it's small industrial area.
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Let's head along this road.
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There is a rail depot next to the city, some of you might remember it. A couple of JR 300 and CRH1 are parking there.... It's also the place where a lot of HSR trains get repaired and serviced.
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Bt we're heading on towards north, more or less, at least. First a long piece to the east, than some meters to the north, than about a kilometer west again and then, finally, to the north.... The disadvantage of mountains.
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That's a nice place....
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The founders called this golfclub "Dragon Golf Club". Typical name for this region
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And it's this golf club I want to show you.
We arrive at the clubhouse.
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Let's go and warm up at the Driving range. Some Drives, some Pitches, some Putts.
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And now.... Enjoy your round on the hilly nine-holes-course
Tee1
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The club is located next to the village Wúyu

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And an overview.
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(My bad score )

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I hope you've enjoyed this update, greetings, Skimbo.



*The DragonGC lots have been lotted for this update and will be avaiable on the STEX soon*

very nice trip. i would have had a bad game on the course. Also I love how the rail depot is located out of town, very realistic

Great job!

The game? Blakesterville vs. katholahoo (I'm making up names). The tally? 0 to 63! (I don't even know enough about golf to know if it's better to have a low score or a high score, but let's just say I lost. )

Anyway, that's a really nice golf club. You've got some beautiful cities there.

@Mayorm: Thank you for the comment =)

@Cheese: Thanks a lot

@blakesterville: The lower the better. My score (43 hits for 9 holes) is middle class (Not good, not bad) and is about that what I play outside....

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U43


Heyho and welcome to the fourtythird update of my CJ Dragon Islands.

Today we will meet our JR0 again which came back from the depot to carry us from Shì Shuixí to the Dragon Islands international airport.

Well, here we are again... this must be the 6th or 7th pic of this station.
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So... nothing much to say... let's leave the city.

Here we go, we cross the bridge. The traffic jam is very unusual for A3 at this hour.
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This time we won't follow HR main line, This time we will follow the West DI Rail line.
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Passing through the rice...
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The tracks coming from the top are mostly used for freight trains only.
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Some tunnels provide a very even way for the tracks through this mountainous island.
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The track going to the bottom belongs to Songlín Line.
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Some more pics between our last position and the rail station of Ying Yá can be found at the Songlín line entry.
Ying Yá. Our first and only stop.
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Now we're entering the longest straight piece of rail in DI... until now. It's 9,5 kilometers of straight track. Speed is limited to 160km/h(100mp/h) because of the tunnels and small stops along the track. The road running along is still A3 in it's cheap buildt apperience, no need for a complete motorway over here.
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It's straight...
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...and straight....
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...and straight
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Now we're passing by at an industrial area...
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Still straight
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Finally! The long awaited curve.
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Passing Jia xiàn....
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Ey, this Velaro (CRH3) could not have appeared at a better second =)
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Passing the depot again.
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The track leaving to the left is taken by through trains to Lòng Chèng or farer to the east, it connects the rail line with the shinkansen station... (Well sometimes shinkansen, sometimes china highspeed train... Current vehicles in use: JR300,JR500,CRH1,CRH3)
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Another Velaro at the best second =)
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Approaching the Airport terminal.
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Airport terminal, a 10 plattform station. Currently only 4 plattforms are in use but service will be increased as soon as the rail connection to the west is finished. The shinkansen trains stop at their terminal about 400 meters away, connected under street level.
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Our JR0 leaves late at night after beeing diescovered and occupated per some hours by a group of railway fanatic tourists
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A routemap(and even timetable)
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By the way, normally HR uses theese vehicles for the airport train service... Something between JR 681 and a train for regional services.... My first SC4 trainskin... I call it HR-E1000:D
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I hope you've enjoyed this update, greetings, Skimbo. =)

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U44

Heyho and welcome to the fourtyfourth entry f my CJ Dragon Islands.

To day we visit this place: The "Flower field", opened one month ago...
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"Flower Field" is the nickname given to Dragon Islands International airport because of it's apperiance, billions and billions of flowers along the runways and taxiways, it does not smell after flowers, it actually stinks after them.
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A cargo plane rolling to the next taxyway...
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Another one starting into the air...
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Two of the runway endings, 18R is only 1200 meters long while 18L provides 2400 meters of fresh asphalt. Runway 18L has already a tragic history after beeing open for one month only, two incidents. The first one happened before the runway got it's concrete, A pilot of a freight machine mistook it for the small and short runway of the only 2.4 kilometers to the north positioned old airport of Lòngchéng and landed on the gravel strip, the boeing machine got out of control and the whole plane crashed into some parking trucks. The second incident was an emergency landing that nearly lead to a runway incursion.
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The crossing of the two main runways it depends on the wind which one is mainly used.
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Some hangars
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This is the big section for business jets and regional planes. in theory, this place can be easyly expandet for beeing used by big planes.
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The termnal and the rail station, mostly asian airlines.
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The whole a bit oversized terminal complex.
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Another plane makeing it's way to the runway.
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And an overview:
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I hope you've enjoyed this update, greetings, Skimbo =)

Sadly I missed commenting on your last update, so I must say I love how your railroad follows a major highway and passes through many unique areas.

Now for this update, I envy your airport making skills But what a great airport it is I like how you show the airplanes taking off and landing.

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@mayorm: Thank you for this nice comment!


U45


Heyho and welcome to the fourtyfith update of my CJ Dragon Islands.

Today another interrouption on my round around DI because I wanted to make something "new".

Today I will show you a couple of pics of a small rail line located on an island to the northeast of Shì Luna. Dàzhú rail Cooperation has had big financial troubles in it's past but for already two years the line does not even need support by the state anymore.

Two of the three refurbished Kiha31 that represent the whole rolling stock in frequent use of the rail cooperation. This pair makes it's way to the main station of Dàzhú, they transfer some workers to their ferry, also some rail fans today.
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Fans and fanatics of steam locomotives solved the financial troubles, more and more steam locomotives are carried to the island for some fan rides.

And we will follow one of theese trains buildt in a age where the term particulate filter did not exist

The old engine is carried out of the depot long before the first passengers arrive...
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The plattform of the steam train gets filled after the arrival of the ferry and the ordinary train.
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Let's startup...
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Passing the old castle.
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Still at Dàzhú but at it's upper end.
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Passing Níng Bù.
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the upper rail station of Chóng dé.
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But we won't take the track to this city, we will stay at the "main line" and turn right into the valley that devides the two main mountains of the island.
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Lóng zhi gu is our first stop and the end of part one, the ride will continue in the next update.
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A small overview over the valley and the tracks, winding like a snake.
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I hope you've liked this update, greetings, Skimbo.

I love trains. So I must say this update is fantastic Skimbo I love how the rail line winds it way through the vally and how each station is unique.

Nice work with the train smoke...

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@mayorm: Thanks a lot for theese couple of nice words
@Bruce: Thank you =)


U46


Heyho and welcome to the fourtysixth entry of my CJ Dragon islands and the second part of our steam train ride from Dàzhú to Yánshí Hàitan.

The second part starts where the first one endet, at Lóng zhi gu. The train leaves the old colonial station...
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Cruising through the landscape...
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Theese fields seem somehow over - flooded, no rice plant anywhere...
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The train is heading onto the Dàqiáo (translated: big bridge)...
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Lùsè chéngbáo ("Green castle")
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Approaching at Yánshí Hàitan.
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Arrival at the rail station of the island's capitol.
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And, of course, an overview over the small rail line.
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I hope you've enjoyed this update, greetings, Skimbo =)

that is very purty loooking

Love the map at the end and the natural feel.

I love how your pictures really capture the landscape around what you ar trying to show because they are zoomed out. But yet they are close enough to focus on the details of specific things. And I'm still loving the trains

very nice

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@CG: Thanks a lot =)
@Bruce: Thank you =)
@Mayorm: Thanks a lot, I hope you don't mind that I'm focusing on the landscape in the next three updates before returning to trains again =)
@yoda: thanks!


U47 - "Around Dàzhú"

This update will be the first of three smaller updates due I have not got the time to play SC4 that much in the last time. Due I don't want to shorten the quality of the oichs I have to shorten their quantity.

Today we will take a closer look onto the city Dàzhú and it's sourroundings.

The small city itself is located on the northern part of a small island in the east of the region Dragon Islands. The town has a small industrial area (Some fish industry and some chemical industry) most of the people wort in a big industrial area across the waters.


The habour is the town's center.
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The old castle tells about a rich past....
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The city's chemical plant and it's port station. (the fish fabric is located to it's left from road perspective)
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I like this place, it's located at the end of the half island that does protect the habour very well.
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Now we're gonna follow one of the two roads that lead out of the small town. It leads through a small valley into a deep forest.
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And shows us the way to the next two villages.
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The last pic shows Dàzhú zoomed out. Steep hill angles prevent the town from growing up the hills or whiden itself in another way.
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I hope you've enjoined this update, greetings, Skimbo =)

Next up: "Around Chóng dé"

Wow... that looks shockingly realistic.

Nice job! You should enter some of those in the picture comp.

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@blakesterville: Thank you =)


U48 - "Around Chóng dé"

Heyho and welcome to the fourtyeight update of my CJ Dragon Islands, today I will show you some shots taken around Chóng dé.

I think it's best to let the pictures speak for themselves, only one thing: the first pic is not Chóng dé.
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Chóng dé:
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Some zoomouts
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Chóng dé(top) and Dázhù(bottom)
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I hope you've enjoyed this small CJ update, For 49 the third small city of the two islands.

Greetings, Skimbo =)

I love that little harbour area, and your landscaping is so realistic.
Keep it up Skimbo!