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🚂 Mining Tools (Track & Train Kit) — Official Wiki & Walkthrough

Welcome to the comprehensive player manual, engineering walkthrough, and crafting compendium for Mining Tools on Minecraft 26.3 (NeoForge).

📑 Table of Contents

  1. Quick-Start Guide: Your First Train
  2. Locomotives & Motive Power
  3. Train Chaining & Railroad Crowbar
  4. Rolling Stock Catalog
  5. Specialty Switch & Power Rails
  6. Trackside Automation Facilities
  7. Heavy Machinery: The Automated Tunnel Bore
  8. Complete Crafting Recipe Compendium

1. Quick-Start Guide: Your First Train

Mermaid diagram
  1. Craft a Railroad Crowbar: The essential tool for all railway engineers (1 Iron Ingot + 1 Iron Nugget).
  2. Build a Locomotive: Start with the Basic Steam Locomotive (Furnace + Minecart + Iron Ingots + Redstone).
  3. Lay Tracks: Standard rails, powered rails, or custom Control Rails.
  4. Assemble the Consist: Place your locomotive in front, followed by your rolling stock (e.g., Cargo Carts, Livestock Carts, Turret Carts, or an Anchor Caboose).
  5. Couple the Cars: Hold the Railroad Crowbar in hand, right-click the Locomotive, then right-click the cart directly behind it. Repeat down the length of the train.
  6. Fuel Up & Board: Right-click the locomotive to board, press C to open the fuel inventory, deposit Coal or Charcoal, and tap W to throttle up!

2. Locomotives & Motive Power

Every locomotive in Mining Tools features realistic acceleration physics, multi-gear throttle transmissions, dynamic directional lighting (casting real light ahead of the engine), audible warning horns, and a live cockpit HUD.













       ______


      /|_||_\`.__


     (   _    _ _\


     =`-(_)--(_)-'  Mining Tools Locomotive Fleet

Basic Steam Locomotive

The reliable workhorse of standard industrial railroads.

  • Fuel Source: Coal, Charcoal, or any solid furnace fuel (default: 80 seconds of burn time per piece of coal).
  • Speed Profile: 5 forward gears, topping out at 0.35 blocks/tick (~7 m/s or 25 km/h).
  • Pulling Allowance: Pulls up to 5 carts with zero friction penalty. Pulling 6+ carts causes progressive drag slowdown.
  • Cowcatcher: Deflects and pushes wandering animals and minor obstacles out of the rail path.
  • Steam Whistle: Emits a loud piercing whistle that causes nearby mobs to flee the tracks.

CN Diesel Locomotive (#3087)

A heavy-haul mainline road-switcher modeled after classic Canadian National diesel engines.

  • Top Speed: 2× the speed of steam (0.70 blocks/tick, ~14 m/s or 50 km/h).
  • Fuel Source: Liquid Diesel Fuel. Holds an internal 16,000 mB (16-bucket) tank.
    • Native support for #c:diesel, #c:biofuel, and #c:biodiesel (compatible with Industrial Refinery, Ultimate Car Mod, etc.).
    • Equipped with a quick bucket-draining slot directly in its cockpit menu.
  • Pulling Allowance: Heavy-duty prime mover pulls up to 10 carts with zero drag penalty.
  • Multiple-Unit (MU) Synergy: Designed to be coupled with additional diesel engines to haul 20–30+ freight car trains across continental distances.

Electric Bullet Train

Ultra-high-speed, zero-emission passenger and express transit.

  • Top Speed: 5× the speed of steam (1.75 blocks/tick, ~35 m/s or 126 km/h).
  • Power Source: Forge Energy (FE). Equipped with an onboard 100,000 FE internal battery.
  • Third-Rail Continuous Power: When traveling along track segments equipped with Electric Rails, the pantograph/shoe draws electricity directly from the grid on the fly without stopping!
  • Pulling Allowance: Pulls up to 10 carts at maximum velocity.

Locomotive Controls & HUD Dashboard

When seated in a locomotive or any coupled rolling-stock car:

Action | Keybinding | In-Game Effect -- | -- | -- Throttle Up / Start | W | Engages the engine and throttles up Brake / Stop | S | Cuts throttle and smoothly applies train brakes Gear Down | A | Lowers cruise gear (Gears 1 through 5) Gear Up | D | Raises cruise gear (Gears 1 through 5) Reverse | R | Toggles forward/reverse gear without flipping the model Horn / Whistle | H | Sounds horn/whistle; scares mobs away from track Headlights | L | Toggles high-beam headlights (dynamic block light level 15) Cockpit GUI | C | Opens fuel reserves, battery gauges, and naming menu

NOTE

To lock a filter, place the target item into the top-right filter slot inside the Cargo Cart GUI. The cart will now reject any non-matching items from hoppers and loaders.

Livestock Cart (Railroad Stock Car)

An authentic North American railroad stock car modeled to scale with rolling stock:

  • Dual Stall Capacity: Holds up to 2 entities simultaneously across independent front and rear stalls.
  • Universal Compatibility: Carries cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, horses, llamas, wolves, villagers, or players.
  • Slatted Wooden Body: Built with horizontal open wooden slats, allowing livestock inside to remain clearly visible as the train travels.
  • One-Click Lead Hitching: Right-click the Livestock Cart while leading any animal with a Lead to immediately board the animal inside and retrieve your lead.
  • Automated Ejection: Rolling over a powered Activator Rail or passing through a Trackside Entity Unloader safely dismounts both stalls into adjacent destination pens.

Liquid Minecarts (Small & Large)

Rugged railroad tank cars built for pressurized fluid transport across your logistics network.

  • Small Liquid Minecart: Single horizontal pressure vessel holding 8,000 mB (8 Buckets).
  • Large Liquid Minecart: Heavy-haul DOT-111 style dual-bogie rail tanker holding 16,000 mB (16 Buckets).
  • Inspection Glass: Transparent liquid gauge tube shows exact fluid type and fill level from the outside.
  • Direct Fluid Transfer: Seamlessly interacts with the Trackside Fluid Station or accepts manual filling via buckets.

Arrow Turret Cart

An armored rolling-stock defense wagon styled to match the Caboose and freight wagons, designed to protect trains from mobs during long overnight journeys.













       [ Bow 1 ]      [ Bow 2 ]


             \   ____   /


              |=|____|=|  <-- Armored Rotating Cupola


             /|________|\


            O---O----O---O <-- Heavy Chassis
  • Dual Bow Mounts: GUI slots 0 & 1 accept any standard Bow (including enchanted bows).
  • 9-Slot Ammo Magazine: GUI slots 2 through 10 store up to 9 stacks of arrows (standard, tipped, or spectral arrows).
  • Autonomous Target Detection:
    • Scans within a 16-block spherical radius for hostile mobs (Enemy).
    • Line-of-sight verification prevents wasting arrows on mobs behind solid walls.
    • Alternating staggered fire: Bow 1 and Bow 2 fire alternately every 12 ticks (0.6s), delivering a continuous stream of fire.
  • Target Safety Filtering:
    • Never fires at players, villagers, passive farm animals, or tamed pets (dogs, cats, parrots).
    • Never shoots passengers or mobs riding in train carts.
  • Dynamic Turret Rotation: The armored cupola on top smoothly swivels and aims directly at active targets on the client.
  • Durability & Ammo Rules: Consumes 1 arrow and inflicts 1 point of bow durability damage per shot. When a bow breaks, it automatically clears the slot with an audible snap. Disallows arrow pickup to prevent infinite duplication.

Anchor Caboose

The ultimate train-preservation device hitched to the rear of your consist.

  • Mobile Chunk Loading: Keeps a 3×3 chunk zone centered on itself permanently active in memory as it travels.
  • Consist Anchor: Keeps every chunk occupied by the entire linked train loaded simultaneously, eliminating runaway cars, desyncs, and trains separating at chunk boundaries.
  • Atmospheric Visuals: Detailed rear observation porch with handrails and a smoking coal-stove chimney pipe.

IMPORTANT

The Caboose is strictly designed as the tail car of a train. The Railroad Crowbar will not permit attaching other rolling stock behind a Caboose.

5. Specialty Switch & Power Rails













     |                     \   /                   |   /


   --+-- (Junction)          X   (Wye Rail)        |  /  (Turnout)


     |                     / | \                   | /

Junction Rail (4-Way Cross)

A flat, perpendicular cross rail (+).

  • Unlike vanilla rails which force curves when intersecting, the Junction Rail allows trains coming from North-South and East-West to cross right through each other without turning, slowing down, or derailing.

Turnout Rail (T-Switch)

A mainline straight rail with a divergent turnout branch.

  • Control: Toggleable by Redstone signal or by right-clicking with a Railroad Crowbar or bare hand.
  • Animated Switch Blades: Features movable rail points that visibly slide open and closed to indicate which route is currently set.
  • Non-Derailing Run-Through: Trains approaching from the trailing frog can safely merge onto the mainline without bouncing.

Wye Rail (Triangular 3-Way Switch)

A triangular junction rail designed for wye tracks, balloon loops, and mainline branches.

  • Directional Logic:
    • Approaching from the Stem: Sent East or West depending on the Redstone state.
    • Approaching from the Branches: If the switch matches your incoming direction, you merge smoothly into the stem. If the switch is aligned for the opposite branch, you pass straight through along the mainline.
  • Visual Direction Indicators: Highlights active guide rails in red/yellow so engineers can see switch alignment from a distance.

Locomotive Control Rail & Horn Rail

Specialty functional tracks embedded directly into the railbed:

  • Locomotive Control Rail:
    • Unpowered: Gently halts approaching trains and holds them stationary (ideal for automated passenger stations and freight loading docks).
    • Powered: Launches stopped trains forward at the locomotive's preset cruise gear. Reversing the redstone feed reverses train direction.
  • Locomotive Horn Rail:
    • Pressure-plate rail track that automatically sounds the whistle/horn of any passing locomotive.
    • Essential for level road crossings, tunnel entrances, and warning track workers.

Electric Rail (Third-Rail Power)

  • A high-voltage third-rail track with copper contact conductors.
  • Connects directly to Forge Energy (FE) power networks.
  • Wirelessly charges Electric Bullet Trains at speeds up to 1,000 FE/tick as they pass overhead, enabling endless electric train networks without battery swapping!

6. Trackside Automation Facilities

Trackside Entity Loader & Unloader

Placed directly underneath tracks to automate livestock, villager, and mob transit:













    [ Rail Line ]


 -------------------


  [ Entity Loader ]
  • Entity Loader:
    • Automatically boards nearby entities into passing empty minecarts or Livestock Carts.
    • Built-in GUI with configurable search radius (1–16 blocks).
    • Filter Controls: Whitelist or Blacklist specific mob IDs (e.g. minecraft:cow, minecraft:sheep), baby/adult filter, or custom nametags.
  • Entity Unloader:
    • Safely dismounts passengers from passing carts.
    • Intelligently teleports dismounted mobs to adjacent solid ground away from tracks, preventing animals from being struck by trailing trains.

Trackside Fluid Station

Placed directly beneath rails to automate fluid logistics:

  • Equipped with an internal 16,000 mB (16-bucket) buffer reservoir.
  • Compatible with fluid pipes, hoppers, canisters, and buckets.
  • Smart Auto-Transfer: Automatically fills or empties passing Liquid Minecarts when parked overhead.
  • Redstone Automation: Emits a redstone pulse when a tanker car is completely full, empty, or finished pumping.

Mechanical Track Signal Switch Stand

An authentic trackside switch stand with an animated directional lantern and mechanical target arm.

  • Named Train Dispatching: Set custom routing rules in its GUI (e.g. route any locomotive named "Ore Express" onto the siding, while "Mainline" continues straight).
  • Signal Integration: Automatically changes Turnout and Wye rails in response to approaching named trains.

Railway Buffer Stop (Stop Block)

A heavy-duty end-of-track railway barrier modeled after industrial railroad buffer stops:













      [ Timber Bumper ]


         /|        |\


        / |========| \  <-- A-Frame Steel Legs


      [Rail]      [Rail]
  • Physical Rail Clamping: Dual A-frame structural steel legs clamp onto incoming tracks at standard rail gauge.
  • Engine Auto-Cutoff: When struck by a running locomotive or tunnel bore, it safely cuts throttle and stops the engine immediately while emitting authentic impact clatter sounds and sparks.
  • Terminal Redstone Detection: Emits a continuous redstone signal (strength 15) while a train rests against it, ideal for triggering terminal station lights, uncouplers, or depot doors.
  • Crowbar Reorient: Right-click with the Crowbar to rotate its facing direction.

Industrial Chunk Anchor

A stationary, heavy-duty chunk loader block for factories, automated quarries, tree farms, and station hubs:

  • Configurable Radius: Cycle between 1×1 Chunk (Single), 3×3 Chunks (9 Chunks), or 5×5 Chunks (25 Chunks).
  • Redstone Modes: Toggle between Always Active and Redstone Required.
  • Visual Status: Glowing cyan energy core, green status LED, and subtle portal particles.

7. Heavy Machinery: The Automated Tunnel Bore

The Tunnel Bore is a massive automated subterranean excavation machine that carves 3×3 subway tunnels through solid mountain rock.













       [ Top-Down Excavator Head ]


       |  [Stone]  [Stone]  [Stone]  |


       |  [Stone]  [AIR]    [Stone]  |  ---> 3x3 Tunnel Path


       |  [Solid]  [Rail]   [Solid]  |

Key Engineering Features:

  1. 3×3 Frontal Excavation:
    • Pulverizes stone, deepslate, granite, ores, and dirt in a 3-block-wide by 3-block-tall cross-section.
    • Harvested block drops are deposited directly into the bore's internal storage inventory.
  2. Top-Down Drilling Sequence:
    • Breaks overhead blocks first before drilling lower blocks.
    • When drilling through loose sand or gravel pockets, falling blocks collapse directly into the drill head and are cleared without suffocating the machine.
  3. Automated Track Laying:
    • Automatically places rails from its 9-slot dedicated Track Inventory onto solid ground directly beneath its rear bogies as it advances.
  4. Ballast Inventory & Auto Gap-Bridging:
    • Features a dedicated 9-slot Ballast Inventory accepting gravel, sand, cobblestone, and stone.
    • When the bore reaches an air gap, cave pothole, chasm, ravine, or liquid pool beneath its path, it automatically places ballast blocks to bed a solid foundation, lays the rail on top, and continues drilling without stopping!
  5. Safety Sensors:
    • Automatically stops if it encounters unbreakable bedrock, a void deeper than available ballast reserves, or runs out of track/fuel.
  6. Bi-Directional Operation:
    • Features forward drilling mode and slow, safe reversing mode that reverses trailing cars seamlessly.

8. Complete Crafting Recipe Compendium

All recipes are crafted in a standard 3×3 Crafting Table:

Locomotives & Motive Power

Basic Steam Locomotive













[ . ] [ R ] [ . ]    R = Redstone Lamp or Redstone Dust


[ I ] [ F ] [ I ]    I = Iron Ingot


[ I ] [ M ] [ I ]    F = Furnace, M = Minecart

CN Diesel Locomotive (#3087)













[ . ] [ G ] [ . ]    G = Glass


[ I ] [ R ] [ B ]    I = Iron Block, R = Redstone Block, B = Bucket


[ . ] [ M ] [ . ]    M = Minecart

Electric Bullet Train













[ . ] [ G ] [ . ]    G = Tinted Glass


[ I ] [ R ] [ C ]    I = Iron Block, R = Redstone Block, C = Copper Block


[ . ] [ M ] [ . ]    M = Minecart

Rolling Stock & Defense Carts

Adaptive Cargo Minecart (Shapeless)

[ Minecart ] + [ Chest ] + [ Iron Ingot ]

Livestock Cart (Railroad Stock Car)













[ P ] [ P ] [ P ]    P = Wooden Planks (Any)


[ F ] [ L ] [ F ]    F = Wooden Fence (Any), L = Lead


[ P ] [ M ] [ P ]    M = Minecart

Liquid Minecart (8-Bucket Tanker)













[ . ] [ C ] [ . ]    C = Copper Ingot


[ I ] [ B ] [ I ]    I = Iron Ingot, B = Bucket


[ . ] [ M ] [ . ]    M = Minecart

Large Liquid Minecart (16-Bucket Tanker)













[ . ] [ I ] [ . ]    I = Iron Ingot


[ L ] [ B ] [ L ]    L = Liquid Minecart, B = Bucket


[ . ] [ I ] [ . ]

Arrow Turret Cart













[ B ] [ I ] [ B ]    B = Bow


[ I ] [ D ] [ I ]    I = Iron Ingot, D = Dispenser


[ I ] [ M ] [ I ]    M = Minecart

Anchor Caboose













[ . ] [ L ] [ . ]    L = Lantern


[ I ] [ E ] [ I ]    I = Iron Ingot, E = Ender Pearl


[ . ] [ M ] [ . ]    M = Minecart

Specialty Rails & Tools

Railroad Crowbar













[ . ] [ I ] [ N ]    I = Iron Ingot


[ . ] [ I ] [ . ]    N = Iron Nugget


[ I ] [ . ] [ . ]

Junction Rail (Yields 4)













[ I ] [ . ] [ R ]    I = Iron Ingot


[ . ] [ R ] [ . ]    R = Standard Rail


[ R ] [ . ] [ I ]

Turnout Rail / T-Switch (Yields 4)













[ R ] [ . ] [ R ]    R = Standard Rail


[ . ] [ L ] [ . ]    L = Lever


[ R ] [ . ] [ R ]

Wye Rail / Y-Switch (Yields 4)













[ R ] [ . ] [ R ]    R = Standard Rail


[ . ] [ T ] [ . ]    T = Redstone Torch


[ R ] [ . ] [ R ]

Electric Third Rail (Yields 6)













[ C ] [ . ] [ S ]    C = Copper Ingot


[ C ] [ R ] [ C ]    R = Redstone Dust, S = Stick


[ C ] [ . ] [ S ]

Locomotive Control Rail (Yields 6)













[ I ] [ . ] [ I ]    I = Iron Ingot


[ I ] [ C ] [ I ]    C = Coal


[ I ] [ R ] [ I ]    R = Redstone Dust

Locomotive Horn Rail (Yields 6)













[ I ] [ . ] [ I ]    I = Iron Ingot


[ I ] [ G ] [ I ]    G = Gold Ingot


[ I ] [ R ] [ I ]    R = Redstone Dust

Trackside Facilities & Heavy Machinery

Railway Buffer Stop / Stop Block (Yields 2)













[ I ] [ L ] [ I ]    I = Iron Ingot, L = Wooden Log (Any)


[ I ] [ R ] [ I ]    R = Redstone Dust


[ I ] [ B ] [ I ]    B = Iron Bars

Trackside Entity Loader













[ I ] [ L ] [ I ]    I = Iron Ingot, L = Lead


[ C ] [ H ] [ C ]    C = Copper Ingot, H = Hopper


[ I ] [ R ] [ I ]    R = Redstone Dust

Trackside Entity Unloader













[ I ] [ A ] [ I ]    I = Iron Ingot, A = Activator Rail


[ C ] [ H ] [ C ]    C = Copper Ingot, H = Hopper


[ I ] [ R ] [ I ]    R = Redstone Dust

Trackside Fluid Station













[ I ] [ P ] [ I ]    I = Iron Ingot, P = Piston


[ C ] [ H ] [ C ]    C = Copper Ingot, H = Hopper


[ I ] [ R ] [ I ]    R = Redstone Dust

Mechanical Track Switch Stand (Yields 2)













[ . ] [ R ] [ . ]    R = Redstone Torch


[ I ] [ L ] [ I ]    L = Lever, I = Iron Ingot


[ . ] [ I ] [ . ]

Industrial Chunk Anchor













[ I ] [ O ] [ I ]    I = Iron Ingot, O = Obsidian


[ G ] [ E ] [ G ]    G = Gold Ingot, E = Ender Pearl


[ I ] [ R ] [ I ]    R = Redstone Block

Automated Tunnel Bore













[ P ] [ B ] [ P ]    P = Iron Pickaxe, B = Iron Block


[ I ] [ F ] [ I ]    F = Furnace Minecart, I = Iron Ingot


[ I ] [ C ] [ I ]    C = Chest Minecart

Mining Tools — Built for heavy rail engineering and automated logistics.

🚂 Mining Tools (Track & Train Kit) — Official Wiki & Walkthrough

Welcome to the comprehensive player manual, engineering walkthrough, and crafting compendium for Mining Tools on Minecraft 26.3 (NeoForge).

📑 Table of Contents Quick-Start Guide: Your First Train Locomotives & Motive Power Basic Steam Locomotive CN Diesel Locomotive (#3087) Electric Bullet Train Locomotive Controls & HUD Dashboard Train Chaining & Railroad Crowbar Coupling & Uncoupling Mechanics Traction, Drag & Multiple-Unit (MU) Consists Rolling Stock Catalog Adaptive Cargo Minecart Livestock Cart (Railroad Stock Car) Liquid Minecarts (Small & Large) Arrow Turret Cart Anchor Caboose Specialty Switch & Power Rails Junction Rail (4-Way Cross) Turnout Rail (T-Switch) Wye Rail (Triangular 3-Way Switch) Locomotive Control Rail & Horn Rail Electric Rail (Third-Rail Power) Trackside Automation Facilities Trackside Entity Loader & Unloader Trackside Fluid Station Mechanical Track Signal Switch Stand Railway Buffer Stop (Stop Block) Industrial Chunk Anchor Heavy Machinery: The Automated Tunnel Bore Excavation, Ballast Bridging & Track Laying Complete Crafting Recipe Compendium

  1. Quick-Start Guide: Your First Train Craft a Railroad Crowbar: The essential tool for all railway engineers (1 Iron Ingot + 1 Iron Nugget). Build a Locomotive: Start with the Basic Steam Locomotive (Furnace + Minecart + Iron Ingots + Redstone). Lay Tracks: Standard rails, powered rails, or custom Control Rails. Assemble the Consist: Place your locomotive in front, followed by your rolling stock (e.g., Cargo Carts, Livestock Carts, Turret Carts, or an Anchor Caboose). Couple the Cars: Hold the Railroad Crowbar in hand, right-click the Locomotive, then right-click the cart directly behind it. Repeat down the length of the train. Fuel Up & Board: Right-click the locomotive to board, press C to open the fuel inventory, deposit Coal or Charcoal, and tap W to throttle up!
  2. Locomotives & Motive Power

Every locomotive in Mining Tools features realistic acceleration physics, multi-gear throttle transmissions, dynamic directional lighting (casting real light ahead of the engine), audible warning horns, and a live cockpit HUD.

   ______
  /|_||_\`.__
 (   _    _ _\
 =`-(_)--(_)-'  Mining Tools Locomotive Fleet

Basic Steam Locomotive

The reliable workhorse of standard industrial railroads.

Fuel Source: Coal, Charcoal, or any solid furnace fuel (default: 80 seconds of burn time per piece of coal). Speed Profile: 5 forward gears, topping out at 0.35 blocks/tick (~7 m/s or 25 km/h). Pulling Allowance: Pulls up to 5 carts with zero friction penalty. Pulling 6+ carts causes progressive drag slowdown. Cowcatcher: Deflects and pushes wandering animals and minor obstacles out of the rail path. Steam Whistle: Emits a loud piercing whistle that causes nearby mobs to flee the tracks. CN Diesel Locomotive (#3087)

A heavy-haul mainline road-switcher modeled after classic Canadian National diesel engines.

Top Speed: 2× the speed of steam (0.70 blocks/tick, ~14 m/s or 50 km/h). Fuel Source: Liquid Diesel Fuel. Holds an internal 16,000 mB (16-bucket) tank. Native support for #c:diesel, #c:biofuel, and #c:biodiesel (compatible with Industrial Refinery, Ultimate Car Mod, etc.). Equipped with a quick bucket-draining slot directly in its cockpit menu. Pulling Allowance: Heavy-duty prime mover pulls up to 10 carts with zero drag penalty. Multiple-Unit (MU) Synergy: Designed to be coupled with additional diesel engines to haul 20–30+ freight car trains across continental distances. Electric Bullet Train

Ultra-high-speed, zero-emission passenger and express transit.

Top Speed: 5× the speed of steam (1.75 blocks/tick, ~35 m/s or 126 km/h). Power Source: Forge Energy (FE). Equipped with an onboard 100,000 FE internal battery. Third-Rail Continuous Power: When traveling along track segments equipped with Electric Rails, the pantograph/shoe draws electricity directly from the grid on the fly without stopping! Pulling Allowance: Pulls up to 10 carts at maximum velocity. Locomotive Controls & HUD Dashboard

When seated in a locomotive or any coupled rolling-stock car:

Action Keybinding In-Game Effect Throttle Up / Start W Engages the engine and throttles up Brake / Stop S Cuts throttle and smoothly applies train brakes Gear Down A Lowers cruise gear (Gears 1 through 5) Gear Up D Raises cruise gear (Gears 1 through 5) Reverse R Toggles forward/reverse gear without flipping the model Horn / Whistle H Sounds horn/whistle; scares mobs away from track Headlights L Toggles high-beam headlights (dynamic block light level 15) Cockpit GUI C Opens fuel reserves, battery gauges, and naming menu HUD Dashboard Indicators

While driving, the lower-left overlay displays:

Speed: Live digital speedometer in blocks/sec and km/h. Gear: Current throttle position (P = Park/Brake, 1 through 5 = Cruise Gears, R = Reverse). Heading: Cardinal compass direction (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST). Reserves: Remaining burn ticks (Steam), fuel level in mB (Diesel), or battery charge in FE (Electric). 3. Train Chaining & Railroad Crowbar [Locomotive] <===Chain===> [Cargo Cart] <===Chain===> [Caboose]

The Railroad Crowbar transforms isolated vanilla minecarts into coordinated, multi-car train consists.

Coupling & Uncoupling Mechanics Coupling: Hold the Railroad Crowbar in your main hand. Right-click the first cart (a metal clicking sound confirms selection). Right-click an adjacent cart within coupling distance (approx. 2–3 blocks). A heavy steel chain appears connecting the two cars. Uncoupling: Sneak + Right-click (Shift + Right-Click) any coupled car with the Crowbar to break the link. Train Direction & Reversing: Trains maintain synchronized physics. Pulling in reverse pulls the rear cars backward smoothly without jarring 180° visual rotations. Traction, Drag & Multiple-Unit (MU) Consists

Each locomotive adds its Pulling Allowance to the entire train:

1 Steam Locomotive: 5 cars maximum without penalty. 2 Steam Locomotives: 5 + 5

10 5+5=10 cars maximum without penalty. 1 Diesel Locomotive + 1 Steam Locomotive: 10 + 5

15 10+5=15 cars maximum without penalty. 2 Diesel Locomotives: 10 + 10

20 10+10=20 cars maximum without penalty.

TIP

Locomotives do not all need to be at the front! You can place one engine at the front (lead), one in the middle (mid-train helper), or one at the rear (pusher/banking engine). All connected locomotives automatically share throttle commands and combine their pulling power.

  1. Rolling Stock Catalog Adaptive Cargo Minecart

A heavy-duty freight wagon with 27 storage slots plus a dedicated Filter Slot. The cart's 3D exterior model dynamically changes based on what you filter:

Filter Mode Items Accepted 3D Visual Appearance Log Mode Any wooden logs (#minecraft:logs) Heavy upright log stakes loaded with rustic timber logs Container Mode General items, tools, ingots, food Enclosed, corrugated industrial shipping container Ore Mode Raw iron, copper, gold, coal, lapis, redstone Open hopper filled with towering mounds of raw mineral ores Ingot Mode Refined metal ingots Neatly stacked precious metal bars

NOTE

To lock a filter, place the target item into the top-right filter slot inside the Cargo Cart GUI. The cart will now reject any non-matching items from hoppers and loaders.

Livestock Cart (Railroad Stock Car)

An authentic North American railroad stock car modeled to scale with rolling stock:

Dual Stall Capacity: Holds up to 2 entities simultaneously across independent front and rear stalls. Universal Compatibility: Carries cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, horses, llamas, wolves, villagers, or players. Slatted Wooden Body: Built with horizontal open wooden slats, allowing livestock inside to remain clearly visible as the train travels. One-Click Lead Hitching: Right-click the Livestock Cart while leading any animal with a Lead to immediately board the animal inside and retrieve your lead. Automated Ejection: Rolling over a powered Activator Rail or passing through a Trackside Entity Unloader safely dismounts both stalls into adjacent destination pens. Liquid Minecarts (Small & Large)

Rugged railroad tank cars built for pressurized fluid transport across your logistics network.

Small Liquid Minecart: Single horizontal pressure vessel holding 8,000 mB (8 Buckets). Large Liquid Minecart: Heavy-haul DOT-111 style dual-bogie rail tanker holding 16,000 mB (16 Buckets). Inspection Glass: Transparent liquid gauge tube shows exact fluid type and fill level from the outside. Direct Fluid Transfer: Seamlessly interacts with the Trackside Fluid Station or accepts manual filling via buckets. Arrow Turret Cart

An armored rolling-stock defense wagon styled to match the Caboose and freight wagons, designed to protect trains from mobs during long overnight journeys.

   [ Bow 1 ]      [ Bow 2 ]
         \   ____   /
          |=|____|=|  <-- Armored Rotating Cupola
         /|________|\
        O---O----O---O <-- Heavy Chassis

Dual Bow Mounts: GUI slots 0 & 1 accept any standard Bow (including enchanted bows). 9-Slot Ammo Magazine: GUI slots 2 through 10 store up to 9 stacks of arrows (standard, tipped, or spectral arrows). Autonomous Target Detection: Scans within a 16-block spherical radius for hostile mobs (Enemy). Line-of-sight verification prevents wasting arrows on mobs behind solid walls. Alternating staggered fire: Bow 1 and Bow 2 fire alternately every 12 ticks (0.6s), delivering a continuous stream of fire. Target Safety Filtering: Never fires at players, villagers, passive farm animals, or tamed pets (dogs, cats, parrots). Never shoots passengers or mobs riding in train carts. Dynamic Turret Rotation: The armored cupola on top smoothly swivels and aims directly at active targets on the client. Durability & Ammo Rules: Consumes 1 arrow and inflicts 1 point of bow durability damage per shot. When a bow breaks, it automatically clears the slot with an audible snap. Disallows arrow pickup to prevent infinite duplication. Anchor Caboose

The ultimate train-preservation device hitched to the rear of your consist.

Mobile Chunk Loading: Keeps a 3×3 chunk zone centered on itself permanently active in memory as it travels. Consist Anchor: Keeps every chunk occupied by the entire linked train loaded simultaneously, eliminating runaway cars, desyncs, and trains separating at chunk boundaries. Atmospheric Visuals: Detailed rear observation porch with handrails and a smoking coal-stove chimney pipe.

IMPORTANT

The Caboose is strictly designed as the tail car of a train. The Railroad Crowbar will not permit attaching other rolling stock behind a Caboose.

  1. Specialty Switch & Power Rails | \ / | / --+-- (Junction) X (Wye Rail) | / (Turnout) | / | \ | / Junction Rail (4-Way Cross)

A flat, perpendicular cross rail (+).

Unlike vanilla rails which force curves when intersecting, the Junction Rail allows trains coming from North-South and East-West to cross right through each other without turning, slowing down, or derailing. Turnout Rail (T-Switch)

A mainline straight rail with a divergent turnout branch.

Control: Toggleable by Redstone signal or by right-clicking with a Railroad Crowbar or bare hand. Animated Switch Blades: Features movable rail points that visibly slide open and closed to indicate which route is currently set. Non-Derailing Run-Through: Trains approaching from the trailing frog can safely merge onto the mainline without bouncing. Wye Rail (Triangular 3-Way Switch)

A triangular junction rail designed for wye tracks, balloon loops, and mainline branches.

Directional Logic: Approaching from the Stem: Sent East or West depending on the Redstone state. Approaching from the Branches: If the switch matches your incoming direction, you merge smoothly into the stem. If the switch is aligned for the opposite branch, you pass straight through along the mainline. Visual Direction Indicators: Highlights active guide rails in red/yellow so engineers can see switch alignment from a distance. Locomotive Control Rail & Horn Rail

Specialty functional tracks embedded directly into the railbed:

Locomotive Control Rail: Unpowered: Gently halts approaching trains and holds them stationary (ideal for automated passenger stations and freight loading docks). Powered: Launches stopped trains forward at the locomotive's preset cruise gear. Reversing the redstone feed reverses train direction. Locomotive Horn Rail: Pressure-plate rail track that automatically sounds the whistle/horn of any passing locomotive. Essential for level road crossings, tunnel entrances, and warning track workers. Electric Rail (Third-Rail Power) A high-voltage third-rail track with copper contact conductors. Connects directly to Forge Energy (FE) power networks. Wirelessly charges Electric Bullet Trains at speeds up to 1,000 FE/tick as they pass overhead, enabling endless electric train networks without battery swapping! 6. Trackside Automation Facilities Trackside Entity Loader & Unloader

Placed directly underneath tracks to automate livestock, villager, and mob transit:

[ Rail Line ]

[ Entity Loader ] Entity Loader: Automatically boards nearby entities into passing empty minecarts or Livestock Carts. Built-in GUI with configurable search radius (1–16 blocks). Filter Controls: Whitelist or Blacklist specific mob IDs (e.g. minecraft:cow, minecraft:sheep), baby/adult filter, or custom nametags. Entity Unloader: Safely dismounts passengers from passing carts. Intelligently teleports dismounted mobs to adjacent solid ground away from tracks, preventing animals from being struck by trailing trains. Trackside Fluid Station

Placed directly beneath rails to automate fluid logistics:

Equipped with an internal 16,000 mB (16-bucket) buffer reservoir. Compatible with fluid pipes, hoppers, canisters, and buckets. Smart Auto-Transfer: Automatically fills or empties passing Liquid Minecarts when parked overhead. Redstone Automation: Emits a redstone pulse when a tanker car is completely full, empty, or finished pumping. Mechanical Track Signal Switch Stand

An authentic trackside switch stand with an animated directional lantern and mechanical target arm.

Named Train Dispatching: Set custom routing rules in its GUI (e.g. route any locomotive named "Ore Express" onto the siding, while "Mainline" continues straight). Signal Integration: Automatically changes Turnout and Wye rails in response to approaching named trains. Railway Buffer Stop (Stop Block)

A heavy-duty end-of-track railway barrier modeled after industrial railroad buffer stops:

  [ Timber Bumper ]
     /|        |\
    / |========| \  <-- A-Frame Steel Legs
  [Rail]      [Rail]

Physical Rail Clamping: Dual A-frame structural steel legs clamp onto incoming tracks at standard rail gauge. Engine Auto-Cutoff: When struck by a running locomotive or tunnel bore, it safely cuts throttle and stops the engine immediately while emitting authentic impact clatter sounds and sparks. Terminal Redstone Detection: Emits a continuous redstone signal (strength 15) while a train rests against it, ideal for triggering terminal station lights, uncouplers, or depot doors. Crowbar Reorient: Right-click with the Crowbar to rotate its facing direction. Industrial Chunk Anchor

A stationary, heavy-duty chunk loader block for factories, automated quarries, tree farms, and station hubs:

Configurable Radius: Cycle between 1×1 Chunk (Single), 3×3 Chunks (9 Chunks), or 5×5 Chunks (25 Chunks). Redstone Modes: Toggle between Always Active and Redstone Required. Visual Status: Glowing cyan energy core, green status LED, and subtle portal particles. 7. Heavy Machinery: The Automated Tunnel Bore

The Tunnel Bore is a massive automated subterranean excavation machine that carves 3×3 subway tunnels through solid mountain rock.

   [ Top-Down Excavator Head ]
   |  [Stone]  [Stone]  [Stone]  |
   |  [Stone]  [AIR]    [Stone]  |  ---> 3x3 Tunnel Path
   |  [Solid]  [Rail]   [Solid]  |

Key Engineering Features: 3×3 Frontal Excavation: Pulverizes stone, deepslate, granite, ores, and dirt in a 3-block-wide by 3-block-tall cross-section. Harvested block drops are deposited directly into the bore's internal storage inventory. Top-Down Drilling Sequence: Breaks overhead blocks first before drilling lower blocks. When drilling through loose sand or gravel pockets, falling blocks collapse directly into the drill head and are cleared without suffocating the machine. Automated Track Laying: Automatically places rails from its 9-slot dedicated Track Inventory onto solid ground directly beneath its rear bogies as it advances. Ballast Inventory & Auto Gap-Bridging: Features a dedicated 9-slot Ballast Inventory accepting gravel, sand, cobblestone, and stone. When the bore reaches an air gap, cave pothole, chasm, ravine, or liquid pool beneath its path, it automatically places ballast blocks to bed a solid foundation, lays the rail on top, and continues drilling without stopping! Safety Sensors: Automatically stops if it encounters unbreakable bedrock, a void deeper than available ballast reserves, or runs out of track/fuel. Bi-Directional Operation: Features forward drilling mode and slow, safe reversing mode that reverses trailing cars seamlessly. 8. Complete Crafting Recipe Compendium

All recipes are crafted in a standard 3×3 Crafting Table:

Locomotives & Motive Power Basic Steam Locomotive [ . ] [ R ] [ . ] R = Redstone Lamp or Redstone Dust [ I ] [ F ] [ I ] I = Iron Ingot [ I ] [ M ] [ I ] F = Furnace, M = Minecart CN Diesel Locomotive (#3087) [ . ] [ G ] [ . ] G = Glass [ I ] [ R ] [ B ] I = Iron Block, R = Redstone Block, B = Bucket [ . ] [ M ] [ . ] M = Minecart Electric Bullet Train [ . ] [ G ] [ . ] G = Tinted Glass [ I ] [ R ] [ C ] I = Iron Block, R = Redstone Block, C = Copper Block [ . ] [ M ] [ . ] M = Minecart Rolling Stock & Defense Carts Adaptive Cargo Minecart (Shapeless) [ Minecart ] + [ Chest ] + [ Iron Ingot ] Livestock Cart (Railroad Stock Car) [ P ] [ P ] [ P ] P = Wooden Planks (Any) [ F ] [ L ] [ F ] F = Wooden Fence (Any), L = Lead [ P ] [ M ] [ P ] M = Minecart Liquid Minecart (8-Bucket Tanker) [ . ] [ C ] [ . ] C = Copper Ingot [ I ] [ B ] [ I ] I = Iron Ingot, B = Bucket [ . ] [ M ] [ . ] M = Minecart Large Liquid Minecart (16-Bucket Tanker) [ . ] [ I ] [ . ] I = Iron Ingot [ L ] [ B ] [ L ] L = Liquid Minecart, B = Bucket [ . ] [ I ] [ . ] Arrow Turret Cart [ B ] [ I ] [ B ] B = Bow [ I ] [ D ] [ I ] I = Iron Ingot, D = Dispenser [ I ] [ M ] [ I ] M = Minecart Anchor Caboose [ . ] [ L ] [ . ] L = Lantern [ I ] [ E ] [ I ] I = Iron Ingot, E = Ender Pearl [ . ] [ M ] [ . ] M = Minecart Specialty Rails & Tools Railroad Crowbar [ . ] [ I ] [ N ] I = Iron Ingot [ . ] [ I ] [ . ] N = Iron Nugget [ I ] [ . ] [ . ] Junction Rail (Yields 4) [ I ] [ . ] [ R ] I = Iron Ingot [ . ] [ R ] [ . ] R = Standard Rail [ R ] [ . ] [ I ] Turnout Rail / T-Switch (Yields 4) [ R ] [ . ] [ R ] R = Standard Rail [ . ] [ L ] [ . ] L = Lever [ R ] [ . ] [ R ] Wye Rail / Y-Switch (Yields 4) [ R ] [ . ] [ R ] R = Standard Rail [ . ] [ T ] [ . ] T = Redstone Torch [ R ] [ . ] [ R ] Electric Third Rail (Yields 6) [ C ] [ . ] [ S ] C = Copper Ingot [ C ] [ R ] [ C ] R = Redstone Dust, S = Stick [ C ] [ . ] [ S ] Locomotive Control Rail (Yields 6) [ I ] [ . ] [ I ] I = Iron Ingot [ I ] [ C ] [ I ] C = Coal [ I ] [ R ] [ I ] R = Redstone Dust Locomotive Horn Rail (Yields 6) [ I ] [ . ] [ I ] I = Iron Ingot [ I ] [ G ] [ I ] G = Gold Ingot [ I ] [ R ] [ I ] R = Redstone Dust Trackside Facilities & Heavy Machinery Railway Buffer Stop / Stop Block (Yields 2) [ I ] [ L ] [ I ] I = Iron Ingot, L = Wooden Log (Any) [ I ] [ R ] [ I ] R = Redstone Dust [ I ] [ B ] [ I ] B = Iron Bars Trackside Entity Loader [ I ] [ L ] [ I ] I = Iron Ingot, L = Lead [ C ] [ H ] [ C ] C = Copper Ingot, H = Hopper [ I ] [ R ] [ I ] R = Redstone Dust Trackside Entity Unloader [ I ] [ A ] [ I ] I = Iron Ingot, A = Activator Rail [ C ] [ H ] [ C ] C = Copper Ingot, H = Hopper [ I ] [ R ] [ I ] R = Redstone Dust Trackside Fluid Station [ I ] [ P ] [ I ] I = Iron Ingot, P = Piston [ C ] [ H ] [ C ] C = Copper Ingot, H = Hopper [ I ] [ R ] [ I ] R = Redstone Dust Mechanical Track Switch Stand (Yields 2) [ . ] [ R ] [ . ] R = Redstone Torch [ I ] [ L ] [ I ] L = Lever, I = Iron Ingot [ . ] [ I ] [ . ] Industrial Chunk Anchor [ I ] [ O ] [ I ] I = Iron Ingot, O = Obsidian [ G ] [ E ] [ G ] G = Gold Ingot, E = Ender Pearl [ I ] [ R ] [ I ] R = Redstone Block Automated Tunnel Bore [ P ] [ B ] [ P ] P = Iron Pickaxe, B = Iron Block [ I ] [ F ] [ I ] F = Furnace Minecart, I = Iron Ingot [ I ] [ C ] [ I ] C = Chest Minecart

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