Extra considerations: it would be possible to eliminate the requirement of having at least N-K+1 trains to avoid backlog problems, but it requires a global clock and I don't think that solution fits the ethos of this rail blueprint book, as it makes for much harder expandability - it would need an ...

Some images: https://imgur.com/a/F7HiKyj

Version 1.1 - improved the signal placements on the shunting yard and station skeleton blueprints to avoid "can't place signals too close" issues and improved blueprint icons: https://factoriobin.com/post/pixlp6

After trying a bunch of other people's rail books I ended up being not satisfied with any of them and decided to make a rail book to my own liking - one that manages to simultaneously be minimalistic, easy to use, and do everything I want it to do - and I hope other people will like it too.

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I ended up solving this problem.

Hi, I am currently making a blueprint book that I want to share with others later, but one specific task has stumped me so far. I need to fit a train unloader that can fit into any of my grid-based station slots, but still unload a full belt from each of 4 wagons. The problem is, these slots are ...

Two things you should consider:
1. It actually needs to be at least a few degrees higher than 500 so that the heat exchanger can take energy from it - something like 505-510.
2. The energy throughout of heat pipes reduces with distance, which can throttle your power production if they are very long ...

This was for my science deliveries from all across my large base to the labs. I ended up deciding on a simpler solution - making dedicated science trains that can deliver different science types to a single train station, in contrast to my generic cargo trains, which require one good per station.

Is it possible to use rockets as glorified trains to deliver stuff from point A to point B within the same large base on the same planet in cases where other logistics methods are not practical (large distance, require a lot of different items delivered from all over the base to one spot, large ...