Via console you can only access functions/variables defined in your mod via remote.call. Every mod has his own local/global functions/namespace. I think the console acts as a kind of mod in that sense.
Have you found this already: https://wiki.factorio.com/index.php?title=Lua/Data_Lifecycle ? I ...

Yo.

I'm just starting out in the modding community and LUA programming in general, and I have a couple of problems, that make my modding life miserable.
I do have a PHP, C++, JS, HTML background (in diminishing order), so I do understand the basics. I'm just not familiar with Factorios game ...

WhiteFusion wrote:Demonstration.

try throwing all the trains into a box, than place them one at a time, so no other stays in your hand when the first one is placed ... i suspect just the hover to be the problem ...

It's not about placing the storage wagon, it's hovering it over an existing one, before you place it.
If you have more than one wagon in you inventory, the first one gets placed, then the second one hover over the placed one... and you have your crash (endless loop)
As long as you have only one ...

I had the same problem with Win7 SP1 not installing ...
After a bit of googling I found the "System Update Readiness Tool for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB947821)"
You find it directly at the microsoft download center. After this tool installs (it's 500mb+) it should allow all other updates to ...