... fuel there.

Without boats, the only way I see to do it is to run a train out to the island to deliver rocket fuel for burning, and perhaps for power generation. At that point, I may as well just use fluid tanker cars, too. I guess the train is the intended method of handling remote pumping like ...

... ports separated by large expanses of water would be an extension of train logistics. In fact it would be possible to incorporate everything a ... It would be interesting to have storm track right into the path of a tanker ship holding 500,000 units of petroleum gas that is headed for plastics ...

... of making a small 2 chunks block that contains a 4 tank-wagons train, this is due the last train now been over a curve vs been on a straig line.
The tankers been unable to unload in curves where an anoying issue since the inception of the game, especially when a normal cargo wagon where able ...

... automated and ready to be delivered by plane anywhere on the map. The tanker itself require 5 different intermediate including the 6061 aluminium ... request, the rails are the yellow line in the middle of the road and the train stop are in the middle of the road. The war rig having a capacity of 200 ...

... processing unit and many others).

Some mineral water is brought in via tanker, as it's required to mine the wolframite patch located on the island but it's not connected yet with train. And there are also more docking slot for a cargo ship exporting stone zircon and uranium and wolframite for a total ...

... but not the second? Hang on I think I get it: in the first case, the train is loading but not unloading, it is just hidden because the train fully ... pump for it to become one that can connect to trains.

So it has to be tanker->pump->pipe(s) or tank(s)->pump->tanker? Perhaps this could be added to ...

I made a train stop that both loads and unloads a train of fluid tankers (so the train can deliver oil when the local oil patch runs low). It works fine.
Pumping oil in loading all tankers.png

I made a copy (Ctrl-C) of the trains providing water and crude oil, and pasted it for the next refinery, but ...

... game headache is "oh, have to stop building to send out the Destroyer train again (2 engines, 1 tanker, 6 arty wagons w/ 600 rounds of ammo) and then babysit/repair whatever arty base full of turrets is closest to the enemy while it drives back the biters." Since I run one-way rails I usually end up ...

... game headache is "oh, have to stop building to send out the Destroyer train again (2 engines, 1 tanker, 6 arty wagons w/ 600 rounds of ammo) and then babysit/repair whatever arty base full of turrets is closest to the enemy while it drives back the biters." Since I run one-way rails I usually end up ...

... pump?

Thanks


You would need to redo the stop a bit for that. Put two outer pumps with tanks on one side of wagons and 3rd one for middle on the other side.
Speed difference will be worth it - it's about 3 seconds to unload tanker wagon with 1 pump I think - assuming tank it unloads to is empty.

... filling process. Multiple pumps are unnecessary as one pump will fill a tanker in 2 seconds.


ackshually according to https://wiki.factorio.com/Fluid_wagon 3 pumps is faster (it is also the max amount of pump that can connect to a single fluid wagon)


Whilst 3 pumps are faster (assuming train pump ...

... one tank to one pump to one fluid wagon. Using pipes will slow down the filling process. Multiple pumps are unnecessary as one pump will fill a tanker in 2 seconds.


ackshually according to https://wiki.factorio.com/Fluid_wagon 3 pumps is faster (it is also the max amount of pump that can ...

... filling process. Multiple pumps are unnecessary as one pump will fill a tanker in 2 seconds.


Normally I wouldn't use more than one. I was ... issue. But as Lowchen pointed out, fluid wagons unfortunately won't work when there are curved rails between the pump/fluid wagon and train stop.

Also, you only need connect one tank to one pump to one fluid wagon. Using pipes will slow down the filling process. Multiple pumps are unnecessary as one pump will fill a tanker in 2 seconds.

... mod pack ^^.

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... prntscr.com/image/NW3FzNDbQ7GHDMtQjPXPkA.png) is interesent patern for train station and greate for cargo ship tanker (because is hard make 2 side dock for ship and extract max pump direct to tank) is possible inspired of this for new tank or give you powered god skin to this moder to help him ...

... mod pack ^^.

this type of tank(sreen below) is interesent patern for train station and greate for cargo ship tanker (because is hard make 2 side dock for ship and extract max pump direct to tank) is possible inspired of this for new tank or give you powered god skin to this moder to help him ...

Trains have IDs?) Never noticed. And what is the use of them to the player?


They're useful for taking train specific actions at a train station ... oil but then I added a train that stopped there had a sometimes-empty tanker for petro gas instead of oil in the same position as the oil tankers on ...

It would be interesting to have an option like the train's tank car that drives around freely like the car.

... to maintain a 6000 u/sec flow.
- As previously suggested use a small train track to shuttle back and forwards oil in a tanker.
- Have you look at putting your fluids into barrels and move them about on a bus. You do need A LOT of barrels and that will consume A LOT of steel. But you are able to ...