Read out inventory of train

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Read out inventory of train

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how to get the inventory of the train get read out.

I managed somehow on the 1. station but the other ones won‘t work ( 1. first station got even a train number.)

The other ones will not work, nothing is on the wire.

Trains must be on automatic mode. What must be done too?
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Re: Read out inventory of train

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The train has to be in automatic mode and stopped at that station in its schedule. In your second picture, the lower locomotive does not look like it is aligned with the stop. Is it scheduled to arrive at the stop? According to the empty list of trains at the stop in the first picture, it is not.
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Re: Read out inventory of train

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I‘ll will look into it.

It there a way to to read out fuel.

The station themselves seem only reading wat is inside the wagon and not the locomotive.

It sucks really when the train stops on track with no fuel.
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Re: Read out inventory of train

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Schneck007 wrote: Thu Apr 10, 2025 8:06 am It sucks really when the train stops on track with no fuel.
There are 2 fundamentally different ways to handle train refuel:
- place a refuel chest+inserter on each station. Whenever a train is halting on that station, it is refilled. You need this for one station in a schedule of course, not for every station on a schedule.
- use an interrupt with train schedules and create an interrupt for refueling. Dedicate one station for refuel that's targeted if a train needs refuel.
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