Platform wagon

[Okke]

TL;DR

There are few wagon types available to the player. All of them are very specific. The idea is to introduce a special "platform wagon" 2x6 that could be used as the foundation for some small buildings like gun turrets, chests, combinators or inserters.

What?

Trains are not able to secure themselves and in most cases it is not possible to guard them on a long way. Space platforms is a good example of how it could be implemented in the game: just a platform that allows the player to place some small buildings of appropriate size. E.g. gun turrets have size 2x2, a 2x6 platform wagon can suite three of them. A supply train can consist of several wagons with a set of chests, combinators and inserters.

Why?

I think train platform is logically the next step after space platforms are introduced. It is completely new mechanic for planet surfaces that can make the railway system more robust, more automated, more important. I understand that it is not easy to implement from the graphical point of view, but, it is just an idea.