Fast train transshipment station design?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 3:44 pm
I have been toying with the concept of making separate isolated train networks for different purposes. For example, a large-train network for long distances, and a 1-2 network for deliveries to my immediate base.
What has been stumping me is coming up with a good transhipping station design, so that I can quickly move the load between the large trains and the small ones.
The biggest issue is that rail can only be placed at specific positions every 2 blocks while stack inserters only move cargo 1 block away:
- So, I can't put a stack inserter between two trains, or stack inserter - chest - stack inserter (3 blocks total) arrangement. Any combination of stack inserters and chests that I can think of results in an odd number of blocks, while the tracks can only be placed at a separation that is an even number of blocks.
- And using red inserters would be much slower.
Has anybody solved this problem already? Any suggestions?
What has been stumping me is coming up with a good transhipping station design, so that I can quickly move the load between the large trains and the small ones.
The biggest issue is that rail can only be placed at specific positions every 2 blocks while stack inserters only move cargo 1 block away:
- So, I can't put a stack inserter between two trains, or stack inserter - chest - stack inserter (3 blocks total) arrangement. Any combination of stack inserters and chests that I can think of results in an odd number of blocks, while the tracks can only be placed at a separation that is an even number of blocks.
- And using red inserters would be much slower.
Has anybody solved this problem already? Any suggestions?