How do trains work?

[Tragic]

I feel stupid.. I can't work out how trains work.

I don't mean how to use them effectively.. I mean I can't work out how to physically place them on the map so they function.

YouTube has no vids apart from vids that claim to be tutorials but are over an hour long and not actually tutorials at all. There are also no train guides as far as I can see.

So, how do trains? How do you place them so they function.. As in pick up and drop off.

[Fenix]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3343402018
For the most basic setup is going to look like this
So Have i 2 Freight cars then the Train
2 Load Freight loader a train stop
Track to the other end
2 Unload Freight Platforms and a Train stop

[Fenix]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3343407078
Here I'm loading the Squares with a space belt.
Notice the Gap between the Train Stop and the load Platform, this is so it loads only the 2nd freight car.

[Fenix]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3343408927
As you can see here is each of the square makers on outputting a different level to load the trains 3 level compartment.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3343410520
I'm doing the same thing here just with the front train.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3343412057
Just to unload it here.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3343413732
And you unload the levels like this

[Tragic]

https://i.imgur.com/0zqAXqW.jpeg

Ok I think I have it worked out now...

You need to place a train stop, so the train stops with its carriages aligned to the on and off loader. So if you want to take from a third carriage, the pickup and drop off must be aligned to the third carriage, and you do this by using the stop object.

[Fenix]

Correct.

[hantz101]

I would suggest working backwards for the train setup. Get your shapes ready on a platform, drop a few Space Belt sections between Platform and Loader in case you want to run another SB into the Loader. Then set the Loader, the Train Stop and track direction. Install the locomotive LAST, give the shapes a chance to accumulate in the Loader or your train will be running empty for the first few trips. You don't want to have a few hundred shapes built up, and then suddenly have to reposition the Loader, cuz you'll lose them all.