How do you make a train refuelsing station?

[Dominating David]

I understand how to make train systems. I just don't unerstand how to schedule them to head to a station when they need fuel. Anyone got a video link or can give advise?

Train goes from A to B. How do you schedule something in that refuels it at some point beyond adding fuel to one or both stops?

[NimrodAbsolution⁧⁧98]

You can make it go to a train station in the middle of station A and B or just refuel it at A and/or B

[Dominating David]

change your name님이 먼저 게시:

You can make it go to a train station in the middle of station A and B or just refuel it at A and/or B

So how exactly would you schedule the refueling? Via time or a < = > variable?

[IsopropylPod]

Why you dont just do it at A or B?

[KatherineOfSky]

You can't tell it to "go to fuel station WHEN"... you just have to schedule it in between the other station stops and put it on the regular route.

I would suggest that you have a fueling station at A or B or both, since the train is stopped anyway and can have time to refuel.

Use robots to deliver coal to requester chests, or simply run a conveyor belt from a single miner to chests that insert into engines.

At further outposts, coal tends to be relatively nearby.

[Dominating David]

ITS HIGH NOON님이 먼저 게시:

Why you dont just do it at A or B?

Well my idea is if you have multiple trains doing multiple things why not have a way to insert a stop for them to (eventually) refuel rather then have them always have to refuel at A or B. I understand that A might always be at an outpost for multiple trains and that B might always be a central point at which you CAN refuel at a "station". My main point is eventually your main stop might need to change. The refueling station will likely not run out before the ore runs out making a refueling station more idea especially if you use fuel blocks. See what I'm getting at?

[Cyrogem]

Dominating David님이 먼저 게시:

ITS HIGH NOON님이 먼저 게시:

Why you dont just do it at A or B?

Well my idea is if you have multiple trains doing multiple things why not have a way to insert a stop for them to (eventually) refuel rather then have them always have to refuel at A or B. I understand that A might always be at an outpost for multiple trains and that B might always be a central point at which you CAN refuel at a "station". My main point is eventually your main stop might need to change. The refueling station will likely not run out before the ore runs out making a refueling station more idea especially if you use fuel blocks. See what I'm getting at?

No I don't, just have them refuel at every single station, if there is a train stop, make a refuel point, that way you can bypass any worries about which stations they do or don't go to.

[Dominating David]

KatherineOfSky님이 먼저 게시:

You can't tell it to "go to fuel station WHEN"... you just have to schedule it in between the other station stops and put it on the regular route.

I would suggest that you have a fueling station at A or B or both, since the train is stopped anyway and can have time to refuel.

Use robots to deliver coal to requester chests, or simply run a conveyor belt from a single miner to chests that insert into engines.

At further outposts, coal tends to be relatively nearby.

This is kind of what I figured I would have to do. Since coal seems to run out a lot later then iron ore or copper ore or stone I figured I'd ask if there was a way to maintain a refueling station while you create new mining stations. If this is not the case then yes the robots sound like the solution.

I first thought I could do this in between A and B. Coal < 50 Refuel at station, but this did not work so I figured I'd ask. This does not seem to be the case so I guess I'll have to do what you said.

[Dominating David]

Cyrogem님이 먼저 게시:

Dominating David님이 먼저 게시:

Well my idea is if you have multiple trains doing multiple things why not have a way to insert a stop for them to (eventually) refuel rather then have them always have to refuel at A or B. I understand that A might always be at an outpost for multiple trains and that B might always be a central point at which you CAN refuel at a "station". My main point is eventually your main stop might need to change. The refueling station will likely not run out before the ore runs out making a refueling station more idea especially if you use fuel blocks. See what I'm getting at?

No I don't, just have them refuel at every single station, if there is a train stop, make a refuel point, that way you can bypass any worries about which stations they do or don't go to.

Right that is what I have planned for. I guess I COULD if I wanted a station to refuel at have a train bring coal or fuel blocks of some type of fuel to a station to have it distributed ever 5 minutes.

[KatherineOfSky]

@David: You shouldn't worry too much about fuel -- coal takes trains a LONG way, and the 150 inventory of coal in the engine will last quite a number of trips. (Most of the time, 1 coal lasts a train the entire journey if it isn't too long... so it would have to refuel once every 150 trips... )

Coal can run out, it just depends on the settings you chose for your map. Personally, I tend to have mountains of coal, since I switch to Solar power ASAP.

If necessary for plastics, I bring coal in via train in end-end-end-game, therefore having a supply that I can distribute to trains at my central stations.

[Dominating David]

Thanks you guys for the tips I think I'm good!

[Roxor128]

My usual approach is to have a chest full of coal with a fast inserter for each locomotive on the train at my main base. The 150 coal the engines hold is more than enough for any run I've had them do so far, so when one stops they typically load in just one or two pieces. How those chests get filled depends on the base layout. Sometimes they're filled by regular inserters from a belt, sometimes by the logistics robots (being a requester chest set to request 50 coal), and sometimes by an occasional manual top-up (typically of 300-500 at a time) until I get around to building one of the former two.

[roy7]

There's a SmartTrains mod that in theory can redirect trains to a refueling station. I've never used it myself though. I tend to just set up refueling chests at all of my train dropoffs in my main base.

[vr·aa·nuh·kuh]

https://youtu.be/jCoj-CRft4s?t=602

[Pielotap]

I just put a requester chest at all train stops that loads fuel into any train that stops. Not very elegant but it works. Drones keep it filled with fuel for me.

[Warlord]

I would also prefer a way to enable/disable stops on a trains schedule based on conditionals, such as (LOW FUEL). When I heard about the new train system implemented in .13, I was excited, thinking it would let me do that. Not quite there yet, it seems.

You can set up pause/go conditions at a station once a train is there, but there doesn't appear to be a way to make a central refueling station without making a train stop there every cycle - whether it needs it or not. Fuels cheap, and if my rails are set up well enough I won't have congestion problems so I'll do it my way.

Easier than setting up a fuel chest at every possible train station.