RR -- Passengers, Freight & Depots

[Dreadnought 8,226]

Yo, guys --

Not sure this is the right place, but here goes --

Here you have a custom-plop version of The Dao Chemicals Plant.  It's got a double placement of the main plant, some filler lots for liquid tanks, parking, etc, etc.  I figured it was the perfect place to make a siding and plop the small version of NBVC's Tank Car Filler Lot.  And -- I was right -- it looks perfect !!

 

The only real problem I have with the arrangement, is that the tank car siding generates massively long PASSENGER trains --- NO FREIGHT!  Which, to say the least, is a bit odd (considering there are no residential areas close by).

My question:

(1) Is it possible to change the tank car lot to generate FREIGHT -- and ONLY FREIGHT ??

(2) Would the new freight lot generate its' own traffic -- or draw it from other factories linked by road?

[rsc204 21,808]

I suspect it's related to the specific transit switches in use. See for such a lot to function for through rail traffic, it must have settings that allow Passenger Rail, hence such trains can be spawned. I'd guess as a freight lot it would also spawn freight trains, but which you see really depends on the traffic using it. If the freight traffic is low, you'll likely end up seeing passenger trains instead.

The basic fix would be to modify the lot, so that the main line was not part of the TE lot. But that's quite a big change if you aren't used to TEing things.

As for question 2, such automata is usually spawned as a result of freight traffic using the lot, which in practise comes from factories using it to ship freight. But it's possible to add properties that spawn automata directly.

[Dreadnought 8,226]

@rsc204

Sounds to me like I simply need to learn to love just seeing the choo-choo trains!

Thanx much --