“THERE’S A RAILWAY EMPIRE WAITING FOR YOU TO BUILD IT” The third and final point is a waypoint – a dip to stop the cart, linked to a switching rail – so you can decide which way to go, then head of again. Just use a powered rail in the hole and a button to the side, so you can leave when you’ve chosen your destination. It’s better than real trains, and much cheaper.
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Small scale elevator
If you’re mining for the good stuf, you’re probably doing it across a whole bunch of diferent levels. You’re not some layabout who has time for stairs and ladders though; you’re a busy mining tycoon who needs an elevator (or seven). This version is fairly redstone light, using water and boats instead – good for
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You’ve got all the options open now, but there’s a railway empire waiting to be built. Ramp up your industrial revolution and build some helpful machines to get you going places. You can run subterranean lines right across your environment, or just a handy short one to get to the cupboard. The choice is yours.
short distances, although a little awkward to use. Because, y’know, boats. You might have to play around a little with how you place the boat to make sure you dismount at the appropriate place, but this is quick to build and very compact, making it a fine addition to any healthy mineshaft system.
Automatic smelter
Now you’re down in the depths and ready for rails, you’re going to need an awful lot of iron and gold. What have you learnt so far? That’s right: Automate Everything, Always. To get this furnace going, hopper fuel in from a chest to the side, and ore from a chest above. When the finished items are hoppered out of the bottom, shove them upwards through droppers and into a third chest. Can you smelt what the rock is cooking?
Automatic cart filling station 3
If you’re filling up your inventory far from home and then sending it back in minecarts, here’s some good news. You can build a station that fills up the cart from a hopper until it’s out of space, then shoots it away. The comparator is linked up as shown, to the powered rail on one side, and the new cart dispenser on the other.
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