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The [[Cargo wagon]] is used in conjuction with [[Diesel locomotive]]s to form trains for the [[Railway network]].
The [[Cargo wagon]] is used in conjuction with [[Diesel locomotive]]s to form trains for the [[Railway network]].


A cargo wagon can be filled with 1000 items of ores ([[Copper ore|copper]], [[Iron ore|iron]], [[Coal|coal]]...) or 2000 item of processed plates ([[Copper plate|copper plates]], [[Iron plate|iron plates]], [[Steel bar|steel]]), which makes it a eventually a useful strategy to process the iron "in place", where you mine it, before you transport it to your factory. There are also [[Transport/Compress by Pre-production|other strategies of compressing the cargo before load]].
Please look into [[Vehicle/Train/Wagon]] for general information about this.


The wagons can be filled/emptied at [[Railway network/Train station|train stations]] and you need to keep in mind, that the [[Railway network/Train station/Positions|inserter positions]] differs a bit, depending on, if you load vertical or horizontal.
== Using as big chest ==
It is possible to use the cargo wagon as a "big chest": Place rails, put a wagon on it and inserters around. The advantage of this construction is
* you can feed/unload the wagon with much more inserters (from/to a belt), and from here into/from another stack based system (a chest, assembly). This goes around the limitations of [[Inserter item stack size bonus|inserter stack size bonus]].
* You can "transport" items over up to 14 (?) tiles (size of wagon plus length of long arm inserters).
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
| '''Recipe:''' || {{icon|iron-plate|20|Iron plate}} + {{icon|steel-bar|5|Steel bar}} + {{icon|iron-gear-wheel|10|Iron gear wheel}} + {{icon|time icon|1|time}} => {{icon|cargo-wagon|1|Cargo wagon}}
| '''Recipe:''' || {{icon|iron-plate|20|Iron plate}} + {{icon|steel-bar|5|Steel bar}} + {{icon|iron-gear-wheel|10|Iron gear wheel}} + {{icon|time icon|1|time}} => {{icon|cargo-wagon|1|Cargo wagon}}
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* [[Diesel locomotive]]
* [[Diesel locomotive]]
* [[Railway network]]
* [[Railway network]]
* [[Vehicle/Train/Wagon]]


[[Category: Items]] [[Category: Railway network]]
[[Category: Items]] [[Category: Railway network]]

Revision as of 13:46, 12 October 2014

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The Cargo wagon is used in conjuction with Diesel locomotives to form trains for the Railway network.

Please look into Vehicle/Train/Wagon for general information about this.

Recipe:
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20
+
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5
+
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10
+
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1
=>
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1
Total raw:
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40
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5
Stack capacity: 20
Health: 600

See also

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