Determining what X is though, is difficult. Thus it is not a good idea to place 2 rails next to each other as the 2nd consecutive one will give less of a speed boost than if it was further down (when the cart is slower and thus gives a higher speed boost), and better to space them apart every X number of blocks.

The resulting conclusion is that the speed boost is less if the cart speed is high, and the speed boost is more if the cart speed is low. So the conclusion is that there is diminishing returns for every additional rails and seems to be roughly +40, +30, 20, 20, 15, 15, 10. (A redstone torch is placed every 8 powered rails, since their powered distance is only 8, (yes I know we could have placed them 16 apart))Īll distances above are with a player-loaded minecart. Number of not including the launching pad - Distance traveled from the launcher block to a near stop (I hopped out when it got so slow it takes about 10 secs just to travel half a block) Where the stone slab is a button, and the torch is a redstone torch powering the 'powered rail booster' that is 1 normal rails block away from the launcher rails connected to the button. I did some tests on a flat terrain with jnwhiteh, with the following configuration (top down view) Could be interesting to now have minecraft model railroads with both freight and passenger trains :tongue.gif: So far I've successfully made at least one eight cart long train. After repelling each other they will eventually find equalibrium and move in tandem like the balls in a newton's cradle. Presumably this would cause a cart to be able to move back and forth along the same track indefinitely without player input.Ĭarts can be 'shunted' together to form a multi-cart 'train' by adding multiple carts on the same track and causing collisions. Power rails do not have curves, and will form two seperate tracks (presumably following the East and South rule) but carts will jump tracks between the two.Ī cart hitting an obstacle (block, player) while on a powered rail will cause it to change direction. Multiple power rails can all receive power from the same power source as long as they are all connected together.Ī single redstone torch can power the adjacent rail and up to 8 rails in either direction

Multiple power rails can be chained together for increased effect (an all power rail track will be very fast) To all who are not aware, below is the crafting recipe for powered rails:Ī single powered rail does not push a cart very fast. So I figured we should take the powered rail discussion from the various 1.5 discussions and make a thread exclusively about finding how powered rails work, how best to use them, and various tricks that can be used with powered rails.

Spacing for powered rails minecraft max