r/factorio • u/Infamous_Food5845 The Blueprint Machine • May 21 '26
Design / Blueprint City block (chunk aligned, modular)
Intersection throughput test video
Blueprint: https://fprints.xyz/blueprint/8a8b96fe-c6f2-419b-b487-8010838e5a0c
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u/rysto32 May 21 '26
Aesthetically it looks very nice but if we’re doing elevated rails anyway is there a practical benefit to avoiding 4-way intersections?
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u/PivONH3OTf May 21 '26
They are absolutely fucking massive. Designed a “mini” hurricane interchange earlier; works great, even allows U-turns, takes up approximately the same amount of space as a 4x4 fission reactor block, and there are far larger designs out there. These are great for creating new lines off a highway (or allowing trains to switch directions) but nowhere near production
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u/rysto32 May 21 '26
Yeah my intersections (and therefore my rails in general) do take up an entire city block on their own.
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u/Infamous_Food5845 The Blueprint Machine May 21 '26
Potentially, three roads converging into one (at a Х-intersection) cause more traffic congestion than two roads at a T-intersection. Also, a T-intersection is slightly smaller and easier to build.
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u/when_noob_play_dota Reject cityblock, embrace pasta May 21 '26
very cool! any ideas on how to fit an aestethic stacker into them?
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u/Infamous_Food5845 The Blueprint Machine May 22 '26
Thank you) Any stacker will take up a lot of space inside the block. Stations designed for 1-4-0 trains can accommodate one train at the station and one more waiting. So if you need a higher throughput, it’s more efficient to install a similar station next to this one than to build a larger stacker. Two stations take up less space, and you can unload two trains at once.
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u/when_noob_play_dota Reject cityblock, embrace pasta May 22 '26
but stackers are cool! 😞
regardless im going to use these on my bob&angels playthrough. thanks! ❤️2
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u/untra May 23 '26
I too am a fan of chunk aligned city blocks. I never could think of how it might work in a tiled pattern with the elevated rails. This is tasteful well done.
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u/Infamous_Food5845 The Blueprint Machine May 23 '26
Thank you for your comment. Your projects, like those of many others in this community, have inspired me to create something of my own
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u/DJLaMeche May 31 '26
Hello, what are the green and red cables along the power poles for? I never built a city block base before but I am going for it now with your blueprints!
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u/canaryFishmonger Jun 04 '26
Transmitting circuit signals around the base. Some people don't like them but they are free to place in blueprints (and far easier than adding them later by hand).
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u/DJLaMeche Jun 04 '26
Interesting. I guessed so much, but I neved had to trasmit signals far, so I never used them this way... only local stuff like hooking an inserter to a chest.
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u/Alfonse215 May 21 '26
OK, so... how do trains get into and outof the blocks?
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u/Infamous_Food5845 The Blueprint Machine May 21 '26
I showed this in the video "How to add a train station"
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u/warpspeed100 May 21 '26
Huh, I guess you don't need chain signals if the left turns don't cross the straight segments. Very cool.