Talk:Tutorial:Train throughput
Packing fluids instead of using fluid freight
So, when the page is talking about if you pack the fluids instead of using fluid freight while recycling the canisters, it says that you would need to use double the amount of freight cars to get the empty canisters back to get filled again, as while an item freight car can hold twice the fluid if it is packed, the return journey for the canisters would necessitate you build the same amount of freight cars as if you were just using fluid freight cars.
But the thing is, can't you build a second station right after the first station, where, at the first station the packed fluids are unloaded, and then at the second station, the empty canisters are put into the freight cars which previously held "full canisters"?
AND SO, wouldn't that mean, if you packed the fluids you could use half the freight cars as opposed to if you didn't?
tldr: Couldn't you just reuse the same freight cars you used for the packed liquids for the empty canisters? (This means that the part talking about this is wrong.)
P.S.: I do realize that the viability of this method in terms of space and power used is questionable compared to just using fluid freight. Another thing to think about is that the freight cars would be full both ways.
Snowandlights23 (talk) 12:37, 27 December 2023 (UTC)Snowandlights23
(Edit: Added tldr. 12:43, 27 December 2023)
- Yes, doing something like that is possible, but very impractical. Because you'd need two stations in both destinations, you might as well just make the train twice as long.
- A train stopping twice in each destination would make the wait time really long, significantly lowering throughput. You also have to make sure all of the cargo is reliably unloaded or handle mixing. There's little benefit doing it this way.
- Another option is running two trains, but then there's the problem of platform I/O lockout, which again hurts throughput. It means maximum throughput would be a bit less than your fastest belt.
- --Ondar111 (talk) 12:55, 27 December 2023 (UTC)