made a diagram of my railyard so I know what goes where (and also because autism)

I can be really odd about lining things up. I'm lucky I used a font and size which naturally fits well into the pattern and the 4x4px blocks. but once I realize that things can be aligned neatly I will spend 20 minutes making sure everything is neat and fits together in a way that I'm satisfied .

you'll notice that all the text's mid-lines (between the baseline and height) are perfectly centered on the tracks. even the larger workshop one. and all the text and arrows are half a block (2px) away from the lights (yellow dots).

once I've fixed my building mistake and the other thing I'll also label the middle access road to be also be for train assembly since I realized it would help to assemble them in segments, I can have half a train on each track and be able to fit more, probably

not impossible that I'll have to lengthen it a bit since it's kinda cramped, but everything is already aligned to a grid so it shouldn't be too annoying, just have to expand it out. maybe I'll do it soon, actually, I might as well

a really compact shifter locomotive might be in order too, in order to make things a little easier to navigate. once the railway is complete I'll commission a diesel locomotive and donate my current one to NPC or something

if I expand it so that each side of the crossing zone gets +10 blocks (actually 11 but shh) it'll be nice and even and I'll have space for Everything but I'd be obstructing the river slightly. will have to consider. I could make it work though I think, especially if I outline the footprint with bricks like I've been wanting to do. this my new plan

we're making the chongping railyard even bigger btw . it's gonna be beautiful . I Decree That It Must Be So . my greg religion city will not get one though because create is not greg. well maybe a small one, but only a few lines for storage of pre-assembled shit . but that's a Maybe, only if I need the extra storage and infra

well ok Chongping isn't exactly my territory but since it's right next to Neo Pingas City I reckon they might still share a railyard (and the grand station). a more industrial extension of NPC, maybe we can build a power plant there and have a connected energy grid (maybe a substation + power storage between them.... drools)

if history island becomes like a twin city to NPC we won't need a train station by there either which would make the railway a lot easier to plan out I think