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FACTORIO / TRAINS

Locomotive

Pulls a train along connected rails and needs fuel or the relevant supported supply setup.

Original Volpedia referenceReviewed 2026-10-27Quick reference · noindexBASE / CORE SYSTEM
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Practical advice: Use a locomotive aligned with route direction and a complete schedule.
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How it works

Pulls a train along connected rails and needs fuel or the relevant supported supply setup.

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Practical advice

Use a locomotive aligned with route direction and a complete schedule.

03

Mistakes to avoid

Building a loopless line and expecting an incorrectly directed single locomotive to travel both ways.

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A shared network junction that must balance safe signaling and throughput.

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Splits track into rail blocks and permits safe entry to an available block.

trainsTrain interrupts

Version 2.x system for reusable conditional scheduling, such as refueling or dispatching shared fleets.

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