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The original was posted on /r/factorio by /u/Revolutionary-Face69 on 2024-10-17 06:01:10+00:00.
It would have been cool to unlock electric trains on like a mid/late game planet and i think it would have been cool to make trains electric.
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My fantasy would be like:
(Similar to the maglev train concept)
Electric trains would be super fast (instant acceleration, travel at speed of sound). This means you need less trains but you can achieve very high throughput. Essentially an upgrade over normal trains. Apart from not requiring fueling.
But they would be very expensive to make (like electric furnaces) and unlocked very late (requires lot of investment). They also consume lots of power so you're forced to build larger power generation.
The purpose of them (apart from not requiring fuel) is to achieve ultra high throughput since with quality, you produce items so fast. Instead of using 10 normal trains you can just use 2 electric trains. Kind of like building taller instead of wider.
I mean the concept of high speed electric rail is so cool and we've seen these irl (bullet trains in japan)