Brake Track Wagon

Crafts brake tracks out of a stack of normal tracks.

Brake track wagon coverts 3 normal tracks into 1 brake track. Brake tracks created by this wagon can slow down the train speed by 20% while the engine is crossing it. Note that this is not the same as the slow down track in the custom map mode which can actively and permanently reduce the speed of the train.

Since the resource conversion rate is 3 to 1, this wagon is very resource inefficient. In terms of speed reduction: say the train speed is x seconds per meter; placing 3 normal tracks down would give you 3x seconds, whereas converting them and then place one brake track down would only give you 1.2x seconds. In order words, looping is much more efficient for buying your team time.

However, when the train speed is incredibly fast and the track placer is having problems keeping up, and your team has a lot of resources/normal tracks to spare, then using this wagon could be beneficial. You can also craft and store some brake tracks while the train is slow, and then use this stash when the train gets fast.

Level States

	Input Stack Size	Crafting Speed	Output Stack Size
LVL 1	3	30	3
LVL 2	3	26.4	4
LVL 3	3	22.8	5
LVL 4	3	19.2	6
LVL 5	3	15.6	7
LVL 6	3	12.0	8
LVL 6+	3	-0.6 per level	+0.3 per level

Extension effects

	Name	Effect
	Storage-Pull
	Storage-Push
	Front-Pull
	Auto-Drop
	Magnet-Pick
	Ghost
	Hydrocharge
	Supercharge
	Range-Extension
	Speed-Boost		Reduce the crafting speed by 15%.
	Stack-Boost		Increase the output stack size by 2.
	Time-Extension
	Key