Automatic cart garage with railcraft?

[Inifus]

Has anyone ever done this/does anyone know of a good video tutorial of how to make this?
I've seen this with vanilla minecraft, but would be nice to have a queue of carts that you can call for and just be off, and have the cart put into storage once you're done.

 

[rhn]

Cart/Train Dispenser

Pipe carts into dispenser, push button and voila! cart/train ready. Can also use a Detector to spawn a new cart once the one already there leaves.

If there is already a cart/train in front of the dispenser, it removes the cart. Let the carts run over a Detector that triggers the dispenser to have it automatically put them away. For trains you will often need the RS signal to pulse several times to consistently remove all carts. A bit of redstone magic can easily solve that.

I prefer storing the carts/locomotives in an ender chest. That way every station I make can share the same pool, without them all ending up at one station.

Found this old post where I did just cart spawners: https://forum.feed-the-beast.com/th...uide-collection-etc.42664/page-27#post-893555
I basically still use this approach. Takes a bit more work with trains, but not that hard.

EDIT: Oh I also recently made this CC script to choose destinations of trains(Routing) on a touch screen monitor: http://imgur.com/a/5qEHA
It will also output a redstone signal once destination is picked, which can be used to spawn a train from a dispenser.

 

[Inifus]

good idea with the ender chests. I'll do that

 

[KingTriaxx]

Startlingly simple: Cart dispenser will spit out a cart on a redstone signal, or absorb one if one is present. Place a detector track on top of the dispenser and incoming carts will be sucked in. You can then pipe them into a second dispenser, and when you press a button to provide a signal, or step on a pressure plate, it will spit a cart out on top and you'll be ready to ride. Leave a blank track on top and then you can use W to push onto a booster (powered) rail, and speed away, or have a locking track from railcraft that will give you a shove with redstone. If you want automated leaving, you have a pressure plate/trip wire you cross, cart is ejected and sent off, and crosses a boarding track that automatically sucks you aboard.

One station at either end, and poof, cart garages with on-demand carts.

Of course rhn's works as well. For whatever reason couldn't post yesterday, or I'd have done it then.