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rbloodgood

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Bloodtopian Railway
« on: October 06, 2014, 05:52:22 PM »
I want to make a subway that connects everyone who lives near me and isn't a jerk.  I'm thinking digging at or near bedrock will easily pass beneath any ravines or oceans in the way, and has the advantage of being fairly secure against griefers, since they'd have to find it first.  To be safe, the subway tunnel should be lined with something that's obviously not natural, so anyone who mines into it will know it's not just an abandoned mineshaft.

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Re: Bloodtopian Railway
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2014, 08:07:30 AM »
hi, After looking at the map. I think I live nr your base..
Myself and OPlegoman are making a village thing from scratch. to the West north west of you.

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Re: Bloodtopian Railway
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2014, 02:06:53 AM »
I'm working on a train station.  Once it's done, I can start tunneling towards you.  I'll be somewhere around y=10, so I can look for diamonds on the way. 

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Re: Bloodtopian Railway
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2014, 02:47:57 AM »
If you guys need some materials for this i am able to help by giving a fair bit of the materials you need.
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Re: Bloodtopian Railway
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2014, 06:50:30 AM »
Over watch is also just slightly south of you [about 2k blocks from you]. i would be interested in joining the two towns by railway if your interested as well. i'm even willing to help you with the tunneling if you so wish.

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Re: Bloodtopian Railway
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2014, 07:46:39 AM »
What I would like to know is how big are the tunnels, what design, is it one rail line or two of the, per line. All this would help me set up the station at my end (which is at lvl 20).

If I could recomend a 3x3 tunnel with 2 rail lines. Block that would be good to use would be spruce logs (I can supply them. I got a few double chest full of them), I would also use glow stone for lighting, but to be fancy we could have detector rails that turn on red stone lamps in a section of the tunnel. For the main body I would use a mix of cobble and stone brick in a pattern to make it seam man made and then it can be mistaken as a mine people can just use.

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Re: Bloodtopian Railway
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2014, 06:05:28 PM »
To start with, I'm just digging a basic 1x2 tunnel, so we can expand and decorate later.  I've got my station more or less done, except for decoration and such, and I have the starting tunnel to Overwatch mostly done.  Once everyone is connected by basic tunnels, we'll start expanding.  A 3x3 tunnel sounds best, possibly with the walls done in stone brick, or glass where there's a particularly impressive lava cave.  I've looted a few mineshafts for tracks, and I have enough iron for a lot more, but I think a single track between towns would be best until everyone is connected.  Once we've got single lines done, then we can double-up to make to-and-from rails.

EDIT:  The initial tunnel to Overwatch is done.  The tunnel ends just outside their town, with a small cobblestone marker outside the west gate to show the way down.  Cities to the south of Bloodtopia should be easy to connect to now, as the tunnel I made went south for a long way before heading east.  We can make a small station to change tracks where the tunnel turns.  Anyone who wants to explore the tunnels, my station is not behind any doors, so head on over.  It's outside my walls too, so anyone can go in.   Eventually, I'm going to set it up so that only allies can go in, but that's too much work for now.

Additional Edit:  Anyone looking to help on the subway, bring weapons.  For_Pony decided to camp where it meets a cave and kill people.
« Last Edit: October 13, 2014, 01:55:23 AM by rbloodgood »