How do you all name your train stations? I was using load/unload for a while but wanted shorter names. So I switched to in/out where “in” is a resource input that is deposited by train. This causes some confusion though people thinking “in” means putting stuff in the train. I’ve also been floating the idea of on/off for putting things on or taking them off the train.
I normally do [Function] - [Location/Base Name]:
- Iron Pickup - SE
- Iron Pickup - Northern Defense
- Iron Dropoff - Main Base
Gets more and more important as the number of bases increase.
Ah, I think I may have used in/out inversely to you when I set up trains.
“copper in” is where copper is put “into” the train system “copper out” is where copper is dropped
I had a very short and consistent scheme for a while. No text, just icons.
{materiel icon}{chest icon}
For example, one station provides iron plates to the rail network (loads onto train), the other requests crude oil from the rail network (unloads from train):
Downsides: Some uncommon icons can be hard to read. Some liquids are similar in color and hard to identify when seen alone.
So later we changed to a better readable format. Examples:
[L] Iron Plates
[U] Crude Oil
for me it’s “pickup - copper”, or “drop - iron plate - iron beam”. That way when I am assigning routes to trains, I can sort by pickup and drop-off easily. Took me a long, long time to realize that stations could have the same names and the trains would just go to whichever was most convenient.
I use LTN, so I don’t change them. Makes for an interesting map view.