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.
For production facilities i use the facility icon (miner, oil rig, etc.) then an arrow to the right and the icon of the resource being extracted:
[Miner] -> [Iron Ore]
For consumers i do the consumer icon (f.e. smelter) arrow to the smelter and resource icon after that:
[Smelter] <- [Iron Ore]
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.
I also use “in” and “out”, in combination with rich text. For example, iron ore stations might be:
[IRON ORE RICH TEXT] 1-4 Iron Ore - Out [IRON ORE RICH TEXT] 1-4 Iron Ore - In
Where the “Out” station is at the resource patch (ore comes out of the ground) and “In” is at the base (ore goes in to the factory). I also include the train type in my station names (1-4).
See https://lemmy.ml/comment/686775 for what I mean by rich text
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