Here you can learn about the Minecraft mod Railcraft.

Come visit the Railcraft Blog and Forums! Railcraft on GitHub

Have you ever wished trains and rails had received a bit more attention during the development of Minecraft? Well that ends now! in their place are a ton of new cool tools to build your giant rail system. If you ever cared about train tracks and what you make, you won't ever look back!

• Cheaper Tracks! Get up to 64 Tracks for every 6 iron! Vanilla only gives you 16!
• Crowbar - Rapid rail adjustment for the experienced rail engineer!
• Signalling System - Never experience another head-on collision again!
• Cart Linking - Make a real train!
• Locking Track - Never chase your minecart again!
• One-Way Track - Carts going the wrong way? Not anymore!
• Control Track - Power entire sections of track to propel carts in the direction you want!
• Junction Track - Putting the diamond in your rails (no actual diamonds required).
• Launch Track - I can see my house!
• High Speed Rails - Get there faster! If you don't crash.
• Wooden Rails - Jurassic Park style, only with creepers instead of dinosaurs.
• Elevator Track - Go up, fast.
• Wooden TNT Cart - Explosive fun!
• Tank Cart - The easy way to transport liquids!
• Tunnel Bore - Avoid the monotony of digging perfect tunnels!
• Detector Blocks - More freedom to control your carts!
• Loader/Unloader - Move items and liquids automatically!
• Cart Dispenser - Convenient storage for your carts!
• Customizable
  • Module based system that lets you remove the parts of the mod you dislike.
  • Extensive configuration file that allows you to disable any block or item or change the way rails are crafted.
  • Full Multilingual localization support.
• New Minecart Physics
  • Rebalanced drag rates for carts - Now your storage carts will actually reach their destination!
  • Completely new collision code - Carts can now push other carts, furnace carts are almost not useless!
• Various Tweaks
  • Names of default minecarts simplified.
  • Improved lighting on minecarts.
  • Minecart reversal recipes. Separate that chest from that cart.
  • All rail recipes completely reworked to make an entire industry out of building a railroad. (config option)
  • Minecarts now have a max stack size of three. (config option)
  • Minecarts no longer break into separate parts when destroyed. (config option)
  • Minecarts no longer collide with items at normal speeds. (config option)

• Blog + Forums
• Discord Server - Linked with #railcraft on IRC
• IRC Channel - #railcraft on EsperNet - This is the best way to talk to CovertJaguar
• CovertJaguar's Twitter
• The RailcraftDev Twitter Feed
• Minecraft Forum Thread
• Bug Tracker and Suggestions
• Interactive Online Crafting Guide for Railcraft
• Videos
• Download
• Version History
• Texture Packs
• Railcraft Translation Project - Help translate Railcraft to your language!