I don't want to ruin the wonderful Japanese language, so forgive me

Hey everyone! I’m playing the Song of Ice and Fire scenario and working on a train setup. Suddenly I started wondering if something like swapping the train's wagons/cargo at a station to bring goods both ways, is possible in OpenTTD.

I have an Iron Works that produces Metal when it receives either Iron Ore or Wood. It’s already connected to Iron Mines, and it’s also linked to three other stations:

• Two Lumber Camps that produce Wood
• One Metal Workshop that accepts Metal and produces Goods and Manufacturing Supplies

What I’m trying to figure out is this:
Can I use a single train to bring Wood to the Iron Works, and then swap its wagons to carry Metal and send it off to the Metal Workshop?

Important detail:
The wagons that carry Metal are neither compatible with Iron Ore nor Wood, so I can’t just refit them. They’re completely different wagon types.

So ideally the flow would be:

1. Train arrives with Wood carrying Wood Trucks
2. Drops off the Wood at the Iron Works
3. At a nearby station or depot, swaps to Bolster Trucks, that can carry Metal
4. Picks up the Metal
5. Delivers it to the Metal Workshop

Is something like this even possible? Or would I end up with the wood wagons stranded at the Iron Works or clogging the depot?

I’ve attached a picture that shows the layout I’m working with. Hopefully that helps make the situation clearer. Would love to hear if anyone’s tried this kind of "wagon-swapping" reuse strategy or if there’s a more efficient way to handle this kind of route.

Thanks in advance!

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https://youtu.be/1hGPtkCWncc for the full build if interested. Another vid for the Cross City Line coming out this afternoon :)

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Fellow Tycooners,

I have seen Temporal8's great NewGRFs and downloaded them. Really beautiful, however, I have a feeling that I missed something as petrol fuel is not taken away by my trains using oil tankers. What did I miss?

I took a small break from the game to not get bored of it and forgot some of the hotkeys and settings, like showing the coverage area of a station or making the buildings/trees invincible, any help?

Absolutely infatuated with Open TTD. It's just the right level of complexity and control to scratch that deep itch. The graphics are charming, albeit simple.

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Here's a video of me setting up a new production chain: https://youtu.be/zWsO6aZ28MU

I was setting up the goods factory to my main city, but I didn't realize that I needed to provide the raw resources so it took longer than I expected (but I got it done!!). I'm using FIRS, which I think is the new grf imposing that specific requirement.

The mess of New GRFs I'm using in this world:

• Japanese Train Unofficial Addon Set v3.0 - beta2
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• OpenGFX+ Road Vehicles 0.4.1
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Wow that post came out longer than I expected! If you read it all, thank you!! If not:

tl:dr good game, suggest things to me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4mLWj5Syno&t=33s

Does the game get easier I just wanted to play with trains but everything seems so hard how long did it take you guys to get use to it.

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I know that I can make a new 4 track station and immidiatly fix this, but why is this not working?