How to Build Custom Track Gauges and Switch Layouts

Designing a rail network with the Create Fly Steam ‘n’ Rails Unofficial Port Mod gives you access to multiple track widths, materials, and routing tools beyond standard rails.

Choosing Track Gauges and Styles

Before laying your line, decide which gauge fits your build:

• Narrow and Wide Gauges: Use these alongside standard rails to build multi-sized railway layouts for different types of rolling stock.
• Monorail Tracks: Place these when you want a single-rail transit setup.
• Tieless Tracks: Select tieless variants if you need tracks that remain hitbox-free until you encase them with other building materials.
• Material Variants: Match your surroundings by crafting tracks from any vanilla wood type, blackstone, or ender styles.

If you are unsure how a specific track piece functions, hover over the rail item in your inventory and hold W to watch its animated Ponder tutorial scene.

Controlling Routes with Switches and Semaphores

To branch your lines and manage traffic, place track switches at junctions:

1. Andesite Switches: Use these for basic junctions. You can flip an andesite switch manually by hand, power it with redstone, or hit it with a shot arrow.

2. Brass Switches: Place brass switches on automated networks so trains automatically steer toward their requested routes.

3. Semaphores and Buffers: Add functional semaphores along the line to signal track occupancy, install buffer stops at dead-end sidings, and configure station train limit controls to prevent backups.