How to Use Conductors, Caps, and Bound Whistles

Conductors are interactive crew members that can operate trains, trigger redstone controls around your stations, and summon locomotives on command.

Assigning Conductor Caps and Tasks

To organize your railway crew and put them to work:

1. Craft or dye conductor caps, which are available in all 16 standard dye colors.

2. Place a colored cap onto a spawned conductor to assign them to a specific role or station crew.

3. To make a conductor operate station machinery, position them near your controls; conductors will pull levers and press buttons when targeted by players.

Routing Conductors and Remote Viewing

You can build dedicated infrastructure around your stations specifically for your crew:

• Vent Blocks: Place vent blocks through walls and floors to create small ducts that only conductors can move through, keeping them out of player walkways.
• Remote Lenses: Use a remote lens item to view an area directly from a conductor’s perspective, letting you check on distant stations or rail yards.

Summoning Trains with Bound Whistles

When a conductor is operating a train, you can call that train to your location using a bound whistle:

1. Bind the whistle to the conductor's train and target station.

2. Activate the bound whistle to summon the train directly to that specific station across your track network.