Steam Locomotive

The Steam Locomotive is a special type of Minecart from the Railcraft mod. This cart is powered by solid fuels and water, instead of faster tracks. The Steam Locomotive has three modes, Running, Idle, and Shutdown. Shutdown mode is essentially turning off your locomotive. Idle will keep the fuel being consumed to keep the internal boiler hot, but will not move. This mode can be useful for short stops, and refueling it with Item Loaders. The Running mode is your basic on mode. This mode will allow the locomotive to run as normal, consuming as much fuel as needed.

The locomotive also has various arrow buttons. These buttons are used to control the speed and direction of the locomotive. It can be put into reverse, but will only move at minimum speed. Then you can put it at minimum speed, but it will move forward. After that there are 3 higher speeds, and it defaults at maximum speed.

There are 4 basic inventory slots, which are used to carry fuel. The main slot is what the locomotive will use to actually create the steam, the other three slots are just a buffer. Next to that is a water tank, which can hold 4000mB (4 buckets) at a time. You can give it water by using a water container on it, or by putting it into the GUI directly. The steam tank can hold 16,000mB (16 buckets) at one time. A locomotive will be running at maximum efficiency when it's boiler is fully warmed up at 500ºC.

You can give the locomotive Golden Railway Tickets, or normal Railway Tickets to help in switching and signaling mechanics. You simply put the ticket in the slot, and it will mimic it, or use it, depending on the type of ticket. Once this is set you can not remove the location, unless you hit it with a Crowbar. You can lock the ticket by clicking on the lock button. This will not prevent it's destination from disappearing on break, but it will prevent anyone else from changing it.

You can use multiple locomotives in a single train of linked carts for adding more power and speed. You can also turn the locomotive around by using a Crowbar on it. For switching purposes, you can also paint the locomotive via crafting. This will use a secondary color and a primary color.

Painting
The top dye is used as the primary color, while the bottom dye is used as the secondary color.