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Well, it doesn't run on liquids, it runs on solids, therefore in my opinion it should be named Burner locomotive. I would like it to perhaps be named steam locomotive, but it doesn't use steam.

+1 on this.

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I searched all items for a coal engine because i just said to me - damn i have no diesel (oil) yet.
The name is really distracting.

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Maybe the devs still dream of implementing diesel and other liquid fuels (IIRC it was discussed at some point, although not sure if actually planned)

sillyfly wrote:Maybe the devs still dream of implementing diesel and other liquid fuels (IIRC it was discussed at some point, although not sure if actually planned)

Well but there can be a burner locomotive. And when they implement, there is a diesel locomotive, and maybe later there will be electrical locomotive.

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Until the devs make another fuel/energy system, should be called burner locomotive for consistency.

or just "locomotive". Since there is only one type (at the moment) it doesn't seem necessary to add a qualifier.

Diesel engines that used pulverized coal as fuel have existed in the past.

Not so sure about diesel engines using pulverized telephone poles though. That seems like a bit of a stretch.


I've got a steam locomotive partially implemented as a mod, it is possible to do it. But the fluid handling code as of 0.14 vanilla is not up to the challenge at all. I ended up turning water into an item which can be inserted and used to make it run right.

It could be an idea to have several types of locomotives; from a highly inefficient burner locomotive that uses something like a stirling engine, a somewhat inefficient steam locomotive, and more efficient diesel and electric locomotives.

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Many a newb has been confused and tried to put oil into a train to power it. Will become more of an issue with universal barrelling.

+1 for consistency reasons

Well I'm just for "Locomotive" and that's it. There is not going to be a true Diesel variant or Electric variant in the future anyways. Or at least I don't think that there will be.

A train that converts barreled petrol into empty barrels for power sounds like pretty reasonable thing to have in factorio... I, for one, am not sure what the word "Diesel" actually means (aside from "excellent place to buy jeans"), and should really Google it sometime.

Yep, that's it exactly. You know how you can burn power poles and wooden boxes in trains? Jeans are a valid fuel source as well. Don't bother googling anything, trust me.

golfmiketango wrote:A train that converts barreled petrol into empty barrels for power sounds like pretty reasonable thing to have in factorio... I, for one, am not sure what the word "Diesel" actually means (aside from "excellent place to buy jeans"), and should really Google it sometime.

It's a form of light fuel oil used in diesel engines, similar to kerosene.
Which doesn't matter all that much- Diesels can run on a wider variety of fuels than most other internal combustion engines.

MeduSalem wrote:Well I'm just for "Locomotive" and that's it. There is not going to be a true Diesel variant or Electric variant in the future anyways. Or at least I don't think that there will be.

I fully agree.

Be it "Burner locomotive" or just "Locomotive" the change should definitely be made as "Diesel" is certainly confusing especially when you are going to have universal barreling for oil products such as Gas which will confuse people even more.

In 0.15 it's just "Locomotive"

Thanks, the name is a lot nicer now.