eh rails aren;t that much of a problem, they are especially easy with IC2. i just don;t want to install an entire nother mod for something so simple. but that's how it is sometimes. well, i think i'm going to take a nap for the last 2 hours of hour and then head home. cya fellas later tonight when i get on these forums if i'm not to busy expanding my jungle tree city.
They're far more complicated to make in RC. Not difficult, but there are many more steps to it.
First you need to get enough sand and clay to make a coal coke oven (5 sand, 4 clay per brick, 26 bricks needed), then feed it either coal, which will give coal coke (2x fuel value) and half a creosote, or use wood to get charcoal and a quarter of a creosote. The oven takes 3 minutes to process each item!
You then need to use the creosote on wooden slabs to make rail ties, then combine 4 ties to make a railbed, which replaces the stick in the track recipe.
Even after all that, you need to build a rolling machine (RC's autocraft table) to make rails (6 iron = 6 rails, bronze = 4, refined iron = 8 ), which replace the metal in the track recipe.
Powered tracks now require a different type of rail, also made in the rolling machine. 3 standard rails and 3 gold bars will give 6 gold plate rail.
High speed tracks need laminate rails, made from 3 iron bar + 3 gold bar to give 3 laminate rails. High speed tracks also use stone railbeds, made from stone ties, which are made from stone slabs and rebar (rolling machine, 3 iron = 6 rebar).
There are also slower wooden tracks too, for when you want, um, slow tracks.
All that and you've only made your tracks! If you like complicated, you'll love railcraft.
