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''This article may be out of date at the time of reading, see the full interactive map on draw.io by following [https://app.diagrams.net/#Uhttps://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1m-MM_bRt94lFg9aQbRrmEMre5gZoht9m%23{%22pageId%22:%22WoYt_CcRY_CL83OJTjSk%22} this link]''[[File:Railroad Overworld 20250414.jpg|thumb|The overworld railway as of 2025-04-14|365x365px]]The '''railway network''' (shorted to '''rail network''') is the network of minecart rails on the [[Epic SMP Season 3.77|Epic SMP 3.77]] that connects most of the major locations together. The rail network is automated and intended for use by new players to get from spawn to the new areas, as well as for automated safe nether travel.  

== Design ==
The inspiration for making a large decentralised network like this came from Youtube creator n00b_asaurus, who made videos showcasing his own minecart network.<ref>[https://youtu.be/aKvosOadH5Q?si=jGWq81-h6TgXPZ7- '''A Tour of My Minecart Rail Network'''] - n00b_asaurus (YouTube)</ref> The junction designs used on the Epic SMP are semi-automatic and toggled by using a shovel or hoe to turn dirt into transparent blocks that allow redstone to travel through which toggles an RS-NOR latch. They are based off n00b_asaurus' designs.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQZOPAoxw9Q&t=5s&ab_channel=n00b_asaurus Semi-Automatic Minecart Junction (and rail alert) Tutorial] - n00b_asaurus (YouTube)</ref>

== Layout and History ==
The rail network started after the reset, and was originally created to go from Kristy's [[Home Base Hill]] to the overworld gold farm portal. This is because the gold farm was built on the nether roof and so placing another portal closer-by to it could have interfered, so traveling by overworld was seen as the best option, and the rail network was created. It later expanded to include the northern [[Old Town]] part of the server. The ocean base was actually one of the first destinations planned for the rail network, yet it was one of the last built as part of the original set of destinations. 

A video touring the entire network as it was on 2025-05-08 was made by Kristy and uploaded on the RadioactiveFox YouTube channel and tiktok account.<ref>[https://youtu.be/lr1XXVRkAPs My Minecraft Server's Minecart Tour] - RadioactiveFox (YouTube)</ref>

== Overworld ==
In the overworld the network runs from spawn down to the desert portal that leads to the [[Gold Farm (S3.77)|gold farm]] on the nether roof, around 3000 blocks south. The network can transport players from old town to home base station in about a single minecraft day. 

== The Nether ==
The nether network is much smaller and less developed than the overworld. These tracks were created for travelling to far away places in the overworld that would be inefficient to travel to normally, like the witch hut and stronghold. There are also nether structures as part of the network, connecting them with important overworld locations

=== Walking trails ===
The nether network is the only minecart network to also contain specific walking trails. Because of the distance division by 8 in the nether compared to the overworld, some portals are too close together to have a useful minecart system with multiple intersections. These consist of pathways typically made from ghast-fireball proof blocks that are short enough to walk between portals after stopping at a central rail station. [[Old town station]] is an example of a central station. It is connected by walking paths to several old town portals within 100 blocks of each other in the nether.

== The End ==
The current end rail network is just a connection between the main island and an eastern outer island. This bridge and track were created by Kristy so that end cities could be explored prior to defeating the ender dragon and opening the gateway portals. Going across the whole track takes ~3 minutes.

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