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So put a sorting conveyor belt at the end of a train line? I could see a conveyor if and only if it saves a bunch of complexity at source /destination, or if i

So put a sorting conveyor belt at the end of a train line? I could see a conveyor if and only if it saves a bunch of complexity at source /destination, or if it can be built in places that would be much more expensive to make trainlines. After all trains are just concentrated cargo, and are therefore much heavier.

InDubioProRubio 2y ago
Still have the loading from train to sorting container. But yes, if that could be automated efficiently, it would indeed be a good solution.
ceejayoz 2y ago
> So put a sorting conveyor belt at the end of a train line? Done right, a conveyor can fairly seamlessly branch off at arbitrary locations along the way. Individual items can fan out onto smaller sub-branches without any significant delays; a long train has to stop and start to accomplish the same. I think the main challenge here would be the maintenance of such a thing. Rail requires plenty; a conveyor has many, many more moving parts over hundreds of miles.