See my New Player Pointers

research:

• 2 ticks per day
• 12 kL oil per tick

rate equiations

pick up station

• generation rate
• loading rate * station size
• what limits: track capacity, loading rate or generation rate?
  • ideal, limit by generation rate. Generation rate determines min number of station tracks, and number of station tracks determines sideline size

Drop off station size

• limited by input capacity, which is = number of input tracks * max track capacity
  • min number of stations tracks determined by number of input tracks (make unload capacity = loading capacity)

clearing sideline jams:

• start with furthest station, make all other stations merge with sideline with priority given to furthest station
• optimize flow from furthest station (overload with trains such that waiting cargo goes to 0, and overflow is full. wait for steady state
• delete excess trains in overflow from furthest station. this station now generates trains on demand.
• move to next closest station, repeat.
• at end, each station will generate trains on demand. If, in steady state, on track never moves (because it has worst priority) - that means you need a second sideline. Start it from there, and all later stations merge with this new one.
• repeat
• if you added sideline out, will also need to add a new sideline in