About Heavy Freight
From Factorio Mod PortalIncreases fuel consumption and decreases acceleration/braking to make trains feel more heavy and have a cost to running them. Does not change the actual weight of trains.
The goal of the mod is to improve the train experience, both in game terms and aesthetics.
- Train fuel consumption greatly increased . A vanilla train will now consume about 5 coal/sec. This makes the decision to run a train a meaningful one and increases the importance of having fuel stops.
- Train fuel inventory limited. This makes higher quality fuel more valuable as it is now required to run long distances without having additional fuel stops. Note that if you use mixed fuel sources you will now need to manage fuel more carefully if you use mixed types.
- Braking and acceleration now similar. This is for aesthetics - no more trains that stop on a dime. Your freight will now roll into the station.
- Some values are configurable.
- Works with Bobs's and Angel's locomotives, Cargo Ships and Realistic Electric Trains
If you use Angel's, see my related fuel stack balancing mod and outpost greatness mod
Highlights
From source dataFootprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 5 yr ago.
Heavy Freight on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Factorio servers. We download it from Factorio Mod Portal, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Factorio — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 1.3.2, released 2021-06-13
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.3.2 | 2021-06-13 | 1.1 | n/a |
| 1.3.1 | 2020-09-07 | 1.0 | n/a |
| 0.3.0 | 2020-04-27 | 0.18 | n/a |
| 0.2.0 | 2019-06-06 | 0.17 | n/a |
| 0.1.1 | 2019-05-20 | 0.17 | n/a |
| 0.0.9 | 2019-05-15 | 0.17 | n/a |
Dependencies
- Optional: Bob's Logistics mod
- Optional: Angel's Addons - Petrochem Train
- Optional: Angel's Addons - Smelting Train
- Optional: Cargo Ships
- Optional: Realistic Electric Trains
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Heavy Freight on a Factorio server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogVehicles & ships
Cars, boats, aircraft, ships and other things to drive or fly.
Runs on your server
From source side supportFactorio Mod Portal lists Heavy Freight as required on the server. Check its Factorio Mod Portal page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Factorio
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
Verified at the source
- ✓Factorio Mod PortalOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-09Open ↗
- ✓AuthorGrimerX, as published on Factorio Mod Portal
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
