Rail

Minecart Tracks (or Rails) are Non Solid blocks first seen in the First "Secret Friday Update" to Infdev. The block, like other Non Solid blocks, has 1 sprite and appears as a 2D image in the players hand. Tracks do not appear anywhere on a natural map. For now, tracks can only be crafted in Infdev and Alpha mode.

A Track's purpose is to provide a line where Minecarts can move across easily. 16 track pieces can be crafted from 6 Iron Ingots and 1 Stick, in the pattern below:



Tracks next to one another will attach to each other automatically. If two perpendicular track pieces meet, the track connecting them will turn into a curve. If a track leads up to a 1 block high ledge, the piece placed up against the ledge will turn into a ramp if another track is placed on top of the ledge. Redstone Torches, Stone Buttons, Levers and Pressure Plates will change the direction of a curved track piece. Since there is no cross section track, this is how the player must have a track system that leads in more 1 one direction. Electricity will not affect normal track blocks or track ramps. If a stright track piece leads to a curve block and isn't attached to the curve, a Minecart will run over the gap and continue to go straight over the curve.

If water flows against a track, it will remove it and drop the track as a resource, similarly to Torches.