Mezzos Railroad Blocks
by Mr_Mezzo
Mezzos Railroad Blocks adds animated, Redstone-controlled railroad barriers and level crossing blocks for NeoForge on Minecraft 1.21.1.
What it does
The mod targets rail networks and train stations, and its first release focuses on railroad barriers that open and close with animation. Each barrier can be toggled from a settings screen or driven by Redstone signals, and the crossing gates play custom sounds while they move. The author describes the aim as realistic railroad infrastructure, covering both complex train setups and decorative town crossings.
Barrier animations keep their open or closed state after a player rejoins a multiplayer world or after the world reloads. The barrier block is available from the Mezzos Railroad Blocks creative tab. Files are published for NeoForge only, on 1.21.1, under All rights reserved, so the code is not open source. Installation covers the server and each player's game. Three crossing styles are listed: Compact Wooden, American and Modern Compact.
Key features
Animated railroad barriers
Barriers rotate through a working open and close animation, including a red light gate that shows the closing and closed states.
Redstone control
Crossing gates respond to Redstone, so a signal circuit can raise and lower them automatically.
Settings screen
A settings screen allows single barrier toggles and adjusts some crossing options.
Custom crossing sounds
Each crossing style has its own sounds that play while the barriers move.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Decorative town crossings
Builders can place barriers and crossing gates at street-level rail lines in towns and villages.
Train station layouts
The blocks suit station platforms and crossings on larger rail networks, where gates must match train timing.
Who it’s for: Builders of railway scenes and players running train networks on NeoForge 1.21.1 servers or single-player worlds, where barriers need to stay in their set state.
How it compares
Railroadways is a NeoForge mod for 1.21 – 1.21.4 under a custom license, while Mezzos Railroad Blocks covers 1.21.1 only. English crossing decor is also NeoForge, on 1.21.1 and under All rights reserved, so both are closed in the same way. Useful Railroads is open source under the Apache License 2.0 and works on both Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mezzos Railroad Blocks | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-24 |
| Railroadways | NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2026-06-26 |
| English crossing decor | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-16 |
| Useful Railroads | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-05-22 |
Questions
Does Mezzos Railroad Blocks need to be on the server?
Which loaders does the mod support?
Do barrier states survive a server restart?
In the catalog
Mezzos Railroad Blocks is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,743 Transportation mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Starting with fully animated and Redstone-controlled railroad barriers, this mod aims to bring realistic railroad infrastructure to your builds - whether you are running complex train setups or decorative town crossings. RailwayGate - Modern Compact (short and normal)
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/mezzos-railroad-blocks
- Owner
- Mr_Mezzo
- Published
- 2026-07-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-24
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15