Train - Furnance Minecart
by Itamio
Train - Furnance Minecart changes how furnace minecarts behave on slopes and turns, so they keep their speed without needing powered rails.
What it does
The mod removes the speed loss that the vanilla furnace minecart suffers when climbing a hill or passing through a curve. Gravity no longer slows the cart on an incline, and it keeps its momentum through turns, which makes long rail lines with furnace minecarts practical on ordinary track.
It is built for players who prefer furnace minecarts over powered rails and want to run trains without the constant refueling of a rail network. The author wrote it after watching a video about furnace minecart trains and finding that vanilla carts lose momentum on turns and slopes in real play.
The mod is Forge only, with files for Minecraft 1.12 – 1.12.2. It is server-side only, so players join without installing anything, and it is released under the MIT License. It is not open source.
Key features
No gravity slowdown on hills
A furnace minecart holds its speed while climbing an incline instead of slowing down as vanilla carts do.
Momentum kept through turns
Curves on the track no longer strip most of the cart's speed, so trains keep moving between straight sections.
Furnace trains without powered rails
Long lines of furnace minecarts can run on plain track, which removes the need for powered rails along the route.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Single-player train lines
A player building a railway in their own world can run furnace minecarts over hills and bends without placing powered rails at every turn.
Server train networks
Server owners who want shared railways can let players run furnace trains, since only the server needs the mod.
Who it’s for: Players who like railway building in Minecraft and prefer furnace minecarts to powered rails, in single-player or on servers that run Forge 1.12.2.
How it compares
More Minecarts is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 that runs on client and server and is released under the MIT License. Balanced Minecarts is also Forge, for 1.20.1, on client and server, under All rights reserved. Water Minecart covers only 1.12.2 and the client is required while the server is optional, so it does not replace this mod's server-side behavior.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train - Furnance Minecart | Forge | 1.12 – 1.12.2 | Server-side only | 2026-06-01 |
| More Minecarts | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-06-27 |
| Balanced Minecarts | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-18 |
| Water Minecart | Forge | 1.12.2 | Client required, server optional | 2026-07-02 |
Questions
Does Train - Furnance Minecart need to be installed on the client?
Which loader and version does the mod support?
Do furnace minecarts still need powered rails with this mod?
In the catalog
Train - Furnance Minecart is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,908 Transportation mods for Forge. 2,920 mods support Minecraft 1.12.2.
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What the author says
What this mod does: - Removes the gravity motion decrease, so if your climbing up a hill, the furnance minecart won't loose speed at all - Removes the speed loss during turns (in vanilla when furnance minecart encounters a turn it looses alot of its momentum, which is very annoying) Ever since i watched the unstable…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/train-furnance-minecart
- Owner
- Itamio
- Published
- 2025-09-10
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15