Well considering that bong's skyrail idea to guodesia is failing, stuffhappens and I have decided to extend rail route 1 to guodesia. Still needs kipz's permission though, I guess.
Anyways, the projected route is roughly 1200 blocks...
Which means the total costs are insane...
Resources needed for the rails:
120 gold
900 iron
Resources needed for other:
240 redstone (including power rails)
350 sticks (including rails)
60 coal (for torches)
Resources gained:
Around 10,000 cobblestone
Likely around 200-300 coal and 50-100 iron
Using iron pickaxes:
119 iron for pickaxes (maybe should use stone then?)
13 hours of total manpower (not including station work or rail work)
Any help, especially with the clearing of the 3x3 tunnel is nice here.