[Togath]

Is the tekkit server down for everyone?, i haven't been able to connect for about a day now, but i wasn't 100% sure if it was just on my end or not.
Also, does anyone have ideas for uses for the railcraft(?[not 100% if it's the railcraft mod]) rails from tekkit?, The elevator ones seem neat, but i'm having trouble figuring out how the others work.
Also, how viable/useful is a railway made using redpower?, Using the motors and frames to make a cart/train which can transport several chests at once.
I've gotten it to go about 20 blocks at the moment, but that was on a creative mode world, with a large field of solars