Just an annoyance, but can be fixed, when a rail is placed by itself, it is always faced south to north, rather than the direction that the player is faced.
Environment
Any environment, any java update.
MC-30495
Placed rails always face south to north, rather than direction of player.
Resolved
Duplicate
0
(Unassigned)
Unconfirmed
direction, directional, minecart, place, placed, player, rails
Minecraft 1.5.2, Minecraft 1.6.1, Minecraft 1.6.2, Minecraft 13w36a, Minecraft 13w36b
Retrieved
Duplicate of MC-791. At present this is considered the intended behaviour.