The way to ensure no pigmen spawn on your nether rail is to place glass above the rail. This is NOT a bug/exploit and will not be "fixed". Glass is a transparent block and will not sufficate the riders, but you will need to clear out any areas you may wish to exit the cart at. If you need a walkway, build it beside the track useing slabs/halfsteps (assumeing you need pigmen not to spawn on the walkway as they would STILL be unable to obstruct the minecart track if allowed to spawn on the walkway). As to powereing the tracks, I would actualy recommend switches over rtorches. They are hidden if you are not committed to glass on the bottom layer.

 N     NN
NNN   NNON
X_X   X_ON
>XX   >X-X

> = Lever  O = Air  - = Slab/halfstep

The way to ensure no pigmen spawn on your nether rail is to place glass above the rail. This is not a bug/exploit and will not be “fixed”. Glass is a transparent block and will not suffocate the riders, but you will need to clear out any areas you may wish to exit the cart at. If you need a walkway, build it beside the track using slabs/half steps (assumeing you need pigmen not to spawn on the walkway; they would still be unable to obstruct the minecart track even if allowed to spawn on the walkway).

As to powering the tracks, I would actualy recommend levers over torches. They are hidden if you are not committed to glass on the bottom layer.

 N     NN
NNN   NNON
X_X   X_ON
>XX   >X-X

> = Lever  O = Air  - = Slab/halfstep  N = Glass

The way to ensure no pigmen spawn on your nether rail is to place glass above the rail. This is NOT a bug/exploit and will not be "fixed". Glass is a transparent block and will not sufficate the riders, but you will need to clear out any areas you may wish to exit the cart at. If you need a walkway, build it beside the track useing slabs/halfsteps. As to powereing the tracks, I would actualy recommend switches over rtorches. They are hidden if you are not committed to glass on the bottom layer.

 N     NN
NNN   NNON
X_X   X_ON
>XX   >X-X

> = Lever  O = Air  - = Slab/halfstep

The way to ensure no pigmen spawn on your nether rail is to place glass above the rail. This is NOT a bug/exploit and will not be "fixed". Glass is a transparent block and will not sufficate the riders, but you will need to clear out any areas you may wish to exit the cart at. If you need a walkway, build it beside the track useing slabs/halfsteps (assumeing you need pigmen not to spawn on the walkway as they would STILL be unable to obstruct the minecart track if allowed to spawn on the walkway). As to powereing the tracks, I would actualy recommend switches over rtorches. They are hidden if you are not committed to glass on the bottom layer.

 N     NN
NNN   NNON
X_X   X_ON
>XX   >X-X

> = Lever  O = Air  - = Slab/halfstep