Railway rifle (Fallout 4)

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	For an overview of railway rifle models, see railway rifle.

The railway rifle is a weapon in Fallout 4.

Background[]

A model that is a product of Tinker Tom's engineering (although at least one seems to have existed before the Great War),^{[clarification needed]} the railway rifle shoots railway spikes at lethal velocities.^[1][2] During development there were issues with its cooling unit, and liquid nitrogen was eventually used to decrease the reload time.^[2]

Characteristics[]

The railway rifle fires railway spikes as projectiles in the same manner as an air rifle. These are rarely found as ammunition, but are cheap to buy and can be recovered from enemies slain using the weapon. In exchange, the railway rifle has become enormously more powerful from its last iteration while retaining its ability to do extreme damage to limbs—sometimes even pinning detached ones to walls.

The railway rifle is most effective in VATS at close to mid ranges, although its range is somewhat increased from its last incarnation and can be greatly increased with modifications. The reason that the rifle is more effective in V.A.T.S. is that the nails seems to have a slight travel time which makes it harder to hit enemies further away. This travel time reduces the efficiency of the railway rifle as a sniper weapon. However, a scoped railway rifle can still be a devastating sniper weapon for use against unaware enemies because of its massive damage output.

In addition, a train whistle sound effect can be heard when reloading the weapon.

Weapon modifications[]

Receiver[show IDs][show resources]
Mod	Description	Effects									Perk requirements	Components	Form ID
Standard receiver	Standard.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Gears x4 Nuclear material x4 Oil x6 Screw x4 Steel x8	001A8AAD
Automatic piston receiver (Automatic)	Improved rate of fire. Inferior range.	–	–	+2	-12	-1	–	–	–	–	+1.5	+75	Gun Nut 2 to craft	Adhesive x8 Aluminum x12 Gears x6 Nuclear material x6 Oil x8 Screw x6	001C4052

Barrel[show IDs][show resources]
Mod	Description	Effects									Perk requirements	Components	Form ID
Short barrel	Standard.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Screw x4 Steel x6	00188A8B
Long barrel (Long)	Superior range and sighted accuracy. Better recoil. Poor hip-fire accuracy.	–	–	–	+84	+2	–	–	–	–	+2.2	+20	–	Adhesive x7 Aluminum x10 Fiberglass x8 Oil x4 Screw x6	00188A8A

Stock[show IDs][show resources]
Mod	Description	Effects							Perk requirements	Components	Form ID
Standard stock	Standard.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Adhesive x6 Plastic x2 Screw x8 Steel x3	00188A8E
Recoil compensating stock (Recoil compensated)	Exceptional recoil.	–	–	–	–	+2	–	–	–	–	+1.3	+40	Gun Nut 3 to craft	Adhesive x10 Aluminum x14 Rubber x3 Screw x12 Spring x11	00188A8D

Sights[show IDs][show resources]
Mod	Description	Effects						Perk requirements	Components	Form ID
Standard sights	Standard.	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Adhesive x1 Steel x2	001A8AAE
Short scope (Scoped)	Improved magnification. Superior sighted accuracy.	–	–	–	–	+16	–	–	–	–	+1.5	+35	–	Adhesive x2 Glass x2 Screw x2 Steel x4	001C4053
Reflex sight (Tactical)	Better focus and sighted accuracy.	–	–	–	–	+7	–	–	–	–	+0.6	+45	–	Adhesive x3 Aluminum x4 Fiber optics x2 Glass x2 Nuclear material x2 Screw x2	00188A8C
Medium scope (Scoped)	Better magnification. Superior sighted accuracy.	–	–	–	–	+22	–	–	–	–	+2	+75	Gun Nut 3 to craft	Adhesive x3 Glass x3 Screw x2 Steel x5	001C4064
Long scope (Scoped)	Superior magnification and sighted accuracy.	–	–	–	–	+36	–	–	–	–	+2.4	+95	Gun Nut 3 to craft	Adhesive x4 Glass x5 Screw x2 Steel x6	001C4062
Short night vision scope (Night-vision)	Night vision. Improved magnification. Superior sighted accuracy.	–	–	–	–	+16	–	–	–	–	+1.5	+125	Gun Nut 3 Science! 1 to craft	Adhesive x4 Aluminum x4 Circuitry x2 Fiber optics x3 Glass x3 Nuclear material x2 Screw x2 Silver x2	001C4066
Medium night vision scope (Night-vision)	Night vision. Better magnification. Superior sighted accuracy.	–	–	–	–	+22	–	–	–	–	+2	+145	Gun Nut 3 Science! 1 to craft	Adhesive x4 Aluminum x5 Circuitry x3 Fiber optics x5 Glass x5 Nuclear material x4 Screw x2 Silver x2	001C4065
Long night vision scope (Night-vision)	Night vision. Superior magnification and sighted accuracy.	–	–	–	–	+36	–	–	–	–	+2.4	+165	Gun Nut 4 Science! 1 to craft	Adhesive x5 Aluminum x6 Circuitry x5 Fiber optics x6 Glass x6 Gold x2 Nuclear material x6 Screw x2	001C4063
Short recon scope (Recon)	Tracks targets. Improved magnification. Superior sighted accuracy.	–	–	–	–	+16	–	–	–	–	+2.9	+195	Gun Nut 4 Science! 1 to craft	Adhesive x6 Aluminum x6 Circuitry x6 Crystal x8 Fiber optics x8 Gold x3 Nuclear material x7 Screw x3	002492E3
Long recon scope (Recon)	Tracks targets. Superior magnification and sighted accuracy.	–	–	–	–	+36	–	–	–	–	+2.9	+195	Gun Nut 4 Science! 1 to craft	Adhesive x6 Aluminum x6 Circuitry x6 Crystal x8 Fiber optics x8 Gold x3 Nuclear material x7 Screw x3	001C4068

Muzzle[show IDs][show resources]
Mod	Description	Effects						Perk requirements	Components	Form ID
No muzzle	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Large bayonet (Bayoneted)	Superior bash. Inferior range.	–	–	–	-18	–	–	–	–	–	+2.2	+40	–	Adhesive x6 Plastic x5 Screw x6 Steel x8	00188A89

Variants[]

• Prototype railway rifle

Locations[]

• Big John's Salvage - inside a shelter, which is in a blue overturned railway car just behind the house. In order to enter the shelter's trapdoor, the power must be switched on. The power switch is near the automobile-powered main gate to the salvage yard, attached to a power cable that runs to the blue railway car. After hitting the switch, access the trapdoor by jumping on top of the car. There is a fuse box to turn on between the buildings before the door will activate. It is at ground level. Follow the black power cable.
• Potential reward for completing the Railroad quest Underground Undercover and starting Precipice of War.
• Bedford Station - Inside a blue railway car attached to a locomotive. Appears at level 20.
• Carried by Desdemona during the quest Tactical Thinking.
• Carried by generic Railroad agents.
• Tinker Tom occasionally sells one railway rifle.

Notes[]

• Railway rifles only spawn when the Sole Survivor is above level 20, with the exception of one found at Big John's Salvage and one carried by Desdemona during the quest Tactical Thinking.
• The railway rifle was brought back from Fallout 3, and shares a similar appearance to the original.
• The limb-pinning effect affects heads. Also, pinning does not always happen in outdoor areas. In V.A.T.S. the camera will follow the flying limb or head for quite a while before giving up.
• Very often there are spikes stuck in walls and bodies after a fight. These spikes are irretrievable.
• The rifle appears to be semi-automatic since the Sole Survivor doesn't cock it before or after each shot.
• Railway spikes can be retrieved from the corpse of a hostile target.
• Completion of the quest "Underground Undercover" will add legendary variants of the railway rifle as loot on legendary enemies.
  • The console command Set LegendaryRailwayRifle to 0 will enable them to be looted if one cannot, or does not wish to, complete this quest.
• The standard receiver for the railway rifle is mislabelled as the automatic piston receiver in the console.
• The rifle has a capacity of 10 spikes but the Sole Survivor will always load 5 spikes into it while reloading.
• In first-person view, the player character holds the railway rifle with their left hand gripping the barrel, but in third-person the left hand will grip the underside area of the gun's receiver.

Gallery[]

Location at Bedford Station

Big John's Salvage's bunker

Loading screen slide

From The Art of Fallout 4

References[]

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