Railway Rifle (Fallout 3)

The Railway Rifle is a craftable weapon in Fallout 3.

Components
Once you have the schematics, you will need a workbench and one each of the following items:

Easy-to-find component locations
You can find all components in Fort Constantine
 * Fission Battery: RoboCo Plant, Robot Repair Center
 * Pressure Cooker: Northwest Seneca Station, Minefield Homes, Super-Duper Mart, Tenpenny Tower basement, Oasis caverns (near the pool in the last cavern)
 * Steam Gauge Assembly: Warrington Station (5-6 found near Roy Phillips' group), Minefield Homes, Super-Duper Mart, RoboCo Plant, Robot Repair Center, Bethesda Offices West, Metro Tunnels, Oasis caverns (near the pool in the last cavern)
 * Crutch: Minefield Homes, Pinkerton's lab, Our Lady of Hope Hospital, Hamilton's Hideaway (In Bandit Room), drainage chamber to SE of Signal Oscar Zulu, Oasis caverns (on the bed in the alcove in the last cavern)
 * You can also find everything in one of the rooms in Super Duper Mart.

Schematic Locations:
 * Tulip (General Goods Vendor) Underworld
 * Control Room (On the Workbench) MDPL-13 Power Station
 * Reward for Stealing Independence from Abraham Washington

Appearances
Railway Rifle appears only in Fallout 3.

Laszlo Radford uses the Railway Rifle, he is a random encounter who can be found at any random place in the wastelands at any random time.

Laszlo also appears nearby the AntAgonizer's Lair and can be randomly encountered in places, just like Mel and other random NPC encounters.

At Lvl 18+ you have a 2% chance of encountering a Talon Company Merc Carrying a Railway Rifle.

Glitches

 * The reloading animation for this weapon only shows the Wanderer placing one Spike into the chamber, yet it will load up to 8.


 * It has been observed by multiple players on different consoles that using the Railway Rifle, especially with VATS can result in freezing.
 * The Railway Rifle causes freezing usually when attacking 2 or more targets in V.A.T.S. Mode but with single targets it works fine. Just keep it simple and not attack hordes of enemies at once. PS- Save frequently if wanting to use this rifle as a main weapon.


 * Also after reloading a save any body part will disappear leaving the railway spikes(ps3)


 * The railway spikes can be used to determine the location of invisible barriers surrounding open map areas such as Megaton, for instance firing a shot from outside Jericho's house (at a point) between two protruding pieces of metal on the outer wall where sky is visible and then examining the 'impact site' you can clearly see the railway spikes impaling thin air.(xbox 360)