Railway rifle (Fallout 4)

The railway rifle is a weapon in Fallout 4.

Background
A model that is a product of Tinker Tom's engineering, the railway rifle shoots railway spikes. During development there were issues with its cooling unit, and liquid nitrogen was eventually used to decrease the reload time.

Gameplay
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 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 range and can be increased with modifications. This travel time reduces the efficiency of the railway rifle as a sniper weapon. A train whistle sound effect can be heard when reloading the weapon.

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.