A Train in GTA V
The Train is a freight train in Grand Theft Auto V, the train is avaible for the player to drive in the mission Derailed but is unobtainable in free roam.
Description
The trains locomotive is strongly influenced by an EMD GP40 , a popular 4-axle diesel freight locomotive in the United States (sharing the same cab style, body style, and wheel arrangment), with some possible influences coming from an ALCO RS-27 (specifically the slanted nose) and the GE Super 7 (specifically the slope down from the cab to the engine compartment). The train can be seen pulling a variety of rolling stock which consists of boxcar's, flatbed container wagons and tankers wagons. Unlike Grand Theft Auto IV, the player can jump and stand on the train while it's moving. This makes for a great way to lose a wanted level as you can usually lose the cops when the train enters a tunnel. Unlike every game before it, the train can be stopped in GTA Online, but otherwise it is completely indestructible in GTA V apart from in a mission where two trains collide. Unlike the Tram, the driver will not attempt to stop if the track is obstructed since stopping a train is a long process. The train cannot be entered or driven, apart from the mission Trevor Philip's mission Derailed. Despite not being obtainable in free roam, the train is still useful for escaping the police as the player can climb onto a moving train with relative ease, and the train travels in places which police vehicles can not reach.
Appearances in Missions
- In the Prologue of GTA V, Michael, Trevor and Brad's escape from Police after a bank heist is cut short by a the Train.
- In the mission Caida Libre, the player has to jump a moving train with a Sanchez while chasing the crashing plane.
- In the mission Derailed, Trevor has to chase a train with a Sanchez and hijack it.
- In Bury the Hatchet when driving to the church in Ludenndorf, North Yankton as Michael.
- In a preparation mission for the final heist (if the 'obvious' option is chosen), the player has to use a Skylift to pick up a locomotive and a flatcar. During The Big Score if the 'obvious' option is chosen, the player will have to drop the gold onto said train.
Trivia
- If the player shoots the train driver, the train will continue to drive normally. However, this can be explained because the train's throttle is stuck in the accelerating position.
- In the Prologue of GTA V, Michael, Trevor and Brad's escape from Police after a bank heist is cut short by the Train.
- During the mission Derailed, no matter how fast the player accelerate the train, it will never go off the rails.
- The train will generally stop at the Palmer-Taylor Power Station for a short period of time. However, the Train cannot be hijacked at this point either.
- It is possible to stop the train, although it cannot be driven
- The final heist of the game, if the obvious approach is taken, is very similar to the mission For the Man Who Has Everything in The Ballad of Gay Tony where in both missions a Skylift is used to hijack a train's locomotive.
- LS2004 can be seen on the side of the locomotives. This could be a reference to GTA San Andreas which was released in 2004, or due to the first appearance of the train being in the prologue, set in 2004.
- The Train, along with the Cargo Plane and the Jet, is not listed in the BradyGames guide.
- Rockstar announced that trains would be obtainable before the GTA V's release, it is unknown if they were talking about the Derailed mission or if the feature was cut before the games release.
- Hiding in empty container cars provides a great way of escaping the police as the sides of the car can provide the player with cover from fire and numerous tunnels on the rail line allow the helicopter to lose site of the player.
See Also
- Freight - GTA San Andreas equivalent.