Train robbery

Train Robbery is the act of boarding, stopping, or derailing a locomotive with the intention of removing valuables from it. Train heists play a central role in several of the single player missions.



Red Dead Redemption
At this time train heists do not appear to be supported in single player or multiplayer games, except where they are part of the main story. Future downloadable content may support this activity, allowing players to perform train robberies while free roaming. As of now the closest thing to a proper robbery existing in the game is the killing of passengers and the looting of their corpses.

Players can however improvise and still rob a train. Marston can mount the train either at a station or by jumping onto it from his horse. Once on the train Marston can rob any person on the train except the conductor. Killing the conductor will result in the train stopping. The train will resume its travel once Marston has left the general area for a certain amount of time.

Trivia

 * Historically, train robberies involved planning and the staking out of a train route and schedule. Methods of detaining the train included derailing it using explosives to destroy track (violent derail), removing the track beforehand and forcing the train to stop (light derail), or having a gang member pose as a passenger and commandeer the train.
 * Jesse James, the famous wild west outlaw was thought to have carried out the first train robbery, stealing $3000.
 * Railroad companies would employ detective agencies and hire bounty hunters to pursue the robbers, in addition to the efforts of governmental law enforcement.
 * In the mission By Sweat and Toil, a train is seen getting robbed using explosives, but you won't have to necessarily interact with this.