| Start | Get into the cab of a Freight or Brown Streak train and press the side mission key |
|---|---|
| Opens after | Yay Ka-Boom-Boom |
| Needed for 100% | Complete level 2 |
| Rewards | Up to 50 a station on level 1 and 00 on level 2, plus 0,000 for finishing level 2 |
Freight Train turns you into a train driver. You take the locomotive along the state’s rails, stop at the marked stations to deliver your cargo, and race a clock while you do it. There are only two levels, and finishing level 2 is all 100% asks. It is slow going, but nothing on the track can hurt you, so the work is simply patience, timing and keeping your speed under control.
Starting the mission
The challenge opens once you finish Yay Ka-Boom-Boom. Climb into the cab of a train at any station, either a Freight or a Brown Streak passenger train, and press the side mission key. Starting it also clears any wanted level. A panel shows your time, the distance to the next station and your speed. The stops are Unity Station in Los Santos, Market Station, Cranberry Station in San Fierro, and Yellow Bell and Linden stations in Las Venturas.
Driving the train
You only control the speed: accelerate to go faster and reverse to slow down, and the train follows its rails. Take bends too fast and it derails, which fails the mission. Watch the speed readout and ease off before curves. At each station you must stop with the front of the train inside the red marker, and missing a station also fails the run, so start braking well before you get there.
Look at the distance counter as you approach. When it drops to a few hundred, start slowing, then stop with the front of the loco inside the red marker.
Pay and levels
Each level has five stations. The first four stops pay money based on the time you have left, up to 50 a stop on level 1, and double that, up to 00, on level 2. Finishing level 2 pays 0,000 and completes the challenge for 100%. You can keep going after that for 0,000 a level.
Tips for level 2
The track links all three cities, so the long runs between Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas are where you make up time on the straights. Brake early at stations, because the train is heavy and glides past the marker. If you run out of time, derail, miss a station or leave the train, the mission fails and you start again from level 1.
