Train annoyance

[Rhiannon]

Does anyone else get super annoyed when you drop everything like being in the middle of the first spring planting on the first day of spring, and you get the notice that a train is going through town, you run as fast as your little legs will go and you get absolutely nothing for your trouble? The last 2 out of 3 trains have done this to me. I feel like the train operator should get a stern talking to...

 

[Jack Of Shades]

To me, it's never been worth the effort. There just isn't any thing good that has ever come from it.

 

[Uzzlegorf]

If I'm not close I just ignore it. If I'm like in the mountains or Robin's house, I go to check it out.

 

[Rhiannon]

I guess I got spoiled on my first train. I got something like 18 geodes from that first train. Since then, I haven't missed a single one and have never had that kind of luck again.

 

[imnvs]

I only go if I'm nearby already. My farm isn't close enough. In the backwoods north of the farm or the mountains, maybe Robin's? Okay. Anywhere else? Not worth the time and effort.

When close, though, it's worth checking out. I've got some decent stuff, but it often enough drops nothing.

 

[Lew Zealand]

In my current Multiplayer farm, an early Year 1 Summer train seemed to drop nothing but 12 rocks but I patiently waited (read: rested under a tree, the Lazy way) until the interminable thing passed and lo and behold 2 pairs of Leprechaun Boots were revealed on the other side of the tracks. And these were better than the Leather Boots both of us were using at the time, so that was a decent score.

And I look pretty fantastic in green.

 

[starbrite]

There's only been one time in my playthrough where the train was useful and dropped a lot of wood for me, but every other time it hasn't ever dropped anything. The only thing I really get out of it is seeing the cool graffiti on it lol.

 

[Anhaga]

In my current Multiplayer farm, an early Year 1 Summer train seemed to drop nothing but 12 rocks but I patiently waited (read: rested under a tree, the Lazy way) until the interminable thing passed and lo and behold 2 pairs of Leprechaun Boots were revealed on the other side of the tracks. And these were better than the Leather Boots both of us were using at the time, so that was a decent score.

And I look pretty fantastic in green.

I've had the Leprechaun boots drop as well . . . that's the carrot that keeps me desperately running back every time I see message. I think I might start keeping mountain totems in my inventory just because.

 

[Odin]

Yeah, I always ignore the train unless I'm already up in the mountain area or I don't have anything I wanted to get done that day. Especially the later you get in game, the less useful anything it drops will be. It can be fun just to watch it pass by though!

 

[lmizutani]

A couple of times I got caught in a cutscene while trying to see the train passing through. By the time the scene is over...well, I can go to the sauna, I guess...

 

[Potatoes]

If I'm not close I just ignore it. If I'm like in the mountains or Robin's house, I go to check it out.

This is what I do too

 

[Horsepipe]

A couple of times I got caught in a cutscene while trying to see the train passing through. By the time the scene is over...well, I can go to the sauna, I guess...

Haha yes this happened to me. Once I ran fast enough so that I would of got to see the front. But due to a cutscene I could see the smoke from the engine go past without any train, which was only slightly creepy...

 

[shurpresa]

Guys, you don´t need to run asap to the train to see it going by.

According to the wiki, the items will stay there if dropped until night.

"While the train cars pass by, items such as Leprechaun Shoes, Stone, Coal, Iron Ore, Wood and Geodes may fall off and be acquired. The player need not be present when the train goes by, but dropped items will disappear overnight, so they must be collected the same day. The train will pass by and drop items even if the game is paused. "

Railroad - Stardew Valley Wiki

The Railroad is an exterior region located north of the Mountain. It becomes accessible after an earthquake clears the blocked pass on the 3rd of Summer in the first year. As you wake up a message reads "There was an earthquake during the night."

stardewvalleywiki.com