Crew
The BMS Roadhouse holds four passengers:
- Passenger(s) (Seat 1 - 4)
- A seat used to hold/transport players
- Cannot use their secondary equipment
BMS Roadhouse
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This article is considered accurate for the current version (1.62) of Foxhole.
| “ | A simple caboose that allows rail crews to maintain tracks more efficiently. | „ |
| — In-game description |
The BMS Roadhouse (also known as a Caboose) is a train car designed to repair and reset the Decay of Railway Tracks.
General Info
Armament
The BMS Roadhouse is not equipped with any armament.
Inventory
It has 1 inventory slot, and a Stockpile that can only hold Maintenance Supplies or Construction Materials (holds up to 1000).Engine & Mobility
- Uses no fuel
- Can only move on Railway Tracks, must be placed on tracks with a crane
- Cannot move on its own, requires a Locomotive connected to it to be moved
- Can ram and destroy any structures (such as Deployed Tripods) in its path
- Instantly destroys any unarmored vehicle in its path if there are no friendly soldiers inside of them
- Does not trigger Anti-Tank Mines
Health & Armor
The BMS Roadhouse has 1500 HP. It has "Light Armor" resistance: it can soak small arms fire and shrapnel, and it is immune to Flamethrowers. It can soak 12.7mm machine gun fire but not for long. Heavy explosives and anti-tank weaponry are an extremely dangerous threat to it.It can be field repaired with a Hammer and Basic Materials. Each hit consumes 1 Basic Materials and repairs 15 hp (100 hits for full repair).
Features
Car Coupling
Two train cars that are close together can be coupled by standing in the middle, holding 
+
, and clicking the Couple Cars option. Connected cars stick together and can be pushed or pulled by a locomotive connected at either end of the train. A train can have up to 15 cars connected, Locomotive(s) included. The driver of a Locomotive can access the inventory of all connected train cars when interacting with structures by selecting the car in the structure's interface. Decoupling two connected cars is done by using a Wrench while crouched between them.
Track Maintenance
If it has Maintenance Supplies or Construction Materials in its stockpile and part of a train then any Railway Track that is driven over by any car of this train will be repaired. One Maintenance Supplies repairs 10% of the track's health while one Construction Materials repairs all of the track's health.Production
| Structure | Input(s) | Output | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
Large Assembly Station  |
20 x Processed Construction Materials  15 x Assembly Materials II  5 x Assembly Materials III  8 MW of power  |
BMS Roadhouse  |
00:30:00 |
The BMS Black Bolt must be fully researched in the Vehicle 
Tech Tree in order to be produced.
Storage & Transport
The BMS Roadhouse cannot be stored in a Storage Depot, Seaport or Storage Ship.
It can be packaged into an extra large Shippable. It can be lifted by any crane but only a Large Crane can undeploy and move while holding it. It must otherwise be moved on Railway Tracks.
Tactics
The BMS Roadhouse is vital for railway track maintenance, as it is the best way of maintaining large quantities of tracks with minimum effort. The efficiency of the Caboose largely depends on how much the railway tracks are being used, as they rely on consistent usage in order to prevent them from being completely decaying.
In terms of decay duration, railway tracks have a "Grace Period" (i.e. the time between initial construction, and when decay begins to take effect) of 48 hours, or 2 days, while it takes 32 hours, or 1 day and 8 hours in order for a railway track to fully decay. Knowing these timers allows players to plan around these decay mechanics and include the Caboose to do track maintenance.
When crouched, a soldier can pass under the caboose balconies which can help get across a long train blocking your way.
Trivia
- The BMS Roadhouse is the first vehicle ever introduced into Foxhole with an automatic repair function, and was introduced in Update 1.51 as a sustainable way of maintaining long stretches of railway tracks.
- Initially, the BMS Roadhouse only used Garrison Supplies (the previous name for Maintenance Supplies), but were later changed to include Construction Materials after community concerns due to their usage increasing Factory queues.
- These changes would eventually lead into the major rework of decay and maintenance mechanics in Update 1.52.
Gallery
The BMS Roadhouse from the front
The BMS Roadhouse from the rear
The BMS Roadhouse from the side
The BMS Roadhouse introduced in the Update 1.51 Dev Stream
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