Boxcars

Boxcars is an former Powder Ganger stuck in Nipton General Store in Fallout: New Vegas.

Background
Boxcars found himself in Nipton when he and his crew of Powder Gangers arranged to kidnap some New California Republic soldiers who were passing through, take their weapons for themselves and them ransom them off, all with the help of crooked Mayor Joseph B. Steyn. However, this plan fell apart when the Legion rolled into town and Vulpes Inculta forced the town's inhabitants into a lottery. One could say they Boxcars got off easy: instead of being beheaded, crucified or burned alive, he simply got his legs crippled by hammers; still, Boxcars does not hold the same sentiment. Now he simply stays in the Nipton General Store (not that he can do anything about it), being easily irritated and waiting to find peace inside a syringe of Med-X. 

Quests

 * Booted: Boxcars informs the player that the Legion and some Powder Gangers headed east.
 * Wheel of Fortune: Boxcars can tell the player where the hidden supply cave is.

Effects of the players action

 * Depending on the player's reputation with the Powder Gangers, Boxcars greeting will change accordingly.
 * If the player has a bad reputation with the Powder Gangers, Boxcars will give the Courier a not so warm welcome when first talking to him, referring to him as "the Powder Ganger's grim fucking reaper".
 * If the player has a good reputation with the Powder Ganger's and completed Run Goodsprings Run, Boxcars will recognize the player and call him a friend.

Other interactions

 * The player can provide Boxcars with up to five Med-X doses for his legs which, depending on how many doses are given, will boost the player's karma. This can only be done once.

Bugs

 * Due to a scripting error, Boxcars' legs are not crippled, allowing him full normal movement if engaged in combat.
 * Boxcars is set to respawn within the game. Respawning occurs every three days, and will reset his inventory (possibly changing his worn clothing) and resurrect him if he was previously killed.
 * Sometimes after giving or not giving him Med-X doses he will no longer have a dialogue option other than "Good bye", thereby breaking the Wheel of Fortune quest.

Appearances
Boxcars appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.