S05E05 · SCENE 9/23 · 18:26
Dead Freight · abandoned building basement

Lydia Details Train Heist Plan

Lydia explains the train heist plan, including the dead zone and the methylamine shipment.

18:26→20:35
in the episode · 2m 09s · S05E05

What happens

18:26–20:35

Lydia explains that a freight train carrying 24,000 gallons of methylamine passes through New Mexico weekly. She describes a three-mile dead zone with no signal or cameras, perfect for a heist. She demands a percentage of the profit and will provide the train's manifest.

Whereabandoned building basement
DriverLydia
Positionact1 · setup
ThreadTrain Heist Plan

Key lines

from this scene
18:58

That's where you do it.

20:07

Assuming we can stop a moving train how do we know we have the right one? And which tanker car is which?

20:32

I expect to be paid.

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Beats

18:53Lydia describes the dead zone in McKinley County.
20:21Lydia says she'll have the manifest by midnight.

Scene in the episode

18:26–20:35
A · Walt's DEA Bug
B · Lydia's Interrogation
D · Family Turmoil

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Lydia Rodarte-QuayleLaura Fraser13 episodes · drives 7 scenes
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Walt Whitman5 episodes · drives 309 scenes
ME
Mike EhrmantrautJonathan Banks38 episodes · drives 40 scenes
JP
Jesse PinkmanAaron Paul62 episodes · drives 180 scenes

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