diff --git a/src/console_cmds.cpp b/src/console_cmds.cpp
index 725f4fe939..5ab6711500 100644
--- a/src/console_cmds.cpp
+++ b/src/console_cmds.cpp
@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@ DEF_CONSOLE_CMD(ConStopAllVehicles)
 	FOR_ALL_VEHICLES(v) {
 		/* Code ripped from CmdStartStopTrain. Can't call it, because of
 		 * ownership problems, so we'll duplicate some code, for now */
-		if (v->type == VEH_TRAIN)
-			v->u.rail.days_since_order_progr = 0;
 		v->vehstatus |= VS_STOPPED;
 		InvalidateWindowWidget(WC_VEHICLE_VIEW, v->index, STATUS_BAR);
 		InvalidateWindow(WC_VEHICLE_DEPOT, v->tile);
diff --git a/src/order_cmd.cpp b/src/order_cmd.cpp
index eb94a1bc2e..08c4047857 100644
--- a/src/order_cmd.cpp
+++ b/src/order_cmd.cpp
@@ -581,8 +581,6 @@ int32 CmdSkipOrder(TileIndex tile, uint32 flags, uint32 p1, uint32 p2)
 
 		v->cur_order_index = b;
 
-		if (v->type == VEH_TRAIN) v->u.rail.days_since_order_progr = 0;
-
 		if (v->type == VEH_ROAD) ClearSlot(v);
 
 		/* NON-stop flag is misused to see if a train is in a station that is
diff --git a/src/train_cmd.cpp b/src/train_cmd.cpp
index d07c7556ff..c63ba7b790 100644
--- a/src/train_cmd.cpp
+++ b/src/train_cmd.cpp
@@ -1265,7 +1265,6 @@ int32 CmdStartStopTrain(TileIndex tile, uint32 flags, uint32 p1, uint32 p2)
 			DeleteVehicleNews(p1, STR_8814_TRAIN_IS_WAITING_IN_DEPOT);
 		}
 
-		v->u.rail.days_since_order_progr = 0;
 		v->vehstatus ^= VS_STOPPED;
 		InvalidateWindowWidget(WC_VEHICLE_VIEW, v->index, STATUS_BAR);
 		InvalidateWindow(WC_VEHICLE_DEPOT, v->tile);
@@ -1965,7 +1964,6 @@ int32 CmdSendTrainToDepot(TileIndex tile, uint32 flags, uint32 p1, uint32 p2)
 		if (p2 & DEPOT_DONT_CANCEL) return CMD_ERROR; // Requested no cancelation of depot orders
 		if (flags & DC_EXEC) {
 			if (HASBIT(v->current_order.flags, OFB_PART_OF_ORDERS)) {
-				v->u.rail.days_since_order_progr = 0;
 				v->cur_order_index++;
 			}
 
@@ -2537,11 +2535,6 @@ static void HandleTrainLoading(Vehicle *v, bool mode)
 		case OT_LOADING: {
 			if (mode) return;
 
-			/* don't mark the train as lost if we're loading on the final station. */
-			if (v->current_order.flags & OF_NON_STOP) {
-				v->u.rail.days_since_order_progr = 0;
-			}
-
 			if (--v->load_unload_time_rem) return;
 
 			if (CanFillVehicle(v)) {
@@ -2564,7 +2557,6 @@ static void HandleTrainLoading(Vehicle *v, bool mode)
 		default: return;
 	}
 
-	v->u.rail.days_since_order_progr = 0;
 	v->cur_order_index++;
 	InvalidateVehicleOrder(v);
 }
diff --git a/src/vehicle.cpp b/src/vehicle.cpp
index 3d2642d360..0722855fe6 100644
--- a/src/vehicle.cpp
+++ b/src/vehicle.cpp
@@ -2250,7 +2250,6 @@ void VehicleEnterDepot(Vehicle *v)
 
 		if (HASBIT(t.flags, OFB_PART_OF_ORDERS)) {
 			/* Part of orders */
-			if (v->type == VEH_TRAIN) v->u.rail.days_since_order_progr = 0;
 			v->cur_order_index++;
 		} else if (HASBIT(t.flags, OFB_HALT_IN_DEPOT)) {
 			/* Force depot visit */
@@ -2746,7 +2745,7 @@ static const SaveLoad _train_desc[] = {
 	    SLE_VARX(cpp_offsetof(Vehicle, u) + cpp_offsetof(VehicleRail, track),                  SLE_UINT8),
 
 	SLE_CONDVARX(cpp_offsetof(Vehicle, u) + cpp_offsetof(VehicleRail, flags),                  SLE_UINT8,  2, SL_MAX_VERSION),
-	SLE_CONDVARX(cpp_offsetof(Vehicle, u) + cpp_offsetof(VehicleRail, days_since_order_progr), SLE_UINT16, 2, SL_MAX_VERSION),
+	SLE_CONDNULL(2, 2, 59),
 
 	SLE_CONDNULL(2, 2, 19),
 	/* reserve extra space in savegame here. (currently 11 bytes) */
diff --git a/src/vehicle.h b/src/vehicle.h
index 810f1ba2d7..62fb935b20 100644
--- a/src/vehicle.h
+++ b/src/vehicle.h
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ enum EffectVehicle {
 struct VehicleRail {
 	uint16 last_speed; // NOSAVE: only used in UI
 	uint16 crash_anim_pos;
-	uint16 days_since_order_progr;
 
 	/* cached values, recalculated on load and each time a vehicle is added to/removed from the consist. */
 	uint16 cached_max_speed;  // max speed of the consist. (minimum of the max speed of all vehicles in the consist)