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you just run your train on the rail like you would run your truck on a highway. eventually you get into some factory or port with a connecting exit. industrial

• SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
  > eventually you get into some factory or port with a connecting exit. Or another train? Seems very risky!
  • whatshisface 8y ago
    The train signals are big physical objects right there on the tracks, visible to the engineers. A bandit on the railroad has as much information about the positions of the other trains as a legitimate operator. (This is because of the fail-safes in place for when the central control system gets something wrong.)
• mschuster91 8y ago
  > industrial rail is much more complex than your urban passenger rail. Yeah of course, but shouldn't a train on the rails that should not be there, or is suddenly stopped, raise a couple of red flags in dispatch? At least in Germany, a train would not even be able to get onto the main rails if you steal one in a yard - it must be specifically cleared and the appropriate switches set, as their default position is, for safety reasons, that an unauthorized/stolen/out-of-control train is always diverted to a "safe derailing" place (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_points https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_points).