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> But is that dramatically worse than blowing up a train moving 50 mph Yes, it is extremely bad when 60-100 ton railcars are being thrown around like toys, at
by microcolonel 7y ago
> But is that dramatically worse than blowing up a train moving 50 mph
Yes, it is extremely bad when 60-100 ton railcars are being thrown around like toys, at nearly the speed (about 30m/s slower than most .45 ACP) some handguns fire bullets.
- weberc2 7y agoI get that, but it seems strictly better than, for example, blowing up a trail full of oil cars.
- microcolonel 7y agoIf the goalposts move as fast as these trains are marketed to move, I'm sure we could find all sorts of things worse than the already terrible tragedy of a deliberate derailment, explosion, or sabotage of a high speed train.
- weberc2 7y agoThe goalposts didn't move, you were just reminded that conventional trains frequently carry explosive freight.