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> it's over for all those on board Is it, though? There are a lot of trains where you can't even get to the locomotive while the train is moving, and I couldn'
by wasmitnetzen 5y ago
> it's over for all those on board
Is it, though? There are a lot of trains where you can't even get to the locomotive while the train is moving, and I couldn't find any train accident in modern history[1] where all passengers died.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_disasters_by_death_toll#Rail_accidents_and_disasters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_disaster...
- GDC7 5y agoIll intentioned people would move across compartments and off everybody with a firearm.
- zwaps 5y agoPeople have tried these kind of things, but there truly are better targets than trains. Even a bomb will accomplish relatively little, the station being a better target.
- moogly 5y agoYou can't escape from an attacker on a moving train.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- sschueller 5y agoYou can eve pull the emergency brake and smash the emergency windows. You can't get out of a plane while in flight and it is also hard when it's on the ground.