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When I was in jail I met dozens of people who have done this. None of it was organized that I was aware of, it was just opportunistic. Some friends would get to
by kingcharles 5y ago
When I was in jail I met dozens of people who have done this. None of it was organized that I was aware of, it was just opportunistic. Some friends would get together and say "Let's go wait for a train and bust open some containers." There are literally thousands of places where it is possible to do this.
- nomel 5y agoWhen I was a kid, the train conductors would shoot salt rounds at us from their shotguns. I guess that's not the case anymore?
- devrand 5y agoThey do not. Also as the industry has moved toward Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) which allows for running trains that are much much longer than they used to be (up to 2 miles+) with much less staffing. So even if there was someone to do this (and there isn't; conductors are busy with other things), they'll have a lot of train to cover.
- ramoz 5y agoBut if it’s so simple, how does it not become competitive? And if it’s so opportunistic, how does it not become organized?
- kingcharles 5y agoExcellent questions. Perhaps because the people were in jail with me and were clearly regularly getting caught and prosecuted led to any fledgling ideas of organization being disrupted?