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The idea of a train hijacking kinda made me chuckle. Some angry guy demanding the train go somewhere its tracks do not run
by np_tedious 4y ago
The idea of a train hijacking kinda made me chuckle. Some angry guy demanding the train go somewhere its tracks do not run
- vgeek 4y agohttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113845/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113845/ comes to mind here.
- xdrosenheim 4y agoEven if the tracks go there, surely there would be systems in place to set up a red light that automatically stops the train.
- KptMarchewa 4y agoPolish railways have a auto-stop system that works by radio.
- arcticfox 4y agoAli G (Sacha Baron Cohen) posed this hypothetical to a homeland security official. "What if they were laying the tracks during the night - and, God forbid, ran a train into the White House?" https://youtu.be/fNfSQA6ZRsc https://youtu.be/fNfSQA6ZRsc The whole interview is genius.
- heavyset_go 4y agoThis is hilarious, I completely forgot about this episode.
- LeoPanthera 4y agoThere's a whole movie about this. It was remade at least twice, too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Taking_of_Pelham_One_Two_Three_(1974_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Taking_of_Pelham_One_Two_T...
- dtgriscom 4y agoWho remembers the relevant Monty Python sketch? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MYxAlA5wuk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MYxAlA5wuk