There's always a worst case scenario with vulnerabilities, likelihood and consequence becomes a fairly important metric to measure the risk. However the fact th

There's always a worst case scenario with vulnerabilities, likelihood and consequence becomes a fairly important metric to measure the risk. However the fact that you don't need to be "near" the train to do it makes it all the more opportunistic. Perhaps if the USA were at war within another bordering nation who had physical access then it might be higher risk. But the trains are within the US with no bordering nations at much risk of doing anything on each other. I'm not saying the people at the top aren't wrong, but we live in a world of differing priorities.