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Originally Posted by Nexis4Jersey
Amtrak already checks people against watchlists , do politicians even research anymore? They also require ID.... Its hard getting to the engineer , the door is bullet proof and hard to open. Chuck should be looking at how hes going to protect Americans from the real threat , Freight Trains. Freight companies , cut some corners its a hazard waiting to happen , you don't need a Terriost to derail a train...there neglect will do it.
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Yes. That's why it takes forever to get out of Texas. A freight train might go faster but Amtrak isn't going to risk passangers on OLD and poorly maintained track. But its the only track around.
And how, exactly, is this going to stop someone from messing up a strip of frequently not inspected track and causing a train to derail? I used to live next to a track (never do that if you value you sanity) and we looked over the fence to find about twenty shopping cards piled on the track from the store on the other side of the fence. We called the police and someone came down the track in a truck on wheels and dismantled them. I lived in fear some idiot was going to pile up the track and actually cause an derailment of some of the toxic stuff hauled around by trains directly next to the back fence.
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