02-26-2019, 07:18 PM
deckeda wrote:
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Do they have any security screening (TSA style) for trains? If one terrorist boards a high speed train with a bomb, the result can be just as bad as a plane crash.
Most Amtrak train stations have automatic secure environments terrorists aren't interested in, by being placed in downtown locations frequented by homeless and grifters offering to "watch your car." You don't need TSA when not even regular passengers want to show up. The only thing less deluxe is the bus station.
That's not really true here in California, where many of the train stations are in quite nice locations. However, unlike an airplane, it's not possible to fly a train loaded with thousands of gallons of jet fuel into a building at 600 mph so the terrorist threat is vastly lower. Also, given the multi-hour delays that frequently occur on Amtrak due to their requirement to give freight trains priority, the terrorists would never be able to plan their bombings since they would have no idea when the train was going to show up at the target destination.