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Perhaps so. But then again, I don't know. I 'm not the crazy one who would try to find ways to infiltrate a railroad in order to destroy it. This was just to raise the idea. It could be a bad Stephen Seagal movie, and maybe I shouldn't have mentioned it, except a lot of things don't get mentioned until it's too late. With the public misunderstanding of the railroad industry in general, it wouldn't be too hard to spread panic if something did happen. There are guys that sit around in the Pentagon thinking up situations like these. It's more difficult to get explosives than a device that can be adapted to interfere with signalling. Collisions are more dangerous and more common than some goofball with explosives. The ability to cause simultaneous failures in populated areas would be signficant. As far as as personal issues go, my point was lack of judgment and the pressures of one's personal life (as it affects work and vice-versa), leading a person to either distrust those who are new (you know the sideways glances that everyone gets when you're new, until they figure out if you're on the side of the crew or a fresh-faced brainwash case?), or to place unwarranted trust in someone or a situation that becomes deadly. Like the guys that go 40 years without incident , and then fall under the wheels. When problems affect work behavior, it can also potentially affect security. How about the disgruntled worker who entered the Amtrak repair facility (was it in in Delaware ro Beech Grove?) to shoot up the place. Combine a disgruntled railroad-version of TIm McVey and you've got yourself a pileup. Anyway, in order not to belabor the point, that's all I've got to say. Everyone else has been rather quiet, due to the freakishness of the topic I suppose? Shoulda just kept my mouth shut. Now, will I be the one that people carefully edge away from on this forum? I hope not. Rational people can think of extremes for better or worse, and ultimately I am just curious about public perception. I appreciate your responses. I only pop in here on this forum once in a while, anyway. But as far as the railroad goes, I have little doubt that conversations like these have taken place in hushed tones among railroad management. Even if it could be considered unlikely baloney at a cocktail party for executives. People like to scare themselves. Perhaps it was not unwarranted after 9/11? Best Wishes as a SIncere American.
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