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[quote user="wetidlerjr"][quote user="Iceman_c27"] Was watching this Tepanachi 8 hr DVD and saw those military trains with a whole train full of military hardware including rocket lauching HUMMVEE's, armoured vehicles and even tanks.So my question is this, what security measure do the railroad company provide to stop terrorists from just hijack a trainful of military hardware?  It looks pretty dangerous to me as in some sections in the middle of a desert, the train slows down and then people can just jump on board and hijack it.  Think about all those military hardware which is enough to outfit a whole army division.[/quote] A recent NS train I saw that was carrying M1 Abrams tanks had a DOD caboose at the end.  My guess would be armed guards on it.  I am sure that NS Police also were on it and directly involved in trackside security.[/quote]I think you are right, just saw a Santa Fe Majave mainline DVD and they have a special military train to haul military hardware to Fort Worth in TX and they commented that that's the only occasion they use caboose in what seems to be the early 90's.  It's only fair to assume that that caboose was probably full of fully armed MP's.
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