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[quote user="SactoGuy188"] Folks, can we stop being so [#offtopic]Getting back on topic, [:)] you can forget about doing that in Sacramento, CA. The main lines through the city don't have any alternatives to avoid any densely populated areas. [/quote]That's probably true in most US cities - not enough practical space to construct a decent rail bypass.Ergo, there's really no localized railroad reroute solution in preventing a possible terror attack on a chemical train passing through a city beyond normal precautionary measures.  What can be done though is the idea of not letting a terror attack in one locale causing economic disruption elsewhere via a long term blockage of a vital transportation artery.  That's why a rail network security plan should focus on dispersed redundancy, aka keeping alternative routes up and running for overflow from the disrupted segment.  There's a lot of bottlenecks in our rail system nationwide that, if they are taken out of service for extended periods of time, could cause greater economic damage than the initial terror attack itself.  Most of these are a creation of railroad consolidation that eliminated "redundant" lines which were a sufficient distance away:Spokane WA - loss of Milwaukee line 20 miles south, loss of UP branch network east and southSandpoint ID - loss of GN line west of Newport WA, Milwaukee line via St. MariesPocatello ID - loss of Modoc line in CA/NV, loss of UP line from Twin Falls ID to Wells NVBillings MT - loss of Milwaukee line through RoundupShelby MT - loss of Great Falls-Havre line, loss of GF-Helena lineThere's probably more out there, I'm only familiar with northwest lines.
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