From: "Fletcher, Robert SPK" <Robert.Fletcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 12:23 PM > I am wondering how the nation's passenger service would treat this problem > with such open access at train stations all across the country? <snip> I don't know how much damage a blasting cap can do to an airplane, but I don't think it can make much difference to a train. It used to be that a way of warning that a train was stopped was to put explosives called "torpedoes" on the track to be blown up by an approaching train and make a loud bang. For all I know they may still use them, although without a brakeman to walk back on the track to set the torpedo, I doubt it. Of course, there's nothing to keep you from carrying a suitcase full of dynamite on to a passenger train (or on to a slow moving open box car). That could make a difference. Gerry http://www.pbase.com/gfoley9999/ http://foley.ultinet.net/~gerry/aerial/aerial.html http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html