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by weberc2 2444 days ago
I get that, but it seems strictly better than, for example, blowing up a trail full of oil cars.
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If the goalposts move as fast as these trains are marketed to move, I'm sure we could find all sorts of things worse than the already terrible tragedy of a deliberate derailment, explosion, or sabotage of a high speed train.
The goalposts didn't move, you were just reminded that conventional trains frequently carry explosive freight.