[TASMANIANRED]

They have pretty much painted a bulls eye on themselves.

Think the next time they try it the engineer will stop?

[WSGilcrest]

They better get a handle on this. Doesn’t take much to put a train’s wheels on the ground.

[Zetman]

Think the next time they try it the engineer will stop?

Yes, the engineer will stop. Most people are decent, and can't just run someone down in cold blood (unless immediate self-defense is required). However, I would guess that from now on, the engineer will NOT get out of the train, but will sit tight safe inside the cab and summon the police (or maybe throw the train into reverse, and try to get out of there). I hope the local authorities have some sort of "rapid response" security-types who can get there quickly, when needed.

I wonder what type of area this was, and what type of people attacked the engineer?? Strangely enough, the article does not say. In addition, the article alludes to a lot of known problems with the particular area where the attack occurred, but then never explains the nature of those problems. I am shocked and surprised by this!!

My first thought was that the attackers were "youths" similar to the "youths" who terrorized those trains in France last year.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

“Think the next time they try it the engineer will stop?”

One or two times more is all it will take before the Pinkertons start riding the train.