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Re:Train Robbery for Amazon Packages? More Common Than You T... by dmckeon on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @03:49PM (#39122452)
It would be interesting to see train conductors on electric mountain bikes, with drones scanning each side of the stopped train for damaged or cut air hoses, hotbox bearings, etc. Could save a lot of walking, if the railroad and the union agree.
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Re:Train Robbery for Amazon Packages? More Common Than You T... by jojobas on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @06:55PM (#39124318)
Automated (dye) gun turret car every 50 meters of the train.
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Re:Train Robbery for Amazon Packages? More Common Than You T... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @07:00PM (#39124374)
Some cars are 89 feet long, so every 50 meters is every third car. That's a lot of overhead. Theft would have to be huge for that to be anywhere near realistic.
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Re:Train Robbery for Amazon Packages? More Common Than You T... by jojobas on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @10:06PM (#39125808)
Sounds like it is huge.
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Re:Train Robbery for Amazon Packages? More Common Than You T... by euroderf on Thursday January 25, 2024 @03:33AM (#39127467)
A gantry outside of Barstow that plops a device on top of every third (or fifth) car. Outgoing traffic collects them off again.
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Re:Train Robbery for Amazon Packages? More Common Than You T... by dotancohen on Thursday January 25, 2024 @03:38AM (#39127493)
It would still be less expensive than an armed Marine, and that solution has been effective before.
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Re:Train Robbery for Amazon Packages? More Common Than You T... by anigbrowl on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @11:10PM (#39126116)
Disposable overalls: $10
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Re:Train Robbery for Amazon Packages? More Common Than You T... by jojobas on Thursday January 25, 2024 @09:21PM (#39138227)
That's why they don't use dye in protecting cash, and no-one ever got in jail by getting dyed.
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Re:Train Robbery for Amazon Packages? More Common Than You T... by anigbrowl on Friday January 26, 2024 @01:41AM (#39139552)
It works great against the unprepared, not so much against people who plan ahead.
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