How many hostage crises, hijackings, or massive acts of sabotage have been carried out against trains in the U.S. (or using trains as weapons against, e.g., buildings) over the last fifty years?
fool:
Over the last 50 years? Probably very few. But then plane hijackings were non-existent altogether 50 years ago.
Well, what period of time is it more reasonable to evaluate? How realistic is it to examine statistics about the frequency of airliner hijackings vs. train sabotage for, say, the 1920's?
I cited the "last 50 years" because that would be the most representative period of time on which to base an informed decision.
Regards,
You dismissed discussions of the contemporary non-US attacks so what is the point of bringing this up again?
What drives your love of high speed taxpayer funded rail?