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When I was a kid, the train conductors would shoot salt rounds at us from their shotguns. I guess that's not the case anymore?



They do not. Also as the industry has moved toward Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) which allows for running trains that are much much longer than they used to be (up to 2 miles+) with much less staffing. So even if there was someone to do this (and there isn't; conductors are busy with other things), they'll have a lot of train to cover.




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