One little detail
In all the discussion of getting trains back onto the tracks, I have seen little or no discussion of a vital aspect of running the rails--signals and switches. Modern railway has become entangled with sensors and remote controls and other electronic goodies; EMP damage was mentioned in passing but what does that damage _mean_? It means that highballers will need to be sure of the position of every switch they cross. So outriders or scouts would need to be ahead of the train to verify or change the setting of each switch in their path. And if they run through something like the Enola, PA switching yard, they will definitely have their hands full.
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"Let's roll." Todd Beamer, aboard United Flight 93 over western Pennsylvania, September 11, 2001.
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