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Are you an actor in a horror movie?

Sure, if you're a fan of suspense films.

I was on a cross-country Amtrak many years ago. We stopped in the middle of a cornfield in Indiana. Soon after the train was surrounded by police and ambulances. It turned out that three people in one of the sleeper cars had OD’d on eightballs and died. It’s probably nothing that dramatic though.

Sounds better than Musicology Duck's saga about the bus that would *not* stop.

Unless you are on the Polar Express, the answer to that question is no, generally speaking.

I dunno — stopping in the middle of nowhere didn’t turn out so well in “The Grand Budapest Hotel”…

You're either in a murder mystery, or horror film

Per federal law, Amtrak has right of way on the tracks. However, there are no sidings on any rail line anywhere in the country long enough to hold a 12,000+ foot train. So you may just be waiting for a long freight to pass because there’s physically no other option.

Hoping for your safety.

Depends on who rides with you.

You okay?❣️

Kavenaugh stop?

It Depends

Did you feel a sudden jolt and smell smoke? If not there’s a good chance your train *didn’t* just hit a car. (Mine did once, stranding me in bumfuck nowhere between Fresno and SF for hours)

Seconding "probably waiting for freight traffic to move on".

Are the doors locked from the outside?

did you get on via Track 9 3/4?

Depends on which train. It it's full of zombies, then yeah that's good.

A stopped train in the middle of nowhere just means we.. uh you, have a new problem!

Has Hercule Poirot shown up?

Ugh. Good luck.

Might pay to check whether any men with odd hats are outside.

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depends can you hear banjos?

I mean, if you were in the mood for a hike, it's great news!

👀

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Are there people on horses with bandanas on their faces?

As someone who has only traveled on west coast Amtrak thats just normal for us. Then I remembered that easy coast Amtrak passengers actually have priority over freight traffic.

Don't trigger me. I got stuck for 36 hours on the auto train a few years ago. Haunts me. Half the time we had to go BACKWARDS to allow commercial trains to use the tracks.

If it’s Amtrak, that’s how it rolls.

Only if you're on the...

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Probably waiting for traffic to clear ahead

OK, so, I’m looking at timetables and such, and it is possible that … we’re just early … and keep having to stop to stay on schedule?!

It was good for the plot of Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Not sure about your situation though.

That depends on whether you're living in a romcom (good), a thriller (maybe-bad), or a horror (bad-bad).