Perhaps the best known is Darius McCollum, known as the “train bandit,” who has been arrested 32 times for impersonating transit employees, stealing trains and buses and driving their routes. How the offender obtained the key is one factor being investigated by transit officials. Brake cords are also located inside train cars so passengers can use them in an emergency. A man surfs on the back of the train, then gains access to an operating cabin. He goes inside, pulls the emergency brake and then escapes onto the track .

Source: New York Times May 23, 2019 18:20 UTC