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>>164010Silver goes into the cabin. He sees that there is a dead stallion pushed aside and onto the ground beneath and to the left of the driver's chair. He sees that there is at least one bullet hole. He sees that a panel of the front window has been physically removed, with trickle trails of blood leading up to it. And he sees a stick in the center, with a pedal beneath.
>>164011Silver looks out of the removed front window, wondering if somepony managed to get out of the train that way.
>>164012It goes down the tracks, to where the track goes north and splits off east. Maybe he can see vomit further down, hard to tell. There are no visible corpses, at least from this perspective.
>>164013It's not going to be pretty, if he runs over any of the corpses. He calls out to see if Spec is nearby.
>>164014"Yes?" Spec comes to Silver
>>164015"How are your wings? I do not know if there are any bodies directly in front of train. Window has been removed."
>>164016He looks at Silver, and blinks.
"Move it into the station. We'll change the tracks to let the other train go around."
>>164017Silver blinks as well.
"Uh...alright."
The unicorn looks at the pedal and the stick, wondering how they work. He first tries the stick to see what it controls.
>>164018Up and down. Moving it by itself, no change
>>164020Hmm...Silver gets in the seat, and tries the pedal while pulling the stick back.
>>164021Silver feels a slight jolt. Slowly, the entire train has started to move backwards.
>>164022"Okay, I think I get it..."
Silver tries to just edge it backwards inside the terminal.
"Did you see way for incoming train to switch tracks? It may be safer for us to move this train to next station."
>>164024Oh my God anon, you can’t just ask people why they’re German
I’m out of town right now>>164023“The platform has a double track. I’m not sure how to switch the tracks though.” Spectral Streak answers.
>>164038"Hmm..."
With the train backing up, can Silver see if there was a body in front of it?
>>164039Silver thinks he sees two corpses on the side of the rail line, possibly to be hit by the edge of a train, but certainly not going under the wheels.
>>164041Phew. That's good at least. Silver lets go of the pedal and pushes forwards on the lever, hoping that this will engage the train's brakes. He also looks to Spec.
"Are you good to fly? If you are, follow train tracks behind us to find where two lines split, there should be switching station nearby. I hope..."
>>164042He pulls his lips up in a strained smile and waves his right wing. "I think... I think I should get on the platform..."
>>164043"Right..."
Silver allows himself to think, for just a moment.
"There is train coming and we do not have much time to spare. Go ahead and get off train, drive to next station in line in your car. I will take this train along tracks to next station, and we will meet back up there. Does that sound like good plan?"
>>164044"It's... okay" He says, quickly nodding
>>164045"Unless you have better idea."
>>164046"Put it in the passing loop in the station." He says
>>164048"Well... Take it back into station. And switch the track for the next train."
>>164049"But how and where do we do that?"
>>164050"I... Well it should be automatic. I don't know. But there is a passing loop in the station."
>>164051Silver sighs.
"Do not take this wrong way, but...may I have your flashlight?"
>>164052He blinks. Then scrunches. "You've lost a lot of blood."
>>164053"Please, Spec, just for moment."
>>164054He sighs.
"Okay. Quickly." And holds his eyes open
>>164084Silver shines the flashlight into Spec's eyes, just to be sure.
>>164088Silver sees the golden eyes of his long-gone Storm Warning shing back at him, on top of two opaque white spheres
>>164101Silver turns the flashlight off.
"I do apologise, but you know what danger replacement can pose."
Silver gets on the radio.
"Anypony know how to switch train tracks so two trains can sit side-by-side on parallel tracks?"
>>164103Silver shrugs, pushes the lever forward, and presses the pedal to have the train go forward.
>>164104The train starts moving forward at a relatively low rate of speed
>>164105Silver looks forward out the window for the passing loop.
>>164107Silver keeps going forward.
"It is amazing when you think on it. This train is powered entirely on electricity, it does not use coal and steam like old trains."
>>164108Spectral Streak, however, is more anxious.
"Keep going. Faster!"
The train does pass a split, where the rail goes off eastward and north. The train continues moving north.
>>164109Silver keeps going, faster.
"Was that passing loop we passed?"
>>164110"No. The passing loop is at each station."
>>164111"So we have to go to next station, then?"
>>164112"Well now maybe we do." He says, evidently anxious
>>164113"Spec, we will be fine. Do not worry."
>>164114"Just keep going, and faster."
it isn't that long before Silver believes he is nearing the next station.
>>164115"Alright, look for passing loop."
>>164116Up ahead, Silver sees another covered train station. As before, the track splits along the length of the train station into two tracks, one which is adjacent to a platform (again on the right) and another beside the right track on the left. There are some ponies waiting at the station. Not a crowd, but some.
“Here” Spectral Streak says
>shitpost
No train rides for her.
>>164131So, this begs the question...
"How do we switch?"