Day 3 — Black Smoke Interdiction
Train in the Dark: Interdicting the Black Smoke Run
A ghost train still keeps a schedule. Don’t chase every car—box the seventh, cut power on decoy blocks, detach clean, and roll before the guard wakes.
Execution notes
- Window A/B: pre-time decoy outages to force speed drift; never stack both windows.
- Car isolation: lock onto #7 only; ignore escort cars unless they block coupling.
- Cut & cover: detacher + blocker team; power back on after sever to hide the splice.
- Noise discipline: minimal radio; hand signals inside the cut zone.
CTA. Brief the timeline with your team. Assign A/B windows and a single detacher. Rehearse the coupler cut dry.
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