Weird it ended that quickly and easily.

Armed man from St. Charles arrested after stopping Amtrak train in Nebraska

OXFORD, Neb. • An armed man got into a locomotive on an Amtrak train passing through southwest Nebraska early Saturday and pulled the emergency brake while about 175 passengers were on board, authorities say.

Deputies from Furnas and Harlan counties responded to the incident in Oxford around 1:54 a.m. after being alerted that the eastbound California Zephyr was in emergency response mode, Furnas County Sheriff Kurt Kapperman said in a news release.

Amtrak staff detained Taylor M. Wilson, 25, of St. Charles, Mo., and turned him over to the Furnas County Sheriff’s Department, the release said.

Kapperman's deputies found a loaded Smith and Wesson .38-caliber revolver on Wilson’s waistband and a speed loader for the weapon in his pocket. They also seized two bags containing three more speed loaders, a box of ammo for the revolver, a knife, tin snips, scissors and a ventilation mask, Kapperman said.

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It's believed Amtrak engineers in control of the train were in the first locomotive, which was at the front of the train and can't be accessed from the second locomotive directly behind it.
Deputies arrested Wilson on suspicion of felony criminal mischief and possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony.

He was being held at the Furnas County jail on $25,000 bond.

Saturday's incident delayed the train by a little more than an hour, Magliari said.

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That's it?

RILEY JOHNSON Lincoln Journal Star Oct 23, 2017 Updated 1 hr ago



An armed man got into a locomotive on an Amtrak train passing through southwest Nebraska early Saturday and pulled the emergency brake while about 175 passengers were on board, authorities say.

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Kapperman's deputies found a loaded Smith and Wesson .38-caliber revolver on Wilson’s waistband and a speed loader for the weapon in his pocket. They also seized two bags containing three more speed loaders, a box of ammo for the revolver, a knife, tin snips, scissors and a ventilation mask, Kapperman said.

Wilson was traveling from Sacramento, California, to St. Louis, and somehow got into the second locomotive and stopped the train using the emergency brake, the release said.

It's believed Amtrak engineers in control of the train were in the first locomotive, which was at the front of the train and can't be accessed from the second locomotive directly behind it.

More:
http://www.newspressnow.com/news/national/armed-man-pulled-emergency-brake-on-amtrak-locomotive-nebraska-sheriff/article_f9d109c1-b665-5f22-b1b5-e0698f7ce179.html

Lightened up our dreary morning.