CASTOR containers and transports The security measures, citing terror, technical accident and protest concerns, included and include: 1. The containers themselves: super-stong metallic containers designed to resist all kinds of chemical effects, extreme acceleration/deceleration (they were tested by throwing them out of airplanes, also in train crashes), electricity etc. (Later though, it was found that hard stresses and wear do cause structural damage on them.) 2. They are put in long trains with multiple locomotives which also serve as buffer. The locomotives are diesel-powered thus autonomous (and are fitted with protective gear themselves). 3. The routing of the trains isn't announced in advance, multiple lines are drawn up. 4. Along the possible lines, police checks for any hindrances the day before. 5. When the train comes, all other rail traffic is stopped on the section so that collision is not even possible. To limit the railway's inconvenience and to make the approach less apparent, the train is often routed along sparsely used or disused branchlines (which paradoxically make the protesters' 'job' easier, most major blockades happened in such lines). 6. The train is 'preceded' by a helicopter, which again checks for hindrances. 7. Along the route when the train passes through, policemen are called out to control the area in a half-hour or so, again checking for any hindrances. 8. The train advances at a slow speed. On some critical spots, at walking speed, surrounded by walking policemen.
1. The containers themselves: super-stong metallic containers designed to resist all kinds of chemical effects, extreme acceleration/deceleration (they were tested by throwing them out of airplanes, also in train crashes), electricity etc. (Later though, it was found that hard stresses and wear do cause structural damage on them.) 2. They are put in long trains with multiple locomotives which also serve as buffer. The locomotives are diesel-powered thus autonomous (and are fitted with protective gear themselves). 3. The routing of the trains isn't announced in advance, multiple lines are drawn up. 4. Along the possible lines, police checks for any hindrances the day before. 5. When the train comes, all other rail traffic is stopped on the section so that collision is not even possible. To limit the railway's inconvenience and to make the approach less apparent, the train is often routed along sparsely used or disused branchlines (which paradoxically make the protesters' 'job' easier, most major blockades happened in such lines). 6. The train is 'preceded' by a helicopter, which again checks for hindrances. 7. Along the route when the train passes through, policemen are called out to control the area in a half-hour or so, again checking for any hindrances. 8. The train advances at a slow speed. On some critical spots, at walking speed, surrounded by walking policemen.
