Steam train

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by Dalillama

It's not that terribly difficult, both World Wars featured armed
Trains. It's usually not very helpful, though.

The biggest weakness of an armed train is that it's just as rail-bound as an unarmed one, so an enemy willing to strike the rails can immobilize or destroy it without having to fight it. Though that's more useful if the attackers don't mind destroying the train.

Originally Posted by Dexion

Of course I thinking to put some trunks or rocks on the rails, but it easy to clean the way with lots of peoples to do the job and some watchers with guns.

If you've stopped the train to clear or repair the tracks ahead you may be on guard, but you're also stopped. Keeping the train from running away is the only really distinctive problem of trying to capture a train.

Basically, all you need to waylay a train is the standard bandit barricade: block the road and set up all your shooters to cover where the target will have to stop.