text: [Themes: thriller]
  
  > go downwards
  (The maintenance access hatch slams shut after you pass through.)
  Some of the acid sloshes out of the bottle of acid.
  
  You're in a small gap between the cars. Small maintenance tunnels lead south and north, although they are rather small and probably not safe when the train is in motion. A maintenance hatch above you offers more traditional passage on the train.
  
  A prominent lever is attached to the car junction. The lever has been pushed into the "closed" position.
  
  > Go north
  Slowly you crawl northwards along the length of the train...
  
  Car 5, underside
  From here, you can make out the complex speed regulators, air brakes, and other mechanisms you take for granted whenever you travel by rail. You can crawl south or north along the length of the car.
  
  > Go north
  Some of the acid sloshes out of the bottle of acid.
  
  Slowly you crawl northwards along the length of the train...
  
  You're in a small gap between the cars. Small maintenance tunnels lead south and north, although they are rather small and probably not safe when the train is in motion. A maintenance hatch above you offers more traditional passage on the train.
  
  A prominent lever is attached to the car junction. The lever has been pushed into the "closed" position.
  
  > Go upwards
  (You pop open the maintenance access hatch as you go topside.)
  
  Between each pair of cars is an area which has always frightened you. Maybe it's the fact that the area is open save for a flimsy metal railing across the gaps; maybe it's the constant shifting of the floor beneath your feet. Safer areas lie south and north.
  
  A maintenance access hatch is open, leading downwards to darkness.
  
  You can also see an external ladder here.
  
  > Go south
  (The maintenance access hatch slams shut when you release it to move.) You open the door to car 5.
  
  This car may have been a kitchen car, or perhaps it was temporarily converted into one for the purposes of this trip. In either case, the recent occupation by the terrorists has left it in shambles. Exits lead south and north.
  
  The lifeless bodies of the terrorists lie scattered around the car.
  
  The refrigerator must have been broken, as a heavy-duty ice chest sits in the corner.
  
  The door to the car junction slides shut.
  
  > look at bodies
  They're draped over their weapons.
  
  > search the bodies
  You find nothing of interest.
  
  The train just zoomed through the Santa Barbara station.
  
  > Open chest
  You open the ice chest, revealing some cans of soda.
  
  > look at the cans
  Cheap bastards only sprang for generic cola.
  
  > go south
  You open the door to the car junction.
  
  Between each pair of cars is an area which has always frightened you. Maybe it's the fact that the area is open save for a flimsy metal railing across the gaps; maybe it's the constant shifting of the floor beneath your feet. Safer areas lie south and north.
  
  You see a concealed maintenance access hatch in the floor here.
  
  You can also see an external ladder, a punched ticket and a small velvet box (which is empty) here.
  
  The door to car 5 slides shut.
  
  > go north
  You open the door to car 5.
  
  This car may have been a kitchen car, or perhaps it was temporarily converted into one for the purposes of this trip. In either case, the recent occupation by the terrorists has left it in shambles. Exits lead south and north.
  
  The lifeless bodies of the terrorists lie scattered around the car.
  
  The refrigerator must have been broken, as a heavy-duty ice chest sits in the corner.
  
  The door to the car junction slides shut.
  
  > Go north
  You open the door to the car junction.
  
  Between each pair of cars is an area which has always frightened you. Maybe it's the fact that the area is open save for a flimsy metal railing across the gaps; maybe it's the constant shifting of the floor beneath your feet. Safer areas lie south and north.
  
  You see a concealed maintenance access hatch in the floor here.
  
  You can also see an external ladder here.
  
  The door to car 5 slides shut.
  
  > Go north
  You open the door to car 6.
  
  Car 6, the last car
  This is a tiny car-- a classic caboose, except it isn't red, and it doesn't have a potbelly stove. It's pretty much a lounge for the conductor and his assistants, except the conductor is conspicuously missing.
  
  You can see a train schedule, all of the passengers and a tool chest (in which is a can of lubricant) here.
  
  The door to the car junction slides shut.
  
  > Terrorists are dead
  The passengers are too scared to respond.
  
  > Search passengers
  The passengers object to being frisked.
  
  > Go north
  You open the door to car 6.
  
  Car 6, the last car
  This is a tiny car-- a classic caboose, except it isn't red, and it doesn't have a potbelly stove. It's pretty much a lounge for the conductor and his assistants, except the conductor is conspicuously missing.
  
  You can see all of the passengers and a tool chest (in which is a can of lubricant) here.
  
  The door to the car junction slides shut.
  
  > get the lubricant
  (putting the cans of soda into the sport coat to make room)
  There is no more room in the sport coat.
  
  > get the chest
  It's too bulky for you to lug around, so you leave it.
  
  > go to the south
  You open the door to car 4.
  
  Car 4, Aft
  The north section of the car is a tight squeeze. Another compartment lies east, while the exit from the car lies to the north.
  
  The darkroom door is west.
  
  The door to the car junction slides shut.
  
  > check your inventory
  You are carrying:
  some cans of soda
  a diamond ring (being worn)
  a sport coat (being worn)
  a bottle of hydroxide (which is open but empty)
  a squirt bottle (which is closed)
  a quantity of pale blue liquid
  a strange red bulb
  a bottle of acid (which is open)
  a quantity of acid
  a bottle of developing fluid (which is open but empty)
  a small plastic tube (which is closed)
  some litmus powder
  
  > go north
  You open the door to the car junction.
  
  Between each pair of cars is an area which has always frightened you. Maybe it's the fact that the area is open save for a flimsy metal railing across the gaps; maybe it's the constant shifting of the floor beneath your feet. Safer areas lie south and north.
  
  You see a concealed maintenance access hatch in the floor here.
  
  You can also see an external ladder, a punched ticket and a small velvet box (which is empty) here.
  
  The door to car 4 slides shut.
  
  > Inventory
  You are carrying:
  some cans of soda
  a diamond ring (being worn)
  a sport coat (being worn)
  a bottle of hydroxide (which is open but empty)
  a squirt bottle (which is closed)
  a quantity of pale blue liquid
  a strange red bulb
  a bottle of acid (which is open)
  a quantity of acid
  a small plastic tube (which is closed)
  some litmus powder
  
  > go north
  You open the door to car 6.
  
  Car 6, the last car
  This is a tiny car-- a classic caboose, except it isn't red, and it doesn't have a potbelly stove. It's pretty much a lounge for the conductor and his assistants, except the conductor is conspicuously missing.
  
  You can see all of the passengers and a tool chest (in which is a can of lubricant) here.
  
  The train just rushed by the Oxnard station.
  
  The door to the car junction slides shut.
  
  > put the lubricant in the coat
  You put the can of lubricant into the sport coat.
  
  > put the lubricant in the coat
  You need to be holding the can of lubricant before you can put it into something else.
  
  The junction shudders, creeks and groans.
  
  > check your inventory
  You are carrying:
  some cans of soda
  a diamond ring (being worn)
  a sport coat (being worn)
  a can of lubricant
  a bottle of hydroxide (which is open but empty)
  a squirt bottle (which is closed)
  a quantity of pale blue liquid
  a strange red bulb
  a bottle of acid (which is open)
  a quantity of acid
  a small plastic tube (which is closed)
  some litmus powder
  
  With a groan that shudders through the entire train, the cars separate.
  
  This results in the floor beneath you opening up and dropping you unceremoniously onto the tracks. Not pleasant.