Train Heist Foiled by Intercom Capture

"Transcript Pulled From the Train’s Emergency Intercom After the Overnight Stop

The intercom crackled at 1:07 a.m., not with an announcement, but with breathing. Slow,

deliberate, layered under the rattle of wheels and the tinny chime that plays before

messages. I was alone in Car C, counting stations by the smell of

oil and the flicker of tunnel lights. A voice cut in, low: “Wait for the curve.” Then the

brakes hissed and my phone vibrated with a saved audio clip I didn’t start. The clip caught

the same voice, closer, saying, “Door won’t alarm if it’s masked.”

Somewhere ahead, a door slammed metal on metal. At 1:12, another clip saved