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[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

No, they're attached to sleepers, and the whole lot sits on a bed of ballast (stones). You could easily move some stones aside and thread the rope through the gap.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Even if that's so, people are never shown tied up that way. They're always just laid onto the tracks.

[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You don't see all the rope so there could be a loop around the line behind them.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 1 points 27 minutes ago

Usually it's clear the rope isn't tied to anything beneath them.