A Subway Vandal group known as the "Conquestors" are responsible for throwing the system into havoic. They steal destination signs from trains, break into train cabs, and once almost blew up a train.
On April 2, 2015, Keyshawn Brown, one of the members of the Subway Vandal group ripped a rollsign out of its socket on a R32, and then threw it onto the tracks at Nostrand Ave and began filming. A C train filled with dozens of people hits the rollsign on the track, which then connected to the third rail and a huge explosion occurred, activating the trains emergency break. Keyshawn later fled the station, having told a witness "he wanted to do it for fun because he was bored."
The video popped up online, and with the help of a fellow rail fanner named DJ Hammers, he posted a video on youtube about the group does, like change rollsigns and trespassing into tunnels. Once, they wouldn't let a (Q) train leave a station because one of the members kept shoving the door back open.
Here is a picture:
Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGvvliPRqZ8
Keyshawn Brown was arrested on Tuesday at Coney Island.
And in another video, one of the members who weren't arrested are seen breaking into a cab of a subway car, pushing buttons that could have derailed the train or done something worse. He later comments on the video "I just turned the lights off..."
Here is the video:
They have done a ton of more things, including surfing on the back of subway trains.
The NYC Subway System is a place of travel, and a place of adoring the Subway Trains that go through everyday. Please remember, if your a railfanner, always follow NYC Subway Rules, and never hang out with the wrong people.
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