Wagon Train - ultra cool tech

From my first reading of the series, through to today some 20 years later I am still wowed by the concept of the wagon-trains. Most of my favourite sections of the series are those that take place with some involvement with the wagon trains.

I love big tech ideas - and in the Amtrak Federation there is nothing bigger than a wagon train. Patrick did such an amazing job of desribing their presence, operation and impact on the mutes, that those scenes throughout the series are memorable. This is not just limited to the combat scenes, but also the brief sections say like in Book 4 when 'The Lady' is making its high speed run to search for Steve and co, showed brief glimpses into the tracker world and how the trains are used.

As outlined in my earlier post, it would be great to see even bigger versions of the trains, or multi-train operations, something presented at the close of Book 5 when the federation finally takes out the McCalls once and for all with a 4 train attack. Think about that change in strategy - what would it mean for future wagon-train operations now that the Federation has seen how effective it has been.

Keen to hear thoughts.