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Will possibly angry reaction to the acquittal of George Zimmerman have any effect on the Auto-Train, whose southern terminus is Sanford, or any other Amtrak or other rail service in the area?

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I wouldn't hold my breath.

You didn't recognize him? That was the_traveler, racking up some bonus AGR points! The real question is, why did they cross the railroad? And did anyone have chicken dinner that evening?

Outside of the NEC, 110-mph running is as close as you'll ever get to HSR in this country.

I would think that the transmitter would be embedded or hidden out of reach of the passengers--and their pocket knives.

For now.

Six killed as commuter train derails in Paris suburb

Drive? You drive a bus, not a train--at least in this country. To me, driving requires the use of a steering wheel, something lacking on most trains, AFAIK.

Will WMATA now be able to go back to more-or-less automatic train operation, as it has had in the past (and as other systems, like BART, still have)?

I believe that, on a per-mile basis, one of the most dangerous means of travel is ... walking. On a per-trip basis, by far the most dangerous means of travel is by motorcycle "(536.6 per 100 million person-trips), followed by other vehicle occupants (28.4 per 100 million person-trips)."

Not sure about that. At least AC Transit doesn't seem to think so: BRT in the East Bay

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San Francisco Plane Crash: 2 Killed in Asiana Crash Were Teenage Girls on School Trip from China

According to Wikipedia, Kato's N-scale trains are produced at 1:160. Other manufacturers go down (or up, if you prefer) as far as 1:148. If the real-life cars are 25,000 mm (intermediate cars) and 27,350 mm (end cars), then the Kato trains should include 156.25 mm long intermediate cars, and...

They might if the woman turned onto a railroad track where there were no vehicular roads or the like for miles around. That was not the case here. Asking a satellite to precisely locate and advise a motorist where to turn from over 20,000 miles away is a bit much.

I noticed that, too. The Comical vs. the Murky Noose.

BART strike leaves commuters weary, wiser for Day 2

Mercury News editorial: BART union demands are outrageous

Sounds like there are some bigger (as in long-term) issues coming to the fore. From the Calgary Sun link above: