Suppose they're not on the train? What if they set the throttle and jumped off? While...

Inspector Daniels: Garber, I just had a terrible thought: suppose they're not on the train? What if they set the throttle and jumped off? While we're chasing the train, they're sneaking out of an emergency exit somewhere behind us. Lt. Garber: Ingenious thought, sir, except for one thing: it's impossible. Inspector Daniels: Why? Lt. Garber: Little gizmo known as a dead man's feature. It was built into the controller handle in case a motorman should ever drop dead. The controller handle has to have a man's hand pressing down on it hard at all times. Otherwise, the thing don't work. The train stops cold. Inspector Daniels: Uh-huh. I see. Lt. Garber: Nice try, though.

Garber? Just had a terrible thought. Suppose they're not on the train? What if they set the throttle and jumped off? While we're chasin' the train, they're sneakin' out somewhere behind us. Ingenious, sir, except it's impossible. - Why? - A gizmo known as a deadman's feature. It's built into the control handle in case the motorman drops dead. The handle has to have a man's hand pressing down on it, hard, at all times. Otherwise the thing don't work. The train stops cold. Ah, I see. Nice try, though. I'll give 'em a call in case you're still worried about it. Pelham One Two Three, what's goin' on down there? The tracks aren't cleared yet. How come you're movin'? We're trying to put some distance between us and all those policemen you've got hidden back there. If you keep moving, you're gonna run into a lot of red signals. - I don't want you to blame us for it. - L won't blame you for anything. Just let us know when you've cleared the track. OK, signing off. Do you think he's able to figure anything out? I mean, all those questions. Not surprising under the circumstances, is it? They're thinking what we want them to think. Ah, there it is. OK. Stop a few yards past it, will you? All right. Thank you, Mr. Green. He shutdown again. Pass it along. Grand Central Tower callin' Command Center. Come in, Command Center. Command Center. She stopped again, Lieutenant. Below 18th Street station. Got ya. Thanks. Inspector, they stopped again. Where are you?