Western films often depict characters getting tied down to railroad tracks and run over as a means of execution. Are there any recorded instances of that actually happening? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

Western films often depict characters getting tied down to railroad tracks and run over as a means of execution. Are there any recorded instances of that actually happening?

by Jertok

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Hi, you'll find additional responses in these threads

/u/leyebrow in Do we know of anyone actually being tied up and left on the railroad tracks?
/u/AshkenazeeYankee in Did criminals from the West in the 19th century actually tie women to train tracks or is this just a trope from tv shows and cartoons?
/u/Romiress in Back in the old west, were people actually tied to train tracks, or is this concept just created by Hollywood?

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