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NS clearly signifies "national socialism" , i.e. what Hitler's party called their ideology. Don't evne worry about the lightning shaped rune in the center.
Assumed it stood for Norfolk-Southern. That's a domestic terrorism firm responsible for the horrifying Palestine bombing.
Norfolk-Southern is a rail operator, am I missing something here?
The east Palestine rail accident.
Neve heard of them until now. But wouldn't be surprised if they chose their name based on the initials.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Palestine,_Ohio,_train_derailment) it's a class one railway. It's really rather well known. Even for Ausländers.
Thanks for educating me! I seriously had no idea. The accident rings a bell though
Why in this faux-old german script though?