Darius McCollum

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Darius McCollum (born 1965) is a New York resident with a lengthy arrest record for crimes related to trains and the New York City Subway system.

Darius has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and has been obsessed with trains from an early age, frequently riding various trains around New York for days at a time. His obsession with trains has led Darius to frequently impersonate NYCTA employees or a related entity (most recently, as an outside safety consultant) for which he has been jailed numerous times. McCollum has been rejected for employment by NYCTA on numerous occasions, although he is reported to know more about the trains, schedules, procedures and rail operations than any current employee. Harper's Magazine published an article on him in May 2002.