I am not alone in thinking of Atlas Shrugged

in conjunction with the North Korean train crash:

A Flashback to "Atlas Shrugged"
Word Count: 510 words

By Adam Reed


North Korea's replay in reality of a fictional incident that Ayn Rand described
in "Atlas Shrugged" half a century ago should remind us of her message: Man's
right to live by the judgment of his own mind is not an optional luxury. Man's
right to live by the judgment of his own mind is a necessary precondition for
human life. Where this right is denied, people die.

Not that there's anything surprising about the Objectivist Center thinking of that, but...
Well, read the whole thing.