No, silly. He has an inertial damping field around him that essentially transfers his own indestructibility to any object or person he is holding, at will. It’s the same principle that keeps his cape and tights from getting shredded when he walks through explosions or gets shot. The sheer force of impact crumples the very front of the train, but the rest of it will be fine.

In this case, he is just respecting the child’s own personal space and choosing to risk the corporate-owned property of the train rather than potentially upsetting the child.

What do Data and Armus have in common?

They both ate Yar.