http://www.tauntongazette.com/news/...ilroad-tracks-in-Taunton-today-train-derailed
It seems stealing rails from tracks has escalated...
It seems stealing rails from tracks has escalated...
Track Stolen from Route...Part 2
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Retro00064
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The previous rail robbery that you posted about was bad enough, being that it was a private rail line (?), but this time is a lot worse! I mean, they stole CSX tracks?! 
Regards.
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well, since the train derailed, I can imagine if they catch the idiots, those will be federal charges.
Are people really so stupid as to think they can take railroad track to the scrap dealer and get away with it? I would think most places would instantly report that to the feds.
Are people really so stupid as to think they can take railroad track to the scrap dealer and get away with it? I would think most places would instantly report that to the feds.
cascaderailroad
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Two rails worth $ 270 ... Imagine them comming into a pawn shop.:hehe:
People were stealing traffic stop signs, and manhole covers from steets, causing cars wheels to fall into the open manhole ... what are people thinking when they do these things ?
A guy was stealing wire from CSX, and was sitting on the corner stripping the insulation off hundereds of feet of it. Another guy was stealing live wire from telephone poles, when he suddenly got lit up by 10,200 volts.
People were stealing traffic stop signs, and manhole covers from steets, causing cars wheels to fall into the open manhole ... what are people thinking when they do these things ?
A guy was stealing wire from CSX, and was sitting on the corner stripping the insulation off hundereds of feet of it. Another guy was stealing live wire from telephone poles, when he suddenly got lit up by 10,200 volts.
He he:hehe: I am going to put those 5 feet long rail tracks in the back of my pickup truck and nobodys going to ask why I have them? Wrong it as dumb as taking a atm machine and putting in your truck its noticeable and usual to have that in a truck of course.
Next thing people are going to do is start stealing a diesel train and think nobodys going to notice it missing right how dumb are people nowadays?
Next thing people are going to do is start stealing a diesel train and think nobodys going to notice it missing right how dumb are people nowadays?
cascaderailroad
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There was a Conrail employee who got busted for theft. When they searched his mountain property, he had 2 working crossing gates complete with flashing signals and bells (remote controled/motion activated, normally in the down position) gaurding his property's driveway. Two bucket trucks, 2 highrail trucks, 1 wreck truck, and thousands of other stolen Conrail parts and equipment.
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Retro00064
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On one of our nearby local backroads, there is a house that has a street sign at the driveway entrance with the house's address, including the road name, and using the prototypical FHWA Series fonts I believe, then there is a standard yellow-circle "RXR" crossing advance warning sign, then two real crossings signals with lights, crossbucks, and possibly a bell, and one of them has a barrier at a diagonal angle. 
The stuff has been there for a while I believe, so it may very well be legally-obtained retired equipment (I do not think that I could steal a railway crossings signal very easily from a crossing, nor do it without being noticed 
), but who knows for sure.
Regards.
The stuff has been there for a while I believe, so it may very well be legally-obtained retired equipment (I do not think that I could steal a railway crossings signal very easily from a crossing, nor do it without being noticed ), but who knows for sure. Regards.
Well, Back in '98 or so when the coal train piled up in Parkville (a little town near me that's bisected by a BNSF railway line) there was a lot of bent, twisted, sawn-to-peices rail left by the company after they replaced the torn up track. they were going to scrap it, and one day, my dad and i were down there when some workers were up throwing it in the back of trucks to haul off, and we asked, "hey, can we have a little bit of that?" to my surprise, they said, "sure!." now i've got about a 1.5-2ft section of rail that's ben torn at a ragged diagonal at one end, torched in a straight line at the other, sitting in my front yard. I love it. It's my favorite peice of railroad memorabilia i have
Steamdemon
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Solution? Electrify the rails. Anyone dumb enough to try to take the tracks will be zapped to a crisp. :hehe: Only problem is, they will have to switch them off for maintinence... hmmm....
Has anyone tried to steal a train? :hehe:
Has anyone tried to steal a train? :hehe:
The previous rail robbery that you posted about was bad enough, being that it was a private rail line (?), but this time is a lot worse! I mean, they stole CSX tracks?!
Regards.
It appears the track was stolen from another private line servicing an industry, but switched by CSX, at least that is the impression I got from the article.
there's the Andrew's raid during the Civil War, where a group of union spies stole a confederate train out of Kenesaw, GA, pulled by the locomotive General, planning to rip up track, cut telegraph lines (they actually did the latter) and burn bridges up to the Union Lines. What they didn't count on was the engineer of the General chasing them on foot, by handcar, and finally, in the Yonah and (running tender first) the Texas, running them out of fuel. most of the spies, including Andrew himself, were captured and hung.
Interesting Side Note, Both the General and the Texas survive. Yonah was blown up in the retreat from Atlanta, i think. the General actually pulled the last train out of there. interestingly, she can still steam, though she hasn't since 1965.
The previous rail robbery that you posted about was bad enough, being that it was a private rail line (?), but this time is a lot worse! I mean, they stole CSX tracks?!
Regards.
Uh, what does it matter, where the track was stolen from? The point is that some very stupid people performed a very stupid act.
Really, there are easier, safer, probably less illegal, ways to get money, whether it be for drugs or anything else.
Like, oh, I don't know, get a job! Hell, there's gotta be a position that requires a person with your strength, determination, and mindless stupidity somewhere.:hehe:
It matters quite a bit, in court...federal court.
I was photographing an ICE loco back in March. The train was stopped on a passing loop. Suddenly a pickup pulls up next to it and the train crew dismount from the loco and walk to the truck. Problem? I ask them. 'No' says the engineer, 'its the end of our shift'. With that they got in the truck and drove off.........leaving the loco running and the cab door unlocked. I said to my wife, 'you go throw the switch and I reckon with my limited knowledge from TRAINZ I could drive this thing out of here'......she thought that probably wasn't a good idea.....