Is This Simply Metal Theft, or Something Else?

June 4th, 2011

This seems like a lot of effort to go through for $135 worth of metal that can’t even be sold at scrapyards. The theory is that the thieves will melt the iron down and then resell it. How much will it cost, in terms of fuel, to melt it down? I don’t know for sure, but I’m guessing that this crew would be lucky to wind up with enough change to afford Big Macs at the end of the day.

Is the drug-addled-zombie explanation believable?

I hope we’re not going to be looking at headlines about how al qaeda is causing trains to derail, and how this was some kind of dry run.

Via: Taunton Daily Gazette:

A CSX railroad engine en route to a delivery in Taunton’s Myles Standish Industrial Park derailed Wednesday afternoon after thieves cut away two 8-foot sections of solid steel track, authorities said.

No one was injured as a result of the incident, which observers on scene said ranks as the most audacious example of metal theft in recent memory.

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Smith said he had never come across a similar incident during his 18 years as a railroad professional.

CSX “wreck master” Mark Achorn said much the same.

Achorn, 59, said he has worked in the railroad industry for 37 years and that he’s accustomed to the occasional call about weather-related rail damage, but never one due to outright theft.

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De Angelis, 56, said what turned out to be an extreme inconvenience in other circumstances could have been “a major disaster.”

He noted that an engine becoming derailed can hit telephone poles and power lines. He also said he dreads to imagine the repercussions a similar act of sabotage could have on a “main line” rail service, such as Amtrak or the MBTA.

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One Response to “Is This Simply Metal Theft, or Something Else?”

  1. Ann says:
    June 5, 2011 at 1:25 pm

    This used to be quite common where I grew up. People were always short on cash, and they often solved the problem by going out and tearing up old railroad tracks and selling the metal for scrap. Usually the tracks weren’t used anymore, and sure, it was illegal, but you could always find a scrap buyer who would take it anyway and it was a quick way to make some much needed cash. My guess is they have a buyer already lined up and they planned to take a lot more, but were interrupted somehow.

    Desperate people do desperate things.

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