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Great Grain Train Robbery

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Monday, December 12, 2011 2:19 AM
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Great Grain Train Robbery
Posted by Victrola1 on Sunday, December 11, 2011 8:57 PM

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Police in Brazil's southeastern Sao Paulo state are investigating the theft of 50 metric tons (55 U.S. tons) of corn from a moving train.

A police report says the thieves greased the train tracks, making the wheels of the 54-wagon locomotive skid and slow down before they used a tow truck with a hook to remove the corn-filled containers....

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/11/9366825-brazil-50-tons-of-corn-stolen-from-moving-train

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