An old 10-tonne heavy railway bridge was dismantled and stolen in broad daylight in the west of the Czech Republic, country’s Pravo daily newspaper reported. The metal bridge, built in 1901 over a river near the town of Slavkov in the province of Karlovy Vary, was taken away by an organised group of thieves using a crane and trucks. Pavel Halla, a spokesman for the Czech
Railways, said the thieves also stole some 200 metres of railway track.......
http://www.herald.co.zw/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40503:czech-thieves-steal-10-tonne-rail-bridge&catid=45:international-news&Itemid=137
Steal the bridge and some track while you're at it.
If you show up with the proper equipment and proper 'look'; who outside of someone knowledgeable about the railroads maintenance operations, would even question the event.
If you 'look and act' like you are the real deal, something like this is not that hard to pull off.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
September and October 2011:
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/07/thieves-dismantle-cart-off-steel-bridge-in-pennsylvania/
"Thieves dismantle, cart off steel bridge in Pennsylvania"
FTA:"...Authorities say the privately owned Covert's Crossing bridge, which was made of corrugated steel, has been valued at approximately $100,000 and was dismantled using a blowtorch sometime between September 27 and October 5. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that it contained a steel web decking along with steel I-beam supports..."
Even In America!
Coming soon to ebay.....
Hope the guys that stole it were properly rested...
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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...and they left the sheep alone....
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
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Interesting trying to "Fence" that much stolen metal at your local salvage yard.
A friend told me last week that the local junkyards won't take an intact car without a Certificate of Title - but in pieces over time, sure they will . . . (Just the reverse of that 1976 Johnny Cash song, "One Piece at a Time - see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Piece_at_a_Time ).
- Paul North.
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