http://www.cbs47.tv/news/state/story/20-boxes-of-frozen-pigs-feet-taken-in-train-heist/MozE_YQMOk2qOus6LJXoOQ.cspx?rss=154
20 boxes of fro]en pigs' feet taken in train heist
VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) ² Train robbers have broken into a rail car and carted off 20 boxes of frozen pigs' feet during a Southern California desert stop.
Union Pacific Railroad spokesman Aaron Hunt tells the Victorville Daily Press that the thieves probably didn't know what was in the rail car when they broke into it Friday night.
It wasn't a lucrative heist: The entire haul was worth about $200.
Hunt says the theft was discovered when the freight train made an emergency stop near Victorville, about 90 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
Hunt says authorities are investigating why the train initiated emergency stop procedures.
A train can make an emergency stop for various reasons, including if the crew sees something on the tracks ahead of them or if one of the rail cars has a braking problem
Frozen pigs feet? Well, it sure wasn't Al Queda.
Hopefully no one is wanting to make Pickeled Pigs feet on the other end of that trip. Could have been worse it could havve been worse could have been Hog Jowels.
I thought pork products were against the Muslim faith.
Firelock76 Frozen pigs feet? Well, it sure wasn't Al Queda.
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Since the train was southbound, the thieves probably got on in Barstow or Yermo.
Probably local Meth heads without a clue.
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Pork products ARE against the Muslim faith, hence my supposition it wasn't an Al Queda caper. Wonder where the railroad bulls were? Out chasing photographers?
All they need now is some dirty rice and jambalaya...
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That much pigs feet in cases will sure sweeten a whole mess of Pintos and Onions!
The gas alone would enough to blow the thieves cover.
With a haul like that, they certainly won't be "eatin' high on the hog"!
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Lets be logical. Victorville? This is just stocking up for the new Desert Express trains. They will be aged properly by time train service starts?
I wonder if any of the thieves will 'squeal' on each other.
I wonder what the thieves thought they were going to find.
Jeff
I assume the emergency stop was intentially set by the robbers, especially since it was such a stop. They likely had gotten on a some yard just prior. I wonder what was in the other cars. Maybe they simply counted wrong and opened the wrong car.
Either those boxes are not very big, or that cargo is pretty low value - for $10 a box, I wonder why the pig's feet needed to be shipped at intermodal rates ?
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Back in the early sixties, I was offered some pickled pig's feet. To be polite, I ate one or two. I have eaten none since, even though it is possible to buy them in stores around here.
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Paul_D_North_Jr Either those boxes are not very big, or that cargo is pretty low value - for $10 a box, I wonder why the pig's feet needed to be shipped at intermodal rates ? Many funny comments above (Ed Blysard's being my favorite). - Paul North.
Was it a container or reefer broken into? All the on-line sites I've looked at (Can't get the original link to open) just say a UP rail car. I've just assumed it was a mechanical reefer.
I'd imagine the boxes were in the 10-15 lbs range, the exact weight of each box varying. If shipped in the big bulk boxes, you'ld need a fork lift to move them. I worked for three and a half years for IBP (now Tyson) at their Perry, IA pork plant. For the first six months, my job there was cutting off the hind feet and tail on the disassembly line. After that I got the job doing the plant inventory. Boxes of meat were of different sizes depending on product. IIRC, about 25 lbs was the heaviest for being handled manually. At that plant the less desirable parts (like pig's feet and ears) usually went to the freezer, operated by an IBP subsidiary. The conveyer line however went through the fresh meat storage area and once in a while I'd find a box on the floor or there might be an order for a few boxes and they'ld be taken off the line and placed on a pallet.
While IBP only shipped meat by truck, the freezer operation did ship by rail. After going to work for the UP, I caught the Perry way freight a few times and switched the plant. IBP was the only "regular" customer on the line and switched (usually) once a week. Most of the line has since been abandoned.
jeffhergert I wonder what the thieves thought they were going to find. Jeff
Maybe they thought the reefer would contain some weed.
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Here is another link .. Not too much additional information, besides the info about the truck ..
http://www.vvdailypress.com/articles/frozen-30985-pigs-rob.html
Robert
No part left unshipped. You would be surprised what goes overseas via Oakland or Seattle. Cloverleaf ships the lion's share from this area. One standard reefer can hold about 3000 boxes of pig "parts". Don't ask, and I will not state specifics.
Trust me you would puke if you knew WYH I was hauling for Export to places like China Japan India Austrailla and other countries. Or some of tthe things I hauled for animal food. that Ipicked up in the ports.
I don't know. Those pig rectums seem especially wanted by the Chinese. If you were Chinese, I'd bet you'd be all stocked up on pig rectums. ; )
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