Of All The Things to Steal.....

[Indeos]

Maybe they did it for the lulz or something. It wouldn't surprise me much if I went on /b/ and saw a thread about this, complete with pics of the theft in progress.

Yea, because endangering the lives of railroad workers is just hi-larious.

And all people are good, balanced individuals. Intelligent, too.

Honestly, the crime itself is hilarious. The consequences may not be, but you're naive if you think most people actually care.

[Mature Related]

It would have been easier to go to one of the many abandoned/unused tracks.

[Coffee Cakes]

I grocery shop in Taunton. it's not far from where I live in Attleboro.

And I will say... up here, idiots are the norm, not the exception. But this is just plain ridiculous. WTF were they thinking?

[Hardened Pyrokinetics]

I grocery shop in Taunton. it's not far from where I live in Attleboro.

And I will say... up here, idiots are the norm, not the exception. But this is just plain ridiculous. WTF were they thinking?

"These will make SWEET ASS bongs!"

[Psychotic Catholics]

Wouldn't it be fairly easier to take the guardrails from a street / highway, etc.?

Really, these guys went all out.

[The Parkus Empire]

Maybe they did it for the lulz or something. It wouldn't surprise me much if I went on /b/ and saw a thread about this, complete with pics of the theft in progress.

Yea, because endangering the lives of railroad workers is just hi-larious.

If you enjoy black humor based on events that actually happened, then it very well it might be.

[Indeos]

Wouldn't it be fairly easier to take the guardrails from a street / highway, etc.?

Really, these guys went all out.

Probably not as valuable, and presumably you'd have less time because traffic doesn't exactly stop at night. Trains run on schedules, and I doubt it's hard to get a copy of one or figure it out.

[Coffee Cakes]

I grocery shop in Taunton. it's not far from where I live in Attleboro.

And I will say... up here, idiots are the norm, not the exception. But this is just plain ridiculous. WTF were they thinking?

"These will make SWEET ASS bongs!"

Maybe that's what the idiots smoked before doing something this stupid.

[Wilgrove]

Wouldn't it be fairly easier to take the guardrails from a street / highway, etc.?

Really, these guys went all out.

Probably not as valuable, and presumably you'd have less time because traffic doesn't exactly stop at night. Trains run on schedules, and I doubt it's hard to get a copy of one or figure it out.

Ehhh some trains do....some trains run on as needed basis. Passenger trains do run on a schedule, but freight trains is a mix of both scheduled and as needed.

[Indeos]

Probably not as valuable, and presumably you'd have less time because traffic doesn't exactly stop at night. Trains run on schedules, and I doubt it's hard to get a copy of one or figure it out.

Ehhh some trains do....some trains run on as needed basis. Passenger trains do run on a schedule, but freight trains is a mix of both scheduled and as needed.

Even so, it's more dependable than traffic. Trains are also relatively easy to see coming if you have a clear line of sight, and I think it would be fairly easy to hide from one.

[The Corparation]

It would have been easier to go to one of the many abandoned/unused tracks.

Maybe they thought it was one?

"These will make SWEET ASS bongs!"

Maybe that's what the idiots smoked before doing something this stupid.

The only stupid part in this is that the rail is worth jack shit when sold for scrap compared to other metal you could be stealing.

[Munathanura]

Anyone else think that the title should be "Of All The Things to Steel"?

[Indeos]

Anyone else think that the title should be "Of All The Things to Steel"?

Now that you mention it...I can't believe I missed the opportunity for a pun.

[Munathanura]

Anyone else think that the title should be "Of All The Things to Steel"?

Now that you mention it...I can't believe I missed the opportunity for a pun.

I probably wouldn't have either, except that I've got an assignment that I'm procrastinating about.

[Lackadaisical2]

From the sounds of it, the railway was used fairly often, which means that the tracks would have been shiny on top, indicating that line was still in use.

I don't know that people who rip up rails for the scrap money do this kind of forensic insight. They might have figured out that (at least going by the scrapper's quote in the article) they were making like $20 if they were the researching type...

Actually, by the scrap guy's statement it would have been $108-$135, not $20.

[The Corparation]

Anyone else think that the title should be "Of All The Things to Steel"?

^ Wilgrove you just lost 15 cool points for not using such an obvious pun in the thread title.

[The Corparation]

I don't know that people who rip up rails for the scrap money do this kind of forensic insight. They might have figured out that (at least going by the scrapper's quote in the article) they were making like $20 if they were the researching type...

Actually, by the scrap guy's statement it would have been $108-$135, not $20.

Thats still jack shit compared to what copper and other metals will get you.

[Indeos]

Now that you mention it...I can't believe I missed the opportunity for a pun.

I probably wouldn't have either, except that I've got an assignment that I'm procrastinating about.

Hey, me too. Except I have several, and only ~6.5 hours to get them done. Anyhow, I think these guys will eventually win a Darwin Award.

[Lackadaisical2]

Actually, by the scrap guy's statement it would have been $108-$135, not $20.

Thats still jack shit compared to what copper and other metals will get you.

Yeah, but getting copper usually involves breaking into people's houses or abandoned buildings- might have been considered too risky for the thieves involve din this case.

[Cannot think of a name]

I don't know that people who rip up rails for the scrap money do this kind of forensic insight. They might have figured out that (at least going by the scrapper's quote in the article) they were making like $20 if they were the researching type...

Actually, by the scrap guy's statement it would have been $108-$135, not $20.

Hey now, you can go about moving the decimals over two spaces like they're 'supposed' to (there were two 900 pound rails, unless I got that wrong too) but I clearly don't truck with that kind wreckless nonsense...

[Coffee Cakes]

I probably wouldn't have either, except that I've got an assignment that I'm procrastinating about.

Hey, me too. Except I have several, and only ~6.5 hours to get them done. Anyhow, I think these guys will eventually win a Darwin Award.

You don't live in Massachusetts do you? The whole state deserves a Darwin Award.

[Lackadaisical2]

Actually, by the scrap guy's statement it would have been $108-$135, not $20.

Hey now, you can go about moving the decimals over two spaces like they're 'supposed' to (there were two 900 pound rails, unless I got that wrong too) but I clearly don't truck with that kind wreckless nonsense...

Oh, there were two 900 lb rails?

Double my numbers then.

[Munathanura]

I probably wouldn't have either, except that I've got an assignment that I'm procrastinating about.

Hey, me too. Except I have several, and only ~6.5 hours to get them done. Anyhow, I think these guys will eventually win a Darwin Award.

I have one hour and forty minutes before I need to leave to print them off and hand them in. I need another 1500 words and two sources xD.

[Indeos]

Hey, me too. Except I have several, and only ~6.5 hours to get them done. Anyhow, I think these guys will eventually win a Darwin Award.

You don't live in Massachusetts do you? The whole state deserves a Darwin Award.

Just a bit north, actually. A little over an hour from Boston.

@Mun: Fun...Good luck.

I'm gonna try not to respond to off-topic stuff from now on.

[Cannot think of a name]

Hey now, you can go about moving the decimals over two spaces like they're 'supposed' to (there were two 900 pound rails, unless I got that wrong too) but I clearly don't truck with that kind wreckless nonsense...

Oh, there were two 900 lb rails?

Double my numbers then.

Yeah, sorted that part out already. I didn't feel like doing actual math or, apparently, letting google do it for me so I guessed at what the haul would be by figuring what they'd get per 100 lb but for some reason decided that that only moved the decimal one place. Then I used sarcasm to explain what I did. Then I did this. And now we are here.