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Wilgrove wrote:

Indeos wrote: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.

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

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?

Coffee Cakes wrote: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!"

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

Really, these guys went all out.

Wilgrove wrote:

Indeos wrote: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.

Psychotic Catholics wrote: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.

Hardened Pyrokinetics wrote:

Coffee Cakes wrote: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.

Indeos wrote:

Psychotic Catholics wrote: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.

Wilgrove wrote:

Indeos wrote:
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.

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

Maybe they thought it was one?

Coffee Cakes wrote:

Hardened Pyrokinetics wrote:"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.

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

Munathanura wrote: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.

Indeos wrote:

Munathanura wrote: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.

Cannot think of a name wrote:

Munathanura wrote:
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.

Munathanura wrote: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.

Lackadaisical2 wrote:

Cannot think of a name wrote: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.

Munathanura wrote:

Indeos wrote:
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.

The Corparation wrote:

Lackadaisical2 wrote: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.

Lackadaisical2 wrote:

Cannot think of a name wrote: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...

Indeos wrote:

Munathanura wrote:
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.

Cannot think of a name wrote:

Lackadaisical2 wrote: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.

Indeos wrote:

Munathanura wrote:
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.

Coffee Cakes wrote:

Indeos wrote:
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.

Lackadaisical2 wrote:

Cannot think of a name wrote: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.