Peak Oil
Donate Bitcoin

Donate Paypal


PeakOil is You

PeakOil is You

Railroad bridge stolen for scrap?

What's on your mind?
General interest discussions, not necessarily related to depletion.
Post a reply

Railroad bridge stolen for scrap?

Unread postby frankthetank » Wed 20 Feb 2008, 00:08:17

Looks like its only getting better folks... This one is at least in Eastern Europe... People are going to become very creative when it really starts to turn south.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'C')heb, Feb 18 (CTK) - An unknown Czech perpetrator stole an iron bridge on an unused rail line between Cheb and Stary Hroznatov, west Bohemia, at the end of last year and the Cheb police have started investigating the theft, police spokesman Ladislav Boehm told CTK Monday.

"An unknown perpetrator stole a four-tonne railway bridge sometimes between December 5, 2007, and January 11, 2008," Boehm said.

He caused the railways the damage that amounts to 20,000 crowns, Boehm said.

It is most probable that the railway bridge ended up in a scrap metal shop.


http://www.praguemonitor.com/en/276/cze ... ews/18845/
lawns should be outlawed.
User avatar
frankthetank
Light Sweet Crude
Light Sweet Crude
 
Posts: 6202
Joined: Thu 16 Sep 2004, 03:00:00
Location: Southwest WI
Top

Re: Railroad bridge stolen for scrap?

Unread postby BigTex » Wed 20 Feb 2008, 00:12:18

I love large scale looting stories.

I am waiting to hear about a whole town being stolen.
:)
User avatar
BigTex
Intermediate Crude
Intermediate Crude
 
Posts: 3858
Joined: Thu 03 Aug 2006, 03:00:00
Location: Graceland
Top

Re: Railroad bridge stolen for scrap?

Unread postby dorlomin » Wed 20 Feb 2008, 06:33:11

It was probibly disused but blimey, that is pretty keen, nicking an entire bridge.
User avatar
dorlomin
Light Sweet Crude
Light Sweet Crude
 
Posts: 5193
Joined: Sun 05 Aug 2007, 03:00:00
Top

Re: Railroad bridge stolen for scrap?

Unread postby Chuckmak » Wed 20 Feb 2008, 12:20:52

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', 'I') am waiting to hear about a whole town being stolen.


:lol:
"if god doesn't exist, it is necessary that we invent him" - Voltaire

"they say prescott bush funded hitler" - Nas

Image
Chuckmak
Heavy Crude
Heavy Crude
 
Posts: 1000
Joined: Sat 19 Mar 2005, 04:00:00
Location: Bridge City
Top

Re: Railroad bridge stolen for scrap?

Unread postby Kingcoal » Wed 20 Feb 2008, 12:32:46

I would think that to pull off a heist that big, you'd definately need a lot of inside help.
"That's the problem with mercy, kid... It just ain't professional" - Fast Eddie, The Color of Money
User avatar
Kingcoal
Expert
Expert
 
Posts: 2149
Joined: Wed 29 Sep 2004, 03:00:00
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
Top

Re: Railroad bridge stolen for scrap?

Unread postby cube » Wed 20 Feb 2008, 13:40:22

What's next? :wink:
Image
cube
Intermediate Crude
Intermediate Crude
 
Posts: 3909
Joined: Sat 12 Mar 2005, 04:00:00
Top

Re: Railroad bridge stolen for scrap?

Unread postby Lanthanide » Wed 20 Feb 2008, 17:32:12

Remember, good old lady liberty is a big hunk of copper and steel, both of which are getting quite pricey these days.
User avatar
Lanthanide
Peat
Peat
 
Posts: 158
Joined: Sat 24 Nov 2007, 04:00:00
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Top

Re: Railroad bridge stolen for scrap?

Unread postby xarkz » Wed 20 Feb 2008, 18:03:03

Thats nothing, a 200 ton bridge was stolen in far east Russia :)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=506748&in_page_id=1811
User avatar
xarkz
Peat
Peat
 
Posts: 135
Joined: Fri 20 Jan 2006, 04:00:00
Top

Re: Railroad bridge stolen for scrap?

Unread postby Gazzatrone » Wed 20 Feb 2008, 20:51:26

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('xarkz', 'T')hats nothing, a 200 ton bridge was stolen in far east Russia :)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=506748&in_page_id=1811


That'll be Putin making weapons to throw at us when we stop sending money his way when his oil runs out.

Oops did I just declare that Putin is an ego-maniacal despot bent on exerting Russia's mafioso type law into Western Europe and beyond.

Better scratch up on how to prevent Polonium poisoning.

Rule 1) Avoid people with a Russian accent, who wish to take you to a restaurant in the West End of London.

Rule 2) Should Rule 1 be unavoidable:

2a) Do not leave the table.
2b) Do not eat or drink anything offered
THE FUTURE IS HISTORY!
User avatar
Gazzatrone
Tar Sands
Tar Sands
 
Posts: 581
Joined: Mon 07 Nov 2005, 04:00:00
Location: London, UK
Top

Re: Railroad bridge stolen for scrap?

Unread postby idiom » Thu 21 Feb 2008, 03:27:49

Carmen Sandiego and crew?
User avatar
idiom
Tar Sands
Tar Sands
 
Posts: 672
Joined: Mon 23 Aug 2004, 03:00:00
Location: New Zealand
Top

Re: Railroad bridge stolen for scrap?

Unread postby idiom » Mon 25 Feb 2008, 10:44:39

Woah, plenty of pillaging going on:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staf ... 417077.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west ... 178744.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6207410.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derb ... 213680.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derb ... 031744.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7235282.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/camb ... 006077.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/camb ... 965792.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/6274924.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nott ... 760249.stm
User avatar
idiom
Tar Sands
Tar Sands
 
Posts: 672
Joined: Mon 23 Aug 2004, 03:00:00
Location: New Zealand
Top

Re: Railroad bridge stolen for scrap?

Unread postby oowolf » Mon 25 Feb 2008, 18:09:16

Already an epidemic. A web search for "stolen (any commodity)" will provide thousands of examples:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me ... 0777.story
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindeal ... xml&coll=2
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... Id=6586877
User avatar
oowolf
Expert
Expert
 
Posts: 1337
Joined: Tue 09 Nov 2004, 04:00:00
Location: Big Rock Candy Mountain
Top
Post a reply

Return to Open Topic Discussion

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests



cron