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Old July 3rd 12, 05:41 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
Nick Leverton Nick Leverton is offline
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Default Railway workers jailed for stealing £1.5m worth of track to sell for scrap

In article , Mizter T wrote:

On 03/07/2012 16:14, Graeme Wall wrote:

On 03/07/2012 15:52, mechanic wrote:

On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 04:51:08 -0700 (PDT), SB wrote:

Railway workers jailed for stealing £1.5m worth of track to sell for
scrap

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/903975-railway-workers-jailed-for-stealing-1-5m-worth-of-track-to-sell-for-scrap


Wow, used rusty rails are worth, what is it, 7.5k a tonne? What are
they made of?


There's the "other materials" to take into account.


Plus if it's anything like drugs then the police will take the highest
possible valuation and add a bit.


I think you mis-spelt "add a few zeroes".

Nick
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