On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 17:41:28 +0000 (UTC), Nick Leverton
wrote:

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?

Better steel than a skip load of mixed crap (no "s").

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".

If your car is pinched it won't generally be valued in terms of what
the thieves get from the local scrappy but as what you can expect to
sell it for. If the rail was usable stock not being stored as scrap
then it would make sense to be valued at significantly more than the
scrap price.