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Old July 3rd 12, 10:01 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default Railway workers jailed for stealing £1.5m worth of track to sell for scrap

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-r...sell-for-scrap


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

Steel.

Depending on the grade, it can be worth as much as £200 per tonne.