On 04/07/2012 09:20, Brian Watson wrote:
"mechanic" wrote in message
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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?

It beats me why a massive tidy up isn't launched to gather up all the old
bits of rail and other substantial metalwork that is left alongside the
tracks after a maintenance job.

There must be money in all that metal, otherwise why would the rascals take
such a pleasure in "recycling" it.



Probably find that it is nicked once all collected together at a depot,
saving the White Van Men the trouble of getting it from remote bits of
track with no road access.