Re: Help sought to catch copper signal wire thieves

[Marvin The Martian <choochoo72@spin.net.au>]

The wire is worth money as scrap.

Maurie Daly wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 23:41:55 GMT, dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David
> Bromage) wrote:
>
> >Police have once appealed for public help to catch thieves stealing copper
> >signal wire in the West Wimmera. They say five kilometres of the wire,
> >used to relay signals for the rail link between Adelaide and Melbourne was
> >stolen from between the Leeor and Fedders Roads near Serviceton on Sunday.
> >
> >http://www.abc.net.au/news/regionals/westvic/monthly/reghor-21nov2000-2.htm
>
> This sounds a bit dodgy to me .
> Removing 5 kms of aerial line along a railway line , between 1AM and
> 2AM in the morning would take quite a large number of people with
> ladders, lighting equipment, vehicles etc.
> It would also need people with some knowledge of railway timetables
> ,so that the theiving could be done when there were no trains around.
> Also, what on earth would you do with the wire?
> Copper wire is relatively soft,and doesnt make good fencing wire so
> its unlikely that its local farmers doing this.
>
> MD