V/Line Freight Vandalim

["J Richmond" <richmond@melbpc.org.au>]

A V/Line cement wagon was vandalised at Mildura recently (within the last
two weeks). This wagon was not graffitied or taken to with a sledge hammer.
The wagon was full of powdered cement and the vandals managed to jam a fire
hose into the centre compartment. This turned the cement powder into rock
hard, unmovable cement.
The wagon was transported to Nth Geelong yard (how did they work out the
weight of the wagon for the train?) and put near Nth Geelong C Signal Box. A
truck with a high pressure water pump was used for 3 days, 8 hours a day (at
$350 per hour) to break up the cement (the noise of jackhammers would have
been too loud in the enclosed space).
Why didn't they just scrap the wagon and use one of the many unused ones
sitting around the state?

Sam Eades
metman@earthling.net