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DWBrown

June 21, 2010 08:23PM

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Most likely the same problem that affected some Bolivian track several years ago. Someone stole several hundred meters of track near Oruru, Bolivia on the FCA. A southbound train derailed because the engineers could see the missing track at night. It took some real planning to steal that much heavy steel without somekind of mechanical help.

Stealing track and anykind of scrap is big business for scavangers these days. Most of the Guatemalan rail system has been stolen and bridges partially robbed of easy steel scrap.

Dale Brown

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South African derailment	Wayne Laepple	June 21, 2010 08:40AM
Re: South African derailment	Gavin Hamilton	June 21, 2010 12:36PM
Re: South African derailment	Greg Scholl	June 21, 2010 02:07PM
Re: South African derailment	Wayne Laepple	June 21, 2010 05:17PM
Re: South African derailment	Gavin Hamilton	June 21, 2010 06:23PM
Re: South African derailment	DWBrown	June 21, 2010 08:23PM
Re: South African derailment	Greg Scholl	June 22, 2010 06:55AM
Re: South African derailment	Wayne Laepple	June 22, 2010 07:43AM
Re: South African derailment	Greg Scholl	June 22, 2010 12:53PM
Re: South African derailment	m.j.peltier	June 22, 2010 09:59PM
Re: South African derailment	DWBrown	June 21, 2010 08:33PM
Re: South African derailment	Trevor Heath	June 22, 2010 11:57AM
Re: South African derailment	DWBrown	June 22, 2010 03:42PM
Re: South African derailment	Herb Kelsey	June 24, 2010 03:55AM

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