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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2008 21:05:06 GMT
Czech police wonder where bridge has gonePolice in the Czech republic are trying to find out who stole a 4 tonne railway bridge from the border town of Cheb. The company which was responsible for looking after the bridge raised the alarm when, ever alert, they noticed that the bridge wasn't there any more. The bridge was on a disused stretch of line just outside Cheb. Martina Hruskova, a spokeswoman for the Czech police, commented to AFP: 'We are not sure if it was taken for personal use or for its scrap value.' Exactly what that 'personal use' might be was left unsaid. 'It is the first time we have dealt with this type of theft,' she added. Of course, it's not the first time some light-fingered bridge enthusiast has made off with a bridge. At least two bridges have been nicked in Russia in the past six months, and a pair of bridge thieves appropriated two Macedonian bridges last February. www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=100140&in_page_id=2---------------------- GET YOUR FILTHY 'ANDS OFF HOLBORN VIADUCT. PUT THAT DOWN. NOW BACK AWAY FROM THE BRIDGE SON. 
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2008 20:31:24 GMT
Shock horror!!!
Hmm, I wonder if they'd notice if Tower Bridge went walkies!
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Post by metman on Feb 24, 2008 20:55:33 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2008 0:48:08 GMT
Hmm, I wonder if they'd notice if Tower Bridge went walkies! Yeah, it'll make a nice garden ornament ;D |
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Post by afarlie on Feb 25, 2008 1:56:33 GMT
Hmm, I wonder if they'd notice if Tower Bridge went walkies! Yeah, it'll make a nice garden ornament ;D Don't laugh, whilst tower bridge isn't going to get lifted for scrap, I can well imagine any number of small footbridges looking attractive to the 'metal-mickeys' of the scrap trade... |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2008 2:23:17 GMT
But as long as signalling cable with its relative portability and isolation (thus the scum can "work" undetected) remains easily accesible in London, I wouldn't expect bridges to disappear. ;D Back on topic...how on earth can a rail bridge be dismantled unnoticed?  Surely, it takes a helluva lot of time to dismantle and transport compared to say signalling cable. "The service on the District Line is part suspended between Barking and Whitechapel. This is because of the wrong type of gap (stolen bridge) in the West Ham area." ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2008 18:41:14 GMT
Keep an eye on Ebay!
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Post by jubileedaf on Feb 25, 2008 22:28:53 GMT
Perhaps they did it under cover of darkness and enlisted the help of David Copperfield after all he walked through The Great Wall of China and, I think made the Statue of Liberty disappear. And they were in spotlights and infront of millions of tv viewers. Imagine what he could do when no ones about! I mean what with the TV work drying up he probably could've done with the cash lol!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2008 11:04:46 GMT
funny thing is i remember center comm asking for assistance in tracking down a van in south london going round nicking complete bus stops ;D
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Post by Colin on Feb 26, 2008 18:07:13 GMT
Or even Centre Comm requesting that drivers look out for T612 (or whatever it was), last seen in the Bexleyheath area and blinded as a route 89. "The bus is a double decker and is painted red - it is believed to be stolen".
Ok then........
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Post by Chris M on Feb 26, 2008 18:09:10 GMT
Looking for a particular red double-decker in London must be like looking for a needle in a haystack!
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Post by railtechnician on Feb 26, 2008 20:41:46 GMT
Looking for a particular red double-decker in London must be like looking for a needle in a haystack! Yes you have to blame Ken for that! Forcing bus companies to have the same colour buses was bereft of lateral thinking! |
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Post by Tomcakes on Feb 26, 2008 20:54:25 GMT
I remember a discussion on how best to steal a bus stop, lamppost etc., on another forum I think a while ago.
The conclusion was that the best way of doing it would be to hire a yellow pickup lorry with a crane, buy some hi-viz vests and hard hats (if you wanted to be swish get one of those make-your-own-T-shirt transfers so you'd have "ACME Removals LTD" hi-vis), then park up in a lorry, put some cones around, and carefully put it on the back, then drive off, in broad daylight.
Anybody who was asked "Did you see anybody taking a bus stop away on Tuesday?" would say "Oh yes, I saw the council man come and take it away on his lorry".
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2008 21:16:51 GMT
Or even Centre Comm requesting that drivers look out for T612 (or whatever it was), last seen in the Bexleyheath area and blinded as a route 89. "The bus is a double decker and is painted red - it is believed to be stolen". Ok then........ im sure i remember that!!!!!! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2008 23:09:35 GMT
Perhaps they did it under cover of darkness and enlisted the help of David Copperfield after all he walked through The Great Wall of China and, I think made the Statue of Liberty disappear. And they were in spotlights and infront of millions of tv viewers. Imagine what he could do when no ones about! I mean what with the TV work drying up he probably could've done with the cash lol!! It's on Youtube - so is another great show back in the days called "Breaking the Magician's Code". Runaway busses, it's also happened where I come from and they end up getting abandoned due to the idiot crashing it somewhere! Bus stops...  Again, easier to do it where I come from as some stops only have an old wheel rim as counterweight - only need a strong guy and a Transit van! |
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Surely, it takes a helluva lot of time to dismantle and transport compared to say 
Again, easier to do it where I come from as some stops only have an old wheel rim as counterweight - only need a strong guy and a Transit van!
