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December 2009

The 25,000-volt question

December 17, 2009
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I can’t help wondering how the cable thieves that have been plaguing our line over the last few months know when the power is switched off. Granted there was one death back in the summer when the lines were still live at the point of being cut, but whatever the value of scrap copper it [...]

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Copper quandry

December 14, 2009

The problem of stealing copper from the railway lines is getting worse. Today it’s stopped us getting into London at all.

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