RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Police in Brazil's southeastern Sao Paulo state are investigating the theft of 50 metric tons (55 U.S. tons) of corn from a moving train.
A police report says the thieves greased the train tracks, making the wheels of the 54-wagon locomotive skid and slow down before they used a tow truck with a hook to remove the corn-filled containers.
I hate thieves and the act of theft more than almost anything... It's hard not to admire the feat of removing 50 tons of corn from a moving train, I wish the story provided more details about how the job was accomplished.
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How did they do it? That was the first question I had when I read the story. Would one container weigh 50 tons and how hard would it be to drag that much weight? I think it would just dig in unless you had a wheeled frame for it nearby.
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