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| Train Stolen, Not by Terrorists (this time) |
| 2007-03-09 |
| They're youths, so we don't know their names aren't Ahmad and Muhammad, but one assumes not. This time. But if a couple of kids can steal a train on a lark how hard could it be for an Al Quaeda team to steal one with a plan? Maybe a freight full of chemical tanks? NELSONVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Two Ohio teenagers may have thought they were commandeering a train to freedom, but their stunt only landed them back in detention. The boys, ages 16 and 13, pleaded guilty in Athens County Juvenile Court yesterday to aggravated theft, escape and breaking and entering. Authorities claimed the two boys stole away from a nearby youth correction center then fired up the engine of the 1952 Hocking Valley Scenic Railway. The two traveled eleven miles down the track before stopping for fallen branches laying across the line. Authorities said the older teen grew up around trains, so he knew how to start the locomotive and knew to blow the horn at crossings. The boys were taken back to their home counties - Scioto and Lawrence - where a juvenile judge will decide their punishments. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #2 Wasn't a 'train', but an engine. A GP-7, to be exact, belonging to a tourist/musueum railroad run by volunteers. Not exactly the Union Pacific. Without going into a lot of detail, modern locomotives are a bit harder to take for a joyride. But methinks the railroads (including the HV) will be doing security reviews. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-03-09 09:39 |
| #1 'Scenic Railway' = tourist trips |
| Posted by: Wheating Angereper3174 2007-03-09 08:27 |