(The following appeared on the Taunton Gazette website on June 1, 2011.)
TAUNTON, Mass. — A CSX locomotive en route to a delivery in Taunton’s Myles Standish Industrial Park derailed Wednesday afternoon after thieves cut away two 8-foot sections of solid steel track, authorities said.
No one was injured as a result of the incident, which observers on scene said ranks as the most audacious example of metal theft in recent memory.
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