That would be another case where at least to me, at $75-87.50/pole, it just doesn’t seem like the reward is worth the effort.
The poles are 30’ tall/long, that would be a small project to take down, and need a decent sized trailer to haul those
I guess you shouldn’t underestimate the determination of the average thief or junkie.
Doug
Watch your step!
I seem to recall a spate of missing man hole covers in the Cleveland, Oh. area a while back. I’m sure it has happened elsewhere. I guess scrap dealers don’t care what shows up, if they can make a buck off it, no worries.
When I take legitimate scrap to my local yard they require ID and, if I’m not mistaken, they take a photo of you as well. Maybe they don’t do that any more? It has been a while since I’ve been there.
Of course, there’s the legacy of the LaSalle & Bureau County Railroad. They stole whole box cars! Sometimes they forgot to repaint the reporting marks on the truck bolsters and the feds would use that to identify the car’s owner (Penn Central).
Regards, Ed
No one has ever accused criminals of being mental giants.
Links to Pee-Dee River Railroad:
The Wikipedia site notes that PDRR currently operates only 5 days per week.
The railroad that goes home for the weekend. 
If your customers only work five day weeks, your railroad works five day weeks to serve them.
Just as with the Blast Zone posts, it would pay y’all to look at sources less unreliable than Wikipedia.
This says ‘seven days a week’.
Maybe Google Gemini would have pointed this out if asked the right way.
That site is from 2009. Here’s a more recent one.
Lots of shortlines are available 7 days a week if needed, but many run less than that.
We have jobs that are m-f. Sometimes we run an extra on the weekend if the customer needs it, but normally the line is m-f.
Thank you.
Page for the warehouse facility in Bennettsville:
This reminds me of that one image of the women who had her driveway stolen. People do steal tracks unfortunately, whether it be for the metal inside or whatever else material they can sell. Stealing several railroad tracks is rather impressive though I must admit.
Hmmm now that one puzzles me. I can’t even begin to guess how you would steal a driveway.
Hire a company to repave/replace your driveway then stiff the contractor.
They show up when you tell everybody on FacePlant you’ll be out of town for a week.
It would be an asphalt (‘blacktop’ or ‘hottop’) pavement. That material can be easily picked up and remelted for subsequent paving, so ‘stealing’ it is simply a matter of lifting with a machine like a Bobcat and loading the pieces into a suitable truck or trailer.