• lud@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    People steal the copper wires everywhere.

    I know someone that works in the rail industry with building and maintenance.

    It’s apparently very important to electrify the wire as soon as you are done with whatever you were doing. Otherwise someone will know that it’s not electrified and they will steal it. And the company/state will lose quite a lot of money in raw materials (the overhead wires are expensive as fuck), delays and further work.