Railroads Vulnerable - Derailers and Saws

Steve,

This is the message that was sent 10 Nov 2003 to the DOJ... and no mention of this filtered back down to law enforcement agencies.... In fact, we have discovered that data on your site and Doug's is being welcomed by many agents in the DOJ and Homeland and FBI as they are so insular and so hamstrung by regulations... a sad situation at best....

- Stan and Holly


From: XXXXX@XXXXX (law enforcement officer, name withheld)
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 01:32:52 -0600 (CST)
To: James.Moon@USDOJ.GOV
Subject: Intelligence Information - OK.

James L. Moon
Nov. 9, 2003, Muskogee,OK.

As per our conversation in Hugo at the meeting, here is the information that you requested:

On Nov. 8, 2003, I re-interviewed informant who works for Kiamichi Railroad in Hugo,OK. Informant is a credible employee and gave the following information to me:

(1) Kiamichi Railroad Operations, 800 W. Main St., Hugo, OK. 74743, tel: 580-326-8357

Kiamichi Railroad had 2 Rail Saws stolen from them. These saws cut iron rails and can be used to partially or completely cut railroad rails to cause disruption and the failure of rail system.

These Rail Saws are portable and in the wrong hands a danger to the Railroad Operations.

(2) T O & E Railroad, Valliant,OK.

T O & E Railroad has 3 Portable De-railers stolen. These De-railers can be set up quickly by spiking to railroad ties and the train will not see it until too late and the train is de-railed off the track.

If these are used on tracks with fast going trains (major lines) there would certainly be a disaster.

According to informant the suspects stole this equipment from the small railroads because of the lack of any railroad security. And these thefts have probably not been reported to anyone outside the railroad.

Informant reports that this stolen Railroad equipment can be used " ONLY " as a device to cause disruption of railroad infrastructure.