(2001,
Scotland) Electric trains in Glasgow collect power from the overhead cable, and
transmit any excess through the rails to a solid copper cable that routes it to
a power redistribution box.
Copper
is a favourite target for thieves. One enterprising fellow with a good knowledge
of the electrical system planned to cut the copper cable during the time between
trains, when no electricity was travelling through it.
His
plan might have worked... but for one small flaw. In the pocket of his charred
overcoat, police found an out-of-date rail timetable. The train arrived ten
minutes before he thought it would, sending hundreds of volts of electricity
through the thief's hacksaw and into his body, and putting an untimely end to
his career.