2006-11-10

Only in NY 02: Train Thief

I don't know what I like more about NYC. They fact that these storie happen, or the way the Daily News writes about them.


Train buff's latest loco-motion
BY ALISON GENDARDAILY NEWS POLICE BUREAU CHIEF


His love of trains has put him back on the fast track - to jail.

Darius McCollum, the legendary transit buff who tried to steal a 60-ton Long Island Rail Road locomotive, was busted yesterday by the NYPD with all the makings for another caper: an MTA badge, an MTA-style construction helmet and how-to manuals on running trains, police said.

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