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   hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com to houn...@yahoo.co.uk   
   Re: pictures of subway car reefs   
   27 Oct 15 11:34:22   
   
   On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 1:13:32 PM UTC-4, houn...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
      
   > > I believe they were sent to Mexico for scrapping.   
   > Seriously?   
   >   
   > I thought that they found work elsewhere either in the United States or   
   > in Mexico.   
   >   
   > Anyway, why did they send them so far afield for scrapping, when they   
   > could have sent them across the harbor?   
      
      
   I think Mexico had looser enviornmental regulations.  Sometimes ships are   
   scrapped overseas for similar reasons.   
      
   Supposedly, subways cars are reefed rather than scrapped due to such costs,   
   though I don't know if that is true.   
      
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