Besides dealing with routine administration issues, the Railways authorities are also grappling with the menace of thieves stealing properties of the state-run transporter to make a quick buck. Railway properties and train items have always been an easy target for rustlers, but the Railway Protection Force (RPF) in Mumbai claims it has succeeded in curbing the menace to a large extent and getting the culprits punished. Track lead wire, copper, fittings like fans, handles, cushion, signalling tools, steel sheets and clamps are often stolen from trains while parked in stabling or carshed. Signalling fittings, overhead equipment, fittings kept in workshops and stores regularly end up in the scrap market.