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The hogwarts express of indiana

While readers young and old count down the minutes until Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows goes on sale, Crawfordsville resident Sally Lynch has been counting the late night trains running in front of her house. The RR Donnelley publishing plant is her neighbor.

Lynch says there has been a measurable increase in rail traffic.

"Usually there's only about three carts on the train at night. But lately there's been about six, seven carts at night going through every 15 to 20 minutes," she said.

Ed Short says something is obviously going on.

What's going on?

"Well, I know that it was supposed to be a real secretive thing," he told Eyewitness News.

Short says those trains Sally Lynch is referring to are carrying out copies of the seventh and final installment in the smash series by J. K. Rowling from printing company RR Donnelley.

And it sounds like the printing got security as strict as that of a military installation.

Crawfordsville's biggest employer was about to institute drastic security measures when Short's temporary work ended there 12 weeks ago.

"They were talking about blacking out the windows. They have armed guards at the doors. (They) check your lunchboxes and stuff when you go in and out. You couldn't have a camera phone or anything like that."

Indeed, these days RR Donnelley's 1500 men and women get checked as they leave. They even get written up if they're caught pausing to read. They're forbidden to speak to the news media, but many told their families. And some of those family members told Eyewitness News.

Donnelley sent us away without saying anything. And the book's publisher, Scholastic, in New York, said it can't reveal where the book is being printed for security reasons.

Maybe stricter!

(h/t Mrs. Soccer Dad)

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