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Trailer full of model trains stolen in Tulsa

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Posted by Greg Elmassian on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 11:24 AM

I think if you read between the lines (thieves steal a nice UMARKED trailer from the club, then steal another trailer "U Haul", and dump the stuff from the nice trailer to the U Haul... probably the thieves just wanted the trailer.

It was a nice looking trailer, and very little difficulty to grind off any serial number, if any, and re-register for their off road stuff or whatever.

I think you will find that whatever was not recovered (which has not been made public I guess) is gone forever, i.e. the thieves did not want the trains.

 

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Posted by chocho willy on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 8:15 AM

any update on this yet?

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Posted by Rene Schweitzer on Friday, July 7, 2017 11:26 AM

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Posted by Greg Elmassian on Sunday, July 2, 2017 2:20 PM

I would imagine some of the club members would be.

 

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Posted by NVSRR on Saturday, July 1, 2017 8:03 PM

Is there a group watching ebay or other auction sites?

A pessimist sees a dark tunnel

An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel

A realist sees a frieght train

An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space

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Posted by gabbyhayes on Thursday, June 29, 2017 4:45 PM

That stinks.

Going off the video they went straight for that trailer.

Hope they get caught

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Trailer full of model trains stolen in Tulsa
Posted by Rene Schweitzer on Thursday, June 29, 2017 9:20 AM

We've learned that the Tulsa Garden Railroad Club had a trailer full of their equipment stolen, just a couple of weeks before they host the national convention. 

Sharing in case someone can help them recover the items.

http://www.newson6.com/story/35762810/thieves-caught-on-camera-stealing-trailer-full-of-model-trains-from-tulsa-storage

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