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Bad news for certain.
I hope the thieves are arrested soon.
GARRY
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Hope they get busted..... Jerks. Nothing irritates me more than stupid thieves stealing things from others. They should be forced to pay for what they took, and be forced to help with making new Bowser trains products for the next several weeks. A little ironic justice will help here......
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Well this is just shameful,but then no honor among thieves right!! Here's hoping they had security cameras and those responsible will be caught and jailed.
If they end up on that major auction site, it should be easy to spot the one or two 'sellers' who have them...suddenly.
Probably druggies looking for stuff to fence. Can't imagine a respectable modeler breaking in and cleaning out a store of random road locos.
Yes, my thinking is that they have no idea, nor any interest in what they have stolen. Just looking to gain some quick cash on the sale of the stolen goods. that is truely a sad story for such a thing to happen to a very good company in the industry.
The thieves themselves may well be pig-ignorant of what they stole and what it is worth. The person who buys it from them ... maybe not so much.
Those of us who go to train shows should keep this theft in the back of our minds when we see what is offered and for what price. And in today's world the resale of these items could be a long way from Pennsylvania.
Dave Nelson
I don;t think these are just ignorant tweakers out to score some drug money, they knew which wall to cut through adn where to grab the highest dollar items. Probably one or all of them had been in the store earlier to figure it all out. Just stealing for the sake of stealing, they would have just smached the front door and grabbed what they could. Cutting through the steel wall of the building, that means they planned to stay a while and calen out what they could, no alarms that way. Watch eBay and trains hows for a flood of Lionel, etc all brand new but strangely without boxes.
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Bowser should offer a reward. It takes cheese to catch a rat.
Jim
Their walls are either brick or cinder block. Breaking through walls like those (as they said happened) would take a long time, unless the criminals used explosives, I'd think. I hope they catch the crooks and put them away for a long time.
It's steel - he said so in his facebook post, and said they cut through it. You can also see it with Google street view if you've never been there. There's a brick and concrete little section that extends out which is what you see on their web site where they show the sign, but the actual store is around the corner of that, just past the sign, and it the same corrugated steel as the majority of the factory, which is the same building just around the corner on Jordan Ave.
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Apparently the thieves targeted mostly O scale items, although a number of N scale was taken as well. They even went into the shop area and took some older O scale items.
They hatcheted a whole in the steel siding behind a bush, then kicked their way through the drywall. Once inside, they actually used a pallet loader to move the goods to the dock area where they loaded their vehicle. Their get-away vehicle wasn't as big as they hoped as a number of items were left behind in the shipping area. Sounds as though they may have used the loading area to pull their vehicle right inside.
I hope they get caught! However: "I hope someone is caught and put to death". seems just a tad harsh! I'm sure Bowser feels violated and I can relate and I'm sure the the whole thing is frustrating as heck!
I don't think we looking at highly intelligent crooks here, I should think something with a bit easier market ability would have been a better target!
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So sad to see that happen. Hope the 'individuals' are caught.
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Sounds well organized which comes from being familar with the building layout and its contents. Or knowing someone who does.
No security cameras? alarms? Inside job, maybe?
Dave
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I've been there, but it's been a couple years. Must be O didn't remember the steel. In any case, it's awful that someone should break into a business.
NP2626I hope they get caught! However: "I hope someone is caught and put to death". seems just a tad harsh! I'm sure Bowser feels violated and I can relate and I'm sure the the whole thing is frustrating as heck! I don't think we looking at highly intelligent crooks here, I should think something with a bit easier market ability would have been a better target!
On Facebook, he has retracted the harsh part. Says it's the first time something like this has happened to him and he over reacted.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
JAMES MOON Probably druggies looking for stuff to fence. Can't imagine a respectable modeler breaking in and cleaning out a store of random road locos.
Nonsense. Not only was this too well planned to be random "druggies," as fun as it is to demonize people, but ask some FLGS owners sometimes about who the biggest thieves are. It's their regular customers.
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Bayfield Transfer RailwayNot only was this too well planned to be random "druggies,"...
I agree. Cutting through the steel wall of a model RR manufacturer doesn't sound like the type of thing that the typical druggie would do.
Steve S
selector If they end up on that major auction site, it should be easy to spot the one or two 'sellers' who have them...suddenly.
I suspect these thieves is far to smart to start selling anything soon on e-bay,Craig's list or any local train show..They may even had a buyer waiting that may have a "distribution" of sellers in various States and there will no way of linking these models to the break in since there is no serial number on the model..
Not having a box doesn't mean anything since the majority of the use cars and locomotives I bought at train shows didn't have boxes.
Larry
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BRAKIE selector If they end up on that major auction site, it should be easy to spot the one or two 'sellers' who have them...suddenly. I suspect these thieves is far to smart to start selling anything soon on e-bay,Craig's list or any local train show..They may even had a buyer waiting that may have a "distribution" of sellers in various States and there will no way of linking these models to the break in since there is no serial number on the model.. Not having a box doesn't mean anything since the majority of the use cars and locomotives I bought at train shows didn't have boxes.
You really think they're smart? Sorry, I don't!
However we as a group can keep our eyes open and maybe help put these idiots behind bars!
Another train shop, Eds train shop in Lewistown PA was robbed in a similar manner not too long ago. Same MO.
A pattern emerges..............
NP2626You really think they're smart? Sorry, I don't!
Yes,I do..They knew exactly what to take and probably left items that wasn't on their "list".They even left some excessive items sitting by the dock door.
Criminals looking for drug money would have look for the safe,petty cash drawer and other like valuables and not bothered the "toy trains" since they wouldn't know their worth or want to take the time to sell them- unless they already had a buyer that furnish a list on what to take.
Found this news story on Broadway Limiteds Facebook page. I doubt any of the trains will ever be found.
http://wnep.com/2015/03/17/hundreds-of-model-trains-worth-thousands-stolen/
Years back at our train show in Maryland two whatevers approached me with a gym bag full of brass locomotives asking if I would be in purchasing. It was rather obvious something was amiss. Instead of calling my wife to bring out cash, I called the good guys, and sure enough...off they went to the calaboose and locos were eventually returned to owner.
Any offer of sale from someone not informed about trains should be treated with similar caution and possible alerting of local security at a show or police. This is not difficult unless the bad guys have a decent grasp and knowledge of what they are trying to fence. We should all be on this alert as next could be our items. I certainly will be.
HZ
Howard ZaneYears back at our train show in Maryland two whatevers approached me with a gym bag full of brass locomotives asking if I would be in purchasing. It was rather obvious something was amiss. Instead of calling my wife to bring out cash, I called the good guys, and sure enough...off they went to the calaboose and locos were eventually returned to owner.
That could have backfired especially if those brass engines was their late Father's collection.
It would backfired if that was my son since he knows very little about the hobby.I'm sure his attorney would have been in touch with you and the Police.
Thankfully I avoid this possible problem by willing them to my oldest Grandson since he is a advanced modeler.
How stuff is carted around or packaged, the way the owners treat it, or talk about it if you ask questions, are all usually pretty good warnings when something just is not right.