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Post by siddyz on May 20, 2019 5:16:58 GMT -5
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Post by Commodore on May 20, 2019 7:34:59 GMT -5
The club plea has raised £56K so far. Hope those funds find their way back into the hobby...
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Post by siddyz on May 20, 2019 8:10:48 GMT -5
£56K sounds a lot , but we all know the cost of railroad items. The money will all go to replacing the layouts and club needs.Many layouts were trashed. The four youths were caught but I doubt they will receive an appropriate punishment.
Jim
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Post by siddyz on May 20, 2019 8:13:02 GMT -5
I have just heard that Rod Stewart has given £10,000 He is a really fanatical American Railroad Modeller . Good for Rod .
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Post by dazed on May 20, 2019 9:20:23 GMT -5
Serious question--and please don't think I'm trying to kick these guys when they're down but--is it customary to have overnight security at these types of events? We do at all of our local shows and I just assumed it was standard practice, although I can't say whether or not it is universal all over the U.S. To me, this would be akin to having an art show full of expensive paintings and just letting it sit overnight with no security.
Sounds like they will at least get some money for the recovery process which is good. Hopefully the teens will have to pony up some cash too.
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Post by cwrr on May 20, 2019 11:48:27 GMT -5
Sad day indeed, can't even begin to imagine what was going thru they're minds when decided to destroy all this. Like others said, won't be near enough punishment for what took hours and hours of personnel time and effort on these layouts. We all know how much labor and love we put into our hobby, not to mention the money, and the countless hours.
Just gives me a sickening feeling.
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Post by Commodore on May 20, 2019 16:06:29 GMT -5
Now it's 80,000£. That's over $100K.
How much is that in "Big Boy" locomotives?
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Post by cwrr on May 20, 2019 16:37:53 GMT -5
That's great news!!
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Post by Commodore on May 21, 2019 21:48:31 GMT -5
You'll be happy they've raised another $10K today. People do seem to like model railroaders. 😊
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