From:
Sent: Wednesday,
October 22, 2008 8:45 PM
To:
Subject: 1:29 Scale "Big
Boy" stolen from Lone Star Trains &
Collectibles
Fellow NMRA
members:
Please, if you are
able, help spread the word (through word or print) about this stolen "Big
Boy" locomotive (see below). It's probable minimum radius means there
are not likely to be many places it could be run, even on an outdoor
layout. And, there's probably a limited market for even legitimate
sales, let alone as a "used" locomotive or on eBay. . . it's too easy to
identify as stolen property (it's a limited
edition).
This notice will also
appear in the NMRA Lone Star Region "Marker Lamp"
newsletter.
Thanks for your help.
Something like this impacts ALL of us, regardless of our gauge, scale,
location, or organizational affiliation.
Fred Bock,
MMR
Director, Division
6
Lone Star Region,
National Model Railroad
Association
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STOLEN: A
USA-Trains 1:29-scale (G-Gauge) Union Pacific Big Boy4-8-8-4 die-cast
steam locomotive model, Limited Edition, retail value $4000. The model
was stolen from Lone Star Trains & Collectibles in San Antonio, Texas the morning of Wednesday,
October 22, 2008. Thieves backed a maroon pickup truck to the
glass front door, shattered the glass, snatched the locomotive and tender from
the counter display, and made off. Locomotive and tender together are
57 long (almost 5-feet), and weigh about 75 pounds. Please contact Clay
Kinsner at Lone Star Trains, telephone: 210-655-4665 (e-mail:
clayk@lonestartrains.com) if you have information leading to the
recovery of the model and/or apprehension of the
thieves.
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