Some bad news for a model railway brothers across the big pond.

John Moore May 19, 2019

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  1. John Moore

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    John Moore, May 19, 2019
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    I hope their laws and penalties are stiffer than what we have here in the States. I fear that lame excuses of those people brainlessly sympathetic to youth will prevent any sort of real punishment, and restitution.
     
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    That is really sad news. I will just never understand what makes people want to do something like that. :(
     
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    At least they think they have caught those responsible. Here the case would soon get buried and forgotten.
     
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  5. mtntrainman

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    Those pictures are just sickening ! My heart aches for those who lost a lifetime of work on their hobby !! :cry::cry::cry::cry:
     
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    "A funding page set up to raise £5,000 for the club has almost reached £1,000 in a matter of hours."

    Has anyone found anymore info on this ?? I looked everywhere and cant find it. :(

    I know its only money. I imagine it would help. I would be more then willing to donate what little I could. However...the blood, sweat, tears and years of all that was lost can never be replaced. :cry:
     
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    Thanxs for the links (y)
     
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    As of 19:25 UK time the crowdfunding site is showing over £21,000 GBP in around 8 hours.
     
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    I donated. Wasnt much being on fixed income. Just felt I wanted and needed to do something. *sigh*
     
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    Just checked. Over 31,00 Pounds as of this post. Good for them! But I fear that even with money, some are not replaceable like out of production items. Custom built may have a chance if the person is still alive and would have the time to redo what was trashed.

    Totally difficult to view photos! :cry:

    The report said that four teenagers were caught hiding inside when the Police showed up. And they were charged with SUSPICSION of burglary. REALLY????!!!! Suspicion? What else were they doing there at 4am in the morning? Studying?????
     
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  13. Rich_S

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    This is truly heart breaking. :cry: I can not understand why someone would want to destroy another persons property.
     
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    Had my old 4x8 trampled TWICE in the same year when house was broken into. They also got into my motorhome. Found who did it when they got caught selling weed at 7-Eleven !!! Because of plea bargaining, they didn't serve ONE MINUTE for what they broke or stole here. They even got away with stealing 2 WWII rifles !!! (Got those back.) Happened 8 years ago, but I keep an M1 Garand and .45 pistol loaded, hoping they come back. This wasn't even close to what happened to that poor club. I just couldn't imagine.
     
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    I am so sad for these modelers, lifetimes of modeling, one of a kind, singular efforts, irreplaceable treasures. I am going to donate to them for sure, but that doesn't seem enough.

    These punks, deserve to get kicked where it hurts the most, repeatedly and often, boy do these jerks deserve punishment, and made examples of.

    But there have been a some posts here that are political, racist, and religious in nature. And that cannot be, no matter how angry we are about this we need to be above this type of crap. I understand people feel a need to justify or explain events, however, these types of posts only fan the flames, and at the end of the day, really serve no purpose.

    The mention of politics, religion and ethnic slurs, cheapen the tragedy and profoundness of this.
     
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    Agree. Probably time to lock this thread.
     
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  17. BoxcabE50

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    Agreed. We have strayed here. Time to move on to other discussions.

    Topic closed.
     
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