MTH display stolen

I would bet that they are watching this forum!!

 

...keep the rails polished...

I wonder why Frank Sinatra never sang a song about Cleveland?  It was a nice place to grow up on the west side and I know only someone from east side would do such a dastardly deed.  I always dreamed that someday I would rake all the muck out of Lake Erie. Anyway, nothing worse than a train thief.

 

Dale H

You can seldom stop a thief. The best you can hope for is to slow them down long enough where they will get caught red handed.

Like many similar cases, the second most ironic and irritating reality is it's more likely they have no appreciation for what they stole. I doubt highly anyone in our confederation of hobbyists are the actors ( in a response to another's comment)

On a positive note if it ever occurs to these idiots to fence this stuff to the right buyer, they are more than likely to be caught. 

Thank goodness no S Gauge samples went missing...

They'll likely return them after they spend some time with DCS.

After looking over the MTH display, I asked one of the reps if they had samples of the Norfolk Southern Heritage Engines, and was told they were stolen last week at the Cleveland Show.  Now I know he wasn't kidding.

No, he definitely wasn't The MTH crew busted their collective butts to get a display together for York, and did a fine job of it.

I believe Rudy Tomjanovich, coach of the Houston Rockets, once said, you can never under estimate the heart of a champion.

You guys really need to let it go!

 

Jerry

That's because there weren't any there to start with....

Most unfortunate. The bright side is the dedication that came through to have a display ready for York. I hope the MTH crew have success in recovering the lost parts. I look forward to seeing the display next month in Milwaukee.

When they catch them, I hope they sentence them to the 3 Clanks of Death!

 

Jon 

And if there were S Gauge samples on board, the thieves probably would have returned them, along with a hundred bucks and an apology!

 

Rusty

It is a sad testament to the condition of society when things like this happen. I believe that MTH would probably have insurance coverage but that's a small consolation for their inconvenience and extra expense. My second hobby is collector cars and I when going to a show, I hide a GPS tracking device in each car just in case. It is not an alarm but a silent GPS tracker/phone that will pinpoint the cars location by dialing it. It also calls your cell phone when programmed for movement. If I were MTH I would invest in a tracker and also put a "boot" on the trailer wheel when parked.

 I hope that the thieves are apprehended and put in prison where they belong.

Kudos to the MTH folks.  The display looked fine!  They did an awesome job with a difficult situation.!

UMMM...Jerry...lie down and get out of the sun...I am a Ravens Ticket Holder...I was having fun with the Clevelanders!!!  I am glad we stole them!!!  Ron B.

Ron, no harm intended! Just thought you were one of those Cleveland guys still whining about what happened that day. They need to suck it up like we were told when the Colts bolted, at least they got to keep the name, colors, history etc., we were told to go away and build a museum.

 

A fellow season ticket holder,

Jerry

That was funny Jon!!!

 

- walt