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Police are investigating a new Great Train Robbery after model locos worth more than £10,000 were stolen from a museum shop.
Thieves broke into the Conwy Valley Railway Museum in Betws y Coed and took 12 Basset-Lowke 1:42 scale O-Gauge electric locomotives worth £700 each.

They also stole 20 N-Gauge locos worth £80 each, and a brass loco worth £470.

Museum owner Colin Cartwright said he believed the models were stolen to order.

"These models are produced only once a year, so we can't replace them. They really are rare pieces," he said.

The models taken included a Southern, a Princess Helena Victoria, and a rare red Princess Elizabeth.

North Wales Police is investigating the burglary, which took place last weekend.

BBC Friday, 14 October 2005