model locos worth £10,000 stolen
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
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