From Model Railroader's MR Express:
http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/A ... 3avajl.asp
"On the evening of January 18, 2005, unknown persons broke into the Märklin Museum in Göppingen, Germany, and stole more than 100 historic trains and other models from the museum’s collection. The stolen items, valued at more than $1 million, include O and no. 1 gauge trains and ship models produced prior to 1910. The burglars also took prototypes of OO/HO scale trains and the museum’s oldest piece, a model train produced in 1891.
A press release (written in German) can be viewed online at http://www.maerklin.de/museum/?redirect=diebstahl.html. The link below the headline of the press release contains the list of stolen items.
If anyone has information on this burglary, please contact Fred Gates at Märklin USA via e-mail at [email protected] or by telephone at 262-784-8854."
http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/A ... 3avajl.asp
"On the evening of January 18, 2005, unknown persons broke into the Märklin Museum in Göppingen, Germany, and stole more than 100 historic trains and other models from the museum’s collection. The stolen items, valued at more than $1 million, include O and no. 1 gauge trains and ship models produced prior to 1910. The burglars also took prototypes of OO/HO scale trains and the museum’s oldest piece, a model train produced in 1891.
A press release (written in German) can be viewed online at http://www.maerklin.de/museum/?redirect=diebstahl.html. The link below the headline of the press release contains the list of stolen items.
If anyone has information on this burglary, please contact Fred Gates at Märklin USA via e-mail at [email protected] or by telephone at 262-784-8854."
