Stolen CNJ 1000 & CNJ RSD-4

What?? Somebody you let in or was there a breakin

Nope. Not a break in!

Ah geez. I'll keep my eyes open. Sorry buddy.

Weasels. 

Bill, you're much nicer than me. If I said what I was thinking, this thread would be killed. Basically a person born outside of wedlock. I just setup an eBay search for these two items. If they pop up, I'll be sure to let you know. Depends upon just how stupid this cretin is. Even odds he kept them to run on his own layout or sold them on Craig's List or a tabletop train show.

The boxcab is going to be tough to spot. It does remind me, we DO need to mark our engines. A suggestion, use a metallic (silver or gold) Sharpie marker. Pull the shell and make a discreet mark. Maybe a dot, a line or an "X". Something that could easily be dismissed as a manufacturer's mark. Take a picture and save it. This could just be what you need to prove ownership if it is ever recovered by the police.

Watch Makers would scratch information inside watch cases when they worked on them. I had my Grandfather's watch rebuilt last year. The man that rebuilt it recognized his mark, and was able to tell me the last time he had worked on that watch. I had no idea that he had ever seen it when I took it to him.

@Gilly@N&W posted:

I just setup an eBay search for these two items. If they pop up, I'll be sure to let you know. Depends upon just how stupid this cretin is.

Gilly, I emailed Steve privately and basically said the same thing about watching out for these items...and seeing how stupid-or desperate-this thief is.

I’ll keep my eyes open too Steve.  I volunteer to visit the dirtbag if you find out who it is   

Unbelievable. I’ll keep my eyes open too. 

I am guessing you live in the NYC/NJ area, if they make it south I will let you know.

Geez Steve, I can’t believe an invited guest would have the audacity to walk out of your home with something like that.  That’s just so contrary to what you expect to find in this hobby.  I hope you find out who’s behind it and get your stuff back.  

You didn't notice it for 8 months??????

What a **** shame. Sharing our gifts and talents with friends with like interests is one of the features I most enjoy in this hobby. That sure would sour most of us from hosting a layout tour. I'm so sorry this happened. I'm also sorry that the person who stole from you does not have much in the way of morals, apparently.

That takes a lot of b@ll$ to 'lift' something like that, especially off a home layout. They had to be pretty adept at sneaking those out of your home.

Steve, notice anyone making a hasty departure from your house during a run session?

   Thanks for keeping an eye out guys even if it's a slim chance.  There is a lot of stuff on and off the layout so I'm embarrassed to say I can't remember where everything was when guests leave.  I still might not have noticed until I was setting all the CNJ out for some new guests.  I'll try not to let it affect my faith in humanity but I'm definitely taking inventory before and after from now on. 

Did you have any contractor's or service people in the house during this time?  It may not have been an actual guest.  Check any train shops within a 25 mile radius.  That's where I found trains that were stolen from me by an employee of a contractor doing work on the house.  If you do find them, don't confront the store owner themselves.  Get the local (to you) police involved.

John

Steve’s layout needs a visit from OGR. One of the best that I’ve been to. 

It may not have been a train guest, I had a family member steal from my layout twice and not even a during an open house for my trains but during a family gathering and barbeque. 

so you Never know who it may have been.

Dave

@corsair29 posted:

   Thanks for keeping an eye out guys even if it's a slim chance.  There is a lot of stuff on and off the layout so I'm embarrassed to say I can't remember where everything was when guests leave.  I still might not have noticed until I was setting all the CNJ out for some new guests.  I'll try not to let it affect my faith in humanity but I'm definitely taking inventory before and after from now on. 

And adding a video surveillance system in and around your train room would greatly help as well!

Take everyones car license or just don't invite anyone you do not know.