Warning! Burglary at Maerklin museum!

[elythomaslumber]

Beginning of this week at the German Maerklin museum in Germany dozends of items were stolen. Value of these items are about 1Mio Euro. Maerklin offers 200.000 Euro if anyone can offer informations about the burglary. Please be carfully if some offers very old items from Maerklin:

List of stolen item: http://www.maerklin.de/museum/?redirect=diebstahl.html (unfortunately only in German)

http://www.marklin.com/

Hartmut

[modelbob]

Please excuse the terrible translation, it's computer generated from the German press release. However, it will give you some additional information:

High reward suspended
Break-down in the Maerklin museum back

List of the stolen articles

In the night to 18 January penetrated unknown quantity
into the Goeppinger Maerklin museum and stole historical exhibits in the value of more than a million euro. A high reward of 200.000 euro suspended Maerklin for the replacement of the parts.

The authors set the alarm installation out of operation and applied the emergency exit. Were stolen the exhibits of the historical trace I as well as all issued vehicles of the trace 0 and the ships of 1910 ago, steam engines and irreplaceable prototypes of the trace 00 (H0). The oldest vehicle of the museum, the first locomotive of 1891, was stolen likewise. The value of the articles amounts to over 1 million euro.

"us a part of our history was stolen. That is for a tradition-conscious house such as Maerklin an extremely painful loss "said Paul Adams, chairman of the Maerklin management.

Here in the InterNet you find a list of the stolen articles. We work to procure from as much as possible exhibits of pictures which we will likewise stop in the next days here on the web page. Please you see again in here - your cooperation during the replacement of the articles is recompenced!

[modelbob]

Once again translated using Babelfish, all errors/typos and mangled grammar are the result of the computer translation and do not reflect on the original document which was posted in German. (Even slightly mangled, the info is very important and you can certainly understand most of it with a bit of effort.)

List of the stolen exhibits back

Article no.. Designation Track width Model year

5130 8 D Warship "Mecklenburg" 86cm 1906-1915
5510/33 Submarine 1930
4050 Ship steam engine 1904
4107 Steam engine, standing 1904
without Steam turbine around 1925
4116/6 Steam engine, standing 1930
without Steam engine around 1935
4160/1 Dampfzylinder 1920
13295 H Electric motor around 1930
4178 Air engine lying around 1919
4094/4 Steam engine around 1935
4099 Steam engine, standing around 1923
4291 Printer press around 1919
4355 Pond around 1935
426/1 Turning lathe with reduction gear around 1904
5050/11/D Ozeandampfer "Augusts Victoria" around 1900
2254 Lighthouse around 1900
1103 St/1101 C Component system car "streamline" 1933-1955
1104 P Component system car "Pullmann sedan 1936-1955
1101 C Component system car "Pullmann sedan 1933-1955
Without NR. Fire-brigade car around 1936
1106 T Component system car "tank car" 1935-1955
1101 C Component system car "tank car" 1933-1955
5521/51 Cabriolet "eagle" 1937-1940
5521/9 Volkswagen 1938-1940
5521/8 L Cabriolet "Horch" 1937-1940
5521/52 S Luxury sedan "Buick" 1948-1951, 1951-1954
5521/52 P Luxury sedan "Buick" 1952 - 1956
5521/18 World record car "blue bird" 1936-1940
401 F Steam engine around 1930
4261 Operating model 1939
4185 Pump around 1919
4365 Butter machine around 1935
4801 Miniature steam engine 1919
H 1021 Steam engine 1 1909
D 1021 Steam engine 1 1906-1915
Width unit 4021 Tender locomotive 1 1906-1913
1814 G/1 Langholzwagen 1 1902-1930
E 4021 Steam engine 1 1906-1921
3807 Bierwagen 1 1908-1924
FE 3021 Locomotive with tender 1 1907-1913
2628 Platform newspaper car 1 1933-1940
1915/1 Valley offering self discharger 1 1912-1922
2932/1 Disk car (Brick Car) 1 1910-1925
CE 1021 Express train locomotive m. tender with clockwork 1 1919-1927
E 1021 Steam engine "coup vent" 1 1908-1914
E 3021 Steam engine 1 1904-1906
2959 S/1 Bierwagen"Schlitz" 1 around 1910-1924
VVE 1021 Electrical schnellzuglokomotive with clockwork 1 1914-1921
S 64/3021 Electrical schnellzuglokomotive (110-250V) 1 1927-1928
S 64/13021 Electrical schnellzuglokomotive (20V) 1 1927-1928
1946 G/1 Express train 1 1929-1935
2929/1 Coal car 1 1910-1925
2959 P/1 Bierwagen "Anheuser shrubs" 1 1910-1925
CL 64/3021 Electrical full course locomotive 1 without
1792/1 Banana car 1 1930-37
TK 1021 Tender locomotive "Stephen" Southern Railway with clockwork 1 1926-1929
HR 4021 Steam engine m. tender with steam engine black 1 1934-1936
1945 G/1 Express train passenger vehicle 1 1929-1935
Sp 12971 Schienenzeppelin m. electric motor (20V) 1 1932-1938
1809/0 Cattle truck 0 1901-1908
1803/0 Luggage trolley 0 1898-1908
1030 RN Steam engine 0 1903
1906/0 Passenger vehicle Coupè form 0 1915-1924
R 990/72/3 Passenger train 0 1926-1928
2686 A Institute for need 0 1908
2597 A Institute for need 0 1909-1928
1934/0 Luggage trolley 0 1926-1929
1896/A Rail dolly hook clutch 0 1906-1908
1809 M/0 Milk car 0 1909-1924
without NR. Pilot signal 0 1924-1940
R-S 3060 Electrical zahnradlokomotive (110-250 V) 0 1925-1926
R990 Clockwork locomotive 0 1914-1928
2871/0 MR Passenger vehicle 0 1909-1914
NL 13020 Locomotive with electric motor (20V) 0 1929-1937
70/12920 Locomotive to Henschel Wegmann course; Conclusion car to Henschel Wegmann course 0 1935-1936
1842 G/0 Food car 0 1930-1937
2945/0 Luggage and smoke car 0 around 1913-1939
1899/0 MR Passenger vehicle with hook clutch 0 1906-1908
HS 65/13020 Full course locomotive with electric motor (20V) 0 1929-1937
H 64/13020 Locomotive with electric motor 0 1913-1929
TM1020 Tender locomotive with clockwork 0 1919-1935
12970 Schienenzeppelin 0 1932-1938
ACRE 12930 Course "the eagle" 0 1935
1943/0 Express train sleeping car 0 1934-1949
without NR. unfinished handmuster BR 96 0 around 1935
1862/0 Luggage car 0 1929-1931
1861/0 Passenger vehicle red 0 1929-1931
1861/0 Passenger vehicle green 0 1929-1931
R12910 Steam engine (of course rolls over) 0
ME 70/12920 Locomotive model the BUDGET row 241, grey, m. electric motor 0 1935_1940
V65/13020 Full course locomotive with electric motor 0 1926-1933
18540 BV B.V. Aral tanker 0 1935-1940
2505/0 EGG Railway bridge 0 1930-1940
2500 Railway bridge 0 1933-1947
2505 V Extension duct 0 1930-1940
1843 G/0 Sleeping car 0 1930-1937
1790/0 Goods train luggage car 0 1936-1950
1776/0 Barrel car 0 1933-1939
1768/0 Crane car 0 1933-1940
66/12920 TCE tender locomotive with electric motor 0 1934-1940
1852 G/0 Rungenwagen 0 1934-1940
1977/0 Tilting car 0 1934-40
GR 70/12920 Locomotive with tender 0 1935-1940
1983 T/0 Platform car with circus cars 0 1933-1940
1772-0 Rungenwagen 0 1934-1955
1752/0 Food car 0 1934-1955
Without NR. Tanker "Schell" 0 1933-1955
1854 ST/0 Tanker "kind of condition" 0 1934-1940
1793/0 Refrigerated vehicle 0 1930-1939
RP 930 Electrical snapping rubbing car "red arrow" 0 1936-1940
without NR. E-Lok E 18, unlacquered handmuster 0 1938-1939
R 66/12910/27/3 Course packing (steam locomotive m. tender, 2 passenger vehicle, 1 greener luggage trolley becomes green + to rails 0 1930-1940
R 4020 Steam engine "white spirit-heated" genuine steam locomotive " 0 1906-1908
1021 Steam engine "stork leg" 1 1891-1895
1021 B Steam engine m. clockwork 1 1892-1902
V 1020 CLR E-Lok 0 1909-1915
28731 Passenger vehicle (LNWR) 1 1911-1923
29961 III Passenger vehicle (PLM) 1 1920-1928
1929 B/1 Goods train conclusion car 1 1930-1932
4001 Steam engine, white spirit-heats 1 1919-1924
18391 Petroleum car 1 1920-1924
1905 Post office. - and Luggage trolley 1 1915-1924
17611 Truck 1 1930-1937
1811/1 Tilting car 1 1909-1919
16640 Zementwagen 0 1934-1940
L3060 Zahnradlokomoitve 0 1909-1922
18720 Passenger vehicle 0 1926-1931
H64/13020 Steam engine "PLM" 0 1926-1928
19320 Food car 0 1913-1929
18440 Luggage trolley 0 1931-1937
without NR. Glaeserner course 0 around 1937
AVR 1030 Underground locomotive "New York cent ral LINE" 0 1912-1914
1020 Steam engine with clockwork 0 1898
1020 D Steam engine with clockwork 0 1900-1901
859 Streetcar car "Third Avenue" 0 1909-1915
CCS 66/12920 Electric locomotive "crocodile", green 1 1934
5757 Electric locomotive "crocodile" (new trace I), brown 1 1984
5758 Electric locomotive "crocodile" (new trace I), green 1 1984
3056 Electric locomotive "crocodile" the SBB H0 starting from 1976
CCS 800 Electric locomotive "crocodile" H0 1951
CCS 800 E-Lok "crocodile" 00/H0 1947-1976
3015 E-Lok "crocodile" (cutaway model) 00/H0 1947
CCS 800 E-Lok "crocodile" handmuster 00/H0 1946-1947
E 800 LMS Steam locomotive after English model 00/H0 1938
E700 Steam locomotive after English model 00/H0 1936
RP 700 Snapping rubbing car (handmuster) 00/H0 1936
CCS 700 E-Lok crocodile (handmuster) 00/H0 1936/37
ECE 1023 Locomotive 3 1914-1921
without NR. Truck 2 1900
1809/II Cattle truck 2 1898-1908
1804/II Luggage car 2 1898-1908
2150 Passenger vehicle 2 1900
210 Passenger vehicle "Coupe" 2 1895-1900
1807/11 Passenger vehicle 2 1897-1908
1022 RNN Steam engine 2 1898-1903
2685 Luggage cart 1905-1932
1842/3 Food car 3 1914-1921
1816/2 Truck 2 1904-1913
without NR. Post office car 2 1895
3811 Poultry and sheep car 2 1907-1916
E 4023 White spirit steam locomotive 2 1900
FE 1022 Steam engine (clockwork) 2 1906-1913
341 Express train passenger vehicle 00/H0 1935-1951
342 "Mitropa Speisewagen 00/H0 1935-1951
343 "Mitropa sleeping cars 00/H0 1935-1951
SLR 700 Streamline steam locomotive 00/H0 1936-1940
343 J More internationally "sleeping cars" 00/H0 1935-1951
SLR 700 LNR Steam locomotive 00/H0 1937-1938
349 E Salon car type "Pullman" 00/H0 1937-1941
R700 LMS Steam locomotive 00/H0 1937-1939
364 (K) Niederbordwagen 00/H0 1936-1951
362 (K) Tilting car 00/H0 1935-1953
388 (K) Bierwagen 00/H0 1937-1941
391 (K) Niederbordwagen handmuster 00/H0 1936-1937
392 Rungenwagen handmuster 00/H0 1936-1937

[mushroom2]

Man they needed a truck to get all that stuff out.

[Royal Hudson 2850]

What a bummer, things like that may have value they are also priceless because I'm sure you can't replace things that old.
That is a astounding amount of stuff to be stolen.