The Great Model Train Robbery

You know I am fascinated by trains, crime and train related crimes, whether in fiction or in real life. Trains have been a great setting for crimes, true and fictitious.Whether it is the robbery of valuable items, the cargo of valuable items or the murder of someone, it just creates a special dynamic as a setting for crime drama. But recently, I learned of a special theft not done in a train but to a train, or rather, the theft of a high value model train. It happened in Kent in 2019 (so it is not fresh news) and you can read more about it in this Pocket article. There probably a story to be written about this. Fiction I mean. But until then, I will add that the theft of a train model is the most despicable act of burglary.