I read this morning that two males have been arrested and charged both aged 32 , Grown men unbelievable.

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment Indeed they must be very sad people

Vandals are some of the most sad individuals to exist. Why they target heritage railways is just sick. Lots of hard work and efforts goes into trains to keep them going and vandals just come and either spray paint the paintwork or just rob metal. Sad, sad life. In this case it is your model railway but it is still something that has had a lot of effort put into it and I am sorry to see it like this

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comments👍

As a volunteer at Bo’Ness, it is absolutely gutting to see this, disgraceful behavior

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment👍

Vandals continue to exist because as we will most probably see in this case like most others the punishment of these individuals will NOT fit the crime.

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Ken thank you for your comment 👍

The court should make the 2 men what set fire to the exhibit pay £10,000 each for compensation to cover costs

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Michael thank you for your comment 👍

Bloody shame why is it that so few individuals damage a great enjoyment for many

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Philip thank you for your comment

They caught the two scumbags that did it, but knowing the courts they’ll get a slap on the wrist at most.

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment 👍

Sorry to hear of the damage. Hope you get to restore what was lost. PICTON, S. Island, New Zealand.

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Phil thank you so much for your comment 👍

That is absolutely heartbreaking. I have loved heritage rail and electric trains since I was a boy back in the 1950s. Devastating to see all that work and labour of love destroyed by vandals. You can't recover what was lost but you will build back again and decent people will once again have the opportunityto enjoy something really special. Already I can see from your fundraiser how much goodwill and support you have. This will NOT defeat you. My very best wishes.

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your comments👍

If we had proper justice, they should be punished in the usual way.. AND have to pay for the cost of damage caused AND have to put the man hours into cleaning and repairing the coaches at the very least. Thanks for the tour of the workshops though, very interesting

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comments 👍

I hope the two individuals are made to help rebuild what they destroyed.

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

John thanks for your comment 👍

Vandals broke into a carriage on our local NYMR (North Yorkshire Moors Railway) some time ago. They drank all the beer in the bar then smashed it all up 'because they were bored'. Father of one dragged his son down to the police station. Now all restored but so sad that people can behave like this. Donation made.

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

Ай бұрын

Thanks for your comments so take care

Really sorry to hear what has happened. I hope you all can come back from this and rebuild. Best wishes to you all.

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Georgie thank you for your comment👍

I am used to having my 4mm and 1/16 scale trains and trams (respectively) nearly all scratch built since the 1960s, described by my grown-up family as 'toy trains' but what goes in the mind of those who 'for a laugh/kicks' just trash others' hard work/labours of love/ artistry/even carriage restoration...Is betond my power of comprehension.

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

John thank you so much for your comments 👍

I'm so sorry to hear that some mindless people have caused so much damage it's unreal . The problem we face in the Heritage Rail sector is that crimes committed against our Railways seem to be not important enough . Fines are rarely given out there's no compensation for the damage done . Or all the time put in to create a wonderful bits of history . We at the DVLR York hope you find out who has committed this crime

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your comments 👍

sorry to hear about the railway. caroline

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Caroline thanks for your comment👍

Name and Shame them

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2 ай бұрын

Ronnie thank you for your comment 👍

This is tremendously sad to hear of. My brother and his wife volunteer on the railway and on the tours. Heartbreaking as you say for all the hours of painstaking work by dedicated modellers - bringing pleasure to so many and trashed in a moment by heartless and selfish brain-dead individuals.

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Many thanks for your kind comments 👍

What goes around comes around, they’ll always know what they’ve done and live to regret it.

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Carl thank you for your comment 👍

Heart breaking news, Bo'ness Railway has my sympathy... Well the two pathetic individuals have been caught.... No doubt the magistrates will sentence them not to do it again and then let them go!

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Ken thank you so much for your comments 👍

Man babies. Its always sad to hear of vandalism on the railway. Especially when its the time and dedication of others wasted. I'm building a little snippet of Bo'ness railway at the moment for my dad in 00.

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your comments and good luck with building your little snippet of Bo'ness railway for your dad 👍

How do we donate? Is there a link I'm missing?

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Adam I donated this morning at a stall outside their 'O' Gauge model railway but you can donate :- here www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/bonessgaugeogroup-modelrailway.

I model railways in Gauge 1, 1/29th, 12/22.5, 1/20.3, and 16mm, much of it live steam. If it can run on 45mm gauge track, then I run it and often build it from scratch. I can fully appreciate the time and effort that went into your famous model, and can only offer my sympathy - and a donation - to spur you on to replacing it in full. Don't let these mindless POS win - if you found them on fire they are not worth peeing on to put them out.

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for comments 👍

Thay should pay for the damage thay done, faces in and on the net name and shame them, words fail me, keep up the good work.

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment 👍

What s wrong with people, senseless destruction.

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

David thank you for your comment 👍

Good that they caught them 👍👍

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment 👍

Unfortunately justice will not be served as you all know, I left the UK 20 years ago and have never regretted it.

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your comments 👍

Such a shame I cannot conceive of why they'd want to do that apart from inferiority and jealousy

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Kevin thank you so much for your comment 👍

Best wishes to the Railway. Deprive those that caused the incident of their prized posetions if the have any.

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your comment 👍

Mindless.

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2 ай бұрын

Jeffery thank you for your comment 👍

Was the model railway insured?

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Yes I think so thank you for your comment 👍

That is just totally pointless. Well I hope they get locked but I suppose like down here the police catch them and the courts give them a slap on wrist and send them on there way.

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Charles thank you for your comments 👍

Did the two men start the fire to cover up theft of models

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

Ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment who knows what was in their stupid heads

I smell a 'psyop rat' ..

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment 👍

I'd like to know more about these two guys backgrounds before judging them too harshly if they are found to have done it. Innocent until found guilty n all that. I know from personal experience living in the region just how chaotic and desparate some peoples lives can be and how much substance abuse there is under the hood of these seemingly quiet towns, not to say what they may have done isn't bad and hasn't hurt others financially or emotionally but it is perhaps a chance to learn things and intergrate the railway more with the whole community to try and avoid things like this in the future. People don't damage things they respect, a really simple solution is to breed a respect between the whole community and the railway. * dodges barage of bricks and glass bottles for being woke or something *

@ecksfilesbonyuk8

2 ай бұрын

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