BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a stolen train and trailer.
According to Buffalo Police, a black 25 foot-long trailer containing an orange railmaster antique child's ride-on train from the 1950s was stolen on Nov. 21 from 100 Lee Street. The train is reportedly worth $25,000.
During the early morning hours on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, surveillance video shows two men in a black SUV, possibly a Hummer, break into the site of the Western New York Railway Historical Society and haul away the trailer, with the train inside.
Volunteers here didn't notice the trailer and the train were both gone until two days later.
Stephen Kocsis, the director of collections Western New York Railway Historical Society, says the antique train was built in Buffalo.
But what hurt's Kocsis the most, he says, are the memories children won't make with the train gone. He's disappointed that the kids of Buffalo are being short-changed on someone's short-sightedness.
The Western New York Railway Historical Society took to Facebook on Tuesday, also asking for the public's help.
The post read in part, "We are heartbroken due to the theft of our 1950's Railmaster amusement park train on this past Sunday, Nov. 21st at 4:40 am. Two men driving a black SUV or Hummer cut the locks on the gate and trailer and stole the trailer containing the amusement train."
Anyone with information about this incident is being asked to contact the Buffalo Police Department's A-District at (716) 851-4415 or contact Crime Stoppers WNY at (716) 867-6161.