不可思议的是，一辆被放置在外面工作台上的火车机车，没有设置保护设施，但却未被触碰过。这提出了一种可能性，即劫匪瞄准的是特定的火车机车。

Mysteriously, one loco, which had been sitting unprotected outside on a workbench, was untouched, raising the prospect that the robbers had targeted specific trains.

尽管有着良好的幽默感，但会员们仍然对这四辆火车机车的失窃感到困惑，四辆机车总共价值为2.5万英镑（约合3.2万美元）。

Despite the good humor, members are still bewildered by the theft of the four locos, collectively worth £25,000 (or about $32,000).

2017年10月，一个小偷用牙咬着一个小手电筒，爬上德文郡一家商店的天花板，偷走了价格昂贵的火车机车。

In October 2017 a thief gripping a tiny flashlight with his teeth climbed through the ceiling of a shop in Devon, making off with expensive locomotives.

威廉姆斯还在窃贼走向会所围栏的农场路上发现了许多蛛丝马迹，比如脚印、独轮车的车辙、一个废弃的对讲机，以及从火车机车上掉落的部件。

Williams also found breadcrumbs of evidence—footprints, wheelbarrow tracks, an abandoned walkie-talkie, broken-off locomotive parts—along the farm route the thieves took to the club's fences.