On Feb. 22, a vintage train horn was stolen from Prince George’s Central BC Railway and Forestry Museum. The Nathan M5 Airchime Train Horn was manufactured in Vancouver, along with the train it was attached to, in the 1950s.
The staff hoped to remove the horn after getting a tip from a worried citizen that the horn may be stolen, but it proved too difficult due to the rusted nails holding it in place. When staff returned the next day with proper equipment, the horn was gone. This isn’t the first horn theft to be reported. According to Prince George Citizen News, two other train horns were stolen last year.
The B.C. artifact is worth more than the $5,000 it would cost to replace it as Brian Wich, Park Manager of Central BC Railway and Forestry Museum told CBC.
“This particular one is quite rare and was made locally here in B.C., and that’s not the kind of [horn] that you can find anymore.”
