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Title: Vandalism at Bodmin Railway Post by: old original on October 02, 2023, 16:37:53 Just.. Why?
https://www.cornish-times.co.uk/news/bodmin-heritage-railway-launches-appeal-after-train-vandalised-641839 Title: Re: Vandalism at Bodmin Railway Post by: bobm on October 02, 2023, 16:54:24 Interesting they have reported it to the British Transport Police. I didn't realise the BTP covered heritage lines. I am pretty sure the regrettably frequent attacks on the Swindon & Cricklade Railway have been reported to Wiltshire Police.
Title: Re: Vandalism at Bodmin Railway Post by: Mark A on October 02, 2023, 17:39:43 It would be *lovely* if photos of this sort of vandalism didn't immediately make their way onto media sites as that reinforces the perpetrators' deed/reward loop.
Mark Title: Re: Vandalism at Bodmin Railway Post by: bobm on October 02, 2023, 20:26:38 Yes I couldn’t agree more. Oxygen of publicity and all that.
Title: Re: Vandalism at Bodmin Railway Post by: broadgage on October 07, 2023, 01:42:51 I hope that the vandals are caught and punished severely.
I see no harm in news reports, but feel that images are best avoided. Title: Re: Vandalism at Bodmin Railway Post by: TaplowGreen on October 07, 2023, 08:37:12 Interesting they have reported it to the British Transport Police. I didn't realise the BTP covered heritage lines. I am pretty sure the regrettably frequent attacks on the Swindon & Cricklade Railway have been reported to Wiltshire Police. Possibly if mainline trains have been vandalised in the area as well they may have knowledge of the perpetrators. Either way, sad and pointless. Title: Re: Vandalism at Bodmin Railway Post by: broadgage on October 07, 2023, 15:13:29 And if the media feel that images ARE needed, perhaps there should be a code of practice, whereby the details of the graffiti are "blurred out" or obscured, as faces and number plates often are.
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