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Bookmark or Share- Great Train Robbery (1963) - WikipediaThe Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.61 million [2] (calculated to present-day value of £69 million - or $73,547,750) from a Royal Mail train travelling from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England.
- The Big Mystery Behind the Great Train Robbery May Finally Have Been ...Scotland Yard’s ensuing investigation turned the thieves into celebrities for a British public stuck in a post-war recession funk. Authorities apprehended Goody and his team members, but they...
- List of train robberies in the United States - WikipediaThe Oliphant Train Robbers (presumed to be Dalton Gang) The gang robbed a St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway, the men stole $6,000 and were briefly stopped by the Irish conductor William P. McNally who shot at them with a pistol he received from a passenger named Charles Lamb, they shot him and left the train. [29] [30]
- How the Reno Gang Launched the Era of American Train RobberiesA century and a half ago today, a pair of Indiana brothers developed a new American artform: the train robbery. On October 6, 1866, the Library of Congress writes that John and Simeon "Sim" Reno...
- The Great Train Robbery Of 1963, History’s Biggest Railway HeistOn August 8, 1963, a group of 15 thieves pulled off the Great Train Robbery and stole £2.6 million — $58 million today — from a Royal Mail train traveling between Glasgow and London.
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