Since the invention of locomotives in the early 19th century, trains have often been the target of robbery, in which the goal is to steal money or other valuables. Train robbery was especially common during the 19th century and is commonly associated with gangs of outlaws in the American Old West.

The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.61 million [2] (worth about £69 million in 2023) 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.

Jan 23, 2023 · Read the 10 most famous Train Robberies in History. 1. The Great Train Robbery of 1912 in Poteau, Oklahoma, is known as the swiftest robbery in American history. It was carried out on the morning of October 4, 1912, by a group of …

This is a chronological list of train robberies that occurred in the United States from the 1860s to 2024. A party of Confederate guerrillas robbed a train and burned the cars. [2] A group of armed men boarded a train and robbed it of all its valuables, it is suspected the men were Confederates angered by the south's surrender. [3]

Mar 9, 2017 · Train Wrecks. Under the Federal Train Wreck Statute (title 18, U.S.C., sec. 2153), the FBI has jurisdiction when a person (or persons) willfully attempts to, or actually does, derail, disable,...

Oct 21, 2013 · From high profile capers by the likes of Jesse James and Butch Cassidy to a raid by a gang of Indian political dissidents, find out more about six of history’s most audacious rail heists. Updated:...

The Train Robbers: Directed by Burt Kennedy. With John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson. A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her husband so that she may return it and start fresh.

Oct 6, 2016 · A 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...

Jul 16, 2014 · 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...

On 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.