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	Train robbery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Train robbery was a type of robbery, where the first goal was to steal any money being delivered as cargo on trains.
		Trains carrying payroll shipments were for this reason a major target.
		If the outlaw was unsatisfied with the goods, passengers of the train's carriages who would be generally unarmed would be held at gunpoint and made to hand over any valuables they were carrying, usually in the form of jewelry or currency.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Train_robbery (254 words)

	Great Train Robbery (1963) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Great Train Robbery was the name given to a £2.3 million train robbery committed on 8 August 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England.
		Although no guns were used in the robbery, the train driver, Jack Mills, was hit on the head with an iron bar, causing a fl eye and facial bruising.
		The robbery was investigated by Detective Chief Superintendent Jack Slipper of the Metropolitan Police (widely known in the press as "Slipper of the Yard"), who became so involved with its aftermath that he continued to hunt down many of the escaped robbers in retirement.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Great_Train_Robbery_of_1963 (906 words)

	Train robbery - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Train robbery was a crime that occurred mainly in the middle-to-late 19th century.
		In a train robbery, the first goal was to steal any money being delivered as cargo.
		If the outlaw was unsatisfied with the goods, passengers of the train's carriages (generally unarmed) would be held at gunpoint and made to hand over any valuables they were carrying (usually jewelry or currency).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Train_robbery (319 words)

	The Trade of Train Robbery--Outlaw
		TRAIN robbery has been a recognized branch of criminal industry for nearly forty years, yet the advance in it has been far less than might be expected of a pursuit that has, at one time or another, attracted the shrewdest as well as the most daring and enterprising of the criminals of America.
		The gross receipts by train robbery have averaged not far from one hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year, and, as not more than twenty thieves ordinarily share this booty, it is not difficult to understand why men follow it in spite of its dangers.
		The lynchings took the zest out of train robbery for several years, but when it was resumed it was in a form that doubled the terror the early seizures had caused.
	www.catskillarchive.com /rrextra/strob.Html (3066 words)

	Train - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the United Kingdom, a train hauled by two locomotives is said to be "double-headed", and in Canada and the United States it is quite common for a long freight train to be headed by three, four, or even five locomotives.
		Long-distance trains, sometimes crossing several countries, may have a dining car or restaurant car; they may also have sleeping cars, but not in the case of high-speed rail; these arrive at their destination before the night falls and are in competition with airliners in speed.
		This type of freight train has largely superseded the traditional boxcar type of freight train, with which the cargo has to be loaded or unloaded manually.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Train (2210 words)

	The Great Train Robbery (1903)
		And the spectacle of the fireman (replaced by a dummy with a jump cut in scene four) being thrown off the moving train was a first in screen history.
		The desperadoes stealthily sneak on board the train (between the tender, the car attached to the steam locomotive that carries fuel and water, and the express mail car) just before it pulls away.
		The train passengers are forced to leave the coaches.
	www.filmsite.org /grea.html (1380 words)

	Train Robbery, 1899
		They were, after all, bank and train robbers constantly looking over their shoulders in hopes of escaping capture by the law or death by a rival.
		In the early summer of 1899, he was in the mail car of a train stopped by the Hole in the Wall Gang in the wilds of Wyoming.
		They asked what was on the train, and somebody said there were two cars of soldiers on the train.
	www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /cassidy.htm (993 words)

	The Great Train Robbery
		He backed to the end of the car, pulled the bell rope and, as the train was approaching Utica, the train slowed down and he unlocked the door, jumped off the platform and vanished in the darkness.
		The train was moving 40 miles an hour as Perry donned a red cloak and mask from the valise and armed himself with a pistol.
		As the train was passing through the town of Jordan, Perry climbed down the ladder until he could peer into the window of the car and see Daniel T. McInerney, an express messenger and a native of Rochester, seated in front of the company's open safe.
	www.cgazette.com /towns/Newark/history/912609649328.htm (1619 words)

	BBC - Crime Case Closed - Great Train Robbery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The robbery was originally planned for June, but to take advantage of the extra money that a bank holiday would bring, they changed the date to August.
		In the grey light of morning, the train pulled to a stop at the false signals and a group of 'railway workers' appeared on the tracks wearing uniform blue overalls.
		The old man wasn't used to mail trains, so they couldn't get it to move and when they needed him most, their back-up man was no use at all.
	www.bbc.co.uk /crime/caseclosed/greattrainrobbery.shtml (1775 words)

	Great Train Robbery Outside Verdi Nevada, November 5, 1870
		After the train bad proceeded about half a mile east of Verdi, the men on the engine ordered the engineer to whistle "down brakes:' This was before the days of air-brakes and one short blast of the whistle brought the brakemen to the platforms, where they began the work of setting the brakes.
		When his train arrived at the scene of the robbery he found that the work of the robbers wa's finished and the engineer and fireman were busy removing the obstructions from the track.
		Among others was one from California, where in a certain robbery case the defendants were tried in one county while the robbery was committed in another, and the Supreme Court of California granted a new trial on the ground of lack of jurisdiction.
	cprr.org /Museum/Robbery.html (4715 words)

	1873 C.,R.I and P. Train Robbery
		This separation after a robbery was a peculiarity of these outlaws, and it proved their safety in every instance.
		Seven men rob a railway train; seven men, riding jaded but fine horses, are seen a long distance off, it is true, but still they are an object of suspicion, but the very fact that they are seven, if from no other.
		But now look upon this picture: Seven men rob a train in Iowa to-day, and to-morrow two travelers are seen sixty or eighty miles away, their steeds jaded, but the men jovial and jogging along the road in a quiet, orderly manner--why, Vidocq himself would never connect these two with the other seven.
	www.wildwestweb.net /criandptr.html (975 words)

	The Great Train Robbery - Jerry Goldsmith
		His fictionalised version of the Great Train Robbery (or First Great Train Robbery as it is sometimes referred) turns a rather unglamorous crime into one of gentlemen thieves and daring escapes.
		The pace and tone then shift down a gear as the heist is planned and various train company employees are followed and their lives infiltrated.
		The robbery itself takes up a surprisingly short time on disc, although evidently one cue - the strangely titled Dead Willy - was absent from the set of masters and would have contributed a little more action.
	www.soundtrack-express.com /osts/greattrainrobbery.htm (466 words)

	The Great Train Robbery (1903 movie)
		The Great Train Robbery is a 1903 western film.
		The scenes with the gun pointing at the audience and the train rushing towards the audience had audiences at the time screaming in fear, then laughing in relief.
		The Great Train Robbery of 1963 was a real-life event unrelated to either film.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/t/th/the_great_train_robbery__1903_movie_.html (183 words)

	Edison Motion Picture and Sound Recordings
		Two masked robbers enter and compel the operator to set the `signal block' to stop the approaching train, also making him write a fictitious order to the engineer to take water at this station....
		Just before she pulls out they stealthily board the train between the express car and the tender.
		This thrilling scene was taken from the mail car showing the tender and interior of locomotive cab, while the train is running forty miles an hour....
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/edhtml/gtr.html (840 words)

	Train robbed in Flatonia, Texas - Lone Star Diary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		On Friday night of last week between 12 and 1 o’clock a most daring train robbery was successfully perpetrated on the east bound passenger train about a mile and a half from Flatonia.
		During this performance the train was delayed about an hour, when they desisted, being told by the conductor that there was great danger of a collision with another train.
		After quitting the train they mounted their horses, which were tied near by, and rode off in different directions.
	www.montgomerystudio.com /lonestar/lsd_pg31.htm (775 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		The Great Gold Robbery of 1855 that took place during a train and sea journey from London to Paris.
		The Great Train Robbery that took place in 1963 near Linslade in England.
		The First Great Train Robbery (1979), directed by Michael Crichton and based on his novel of the same name.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Great_Train_Robbery (122 words)

	The Last Full-sized Train Robbery in Texas, Sanderson, 1912.
		He did kill some people, but technically it was the train robbery that gave him the death penalty.
		The robbers had a member of the train crew order the express agent to open the door and this was done.
		There are three errors in the "The Last Full-Sized Train Robbery in Texas": (1) the rest of the gang 'overslept' is a figment of the writers imagination.
	www.texasescapes.com /FEATURES/Last_fullsized_train_robbery_Texas/train_robbery.htm (1585 words)

	The Last Great Train Robbery in America
		After all, the train through the Rogue Valley still carried the nickname of the "Gold Special" because it once hauled large quantities of gold from the mines.
		The twins, who recruited their younger brother, picked the 3,107-foot-long Tunnel No. 13 because it would be easy to hop aboard the train as it labored slowly to reach the crest of the summit.
		Although the brothers had botched the robbery and killed in cold blood, they were media celebrities by the time they were caught.
	www.angelfire.com /wa/andyhiggins/Greattrainrobbery.html (1139 words)

	Force museum \| Great Train Robbery
		The Great Train Robbery was the most famous heist of an era that made celebrities of some criminals, and drew much attention to the work undertaken by the Buckinghamshire Constabulary and other police forces to track them down.
		The robbery’s mastermind, Bruce Reynolds, was a known criminal.
		Taking his inspiration from the rail robberies of the American West, and using inside information on the movement of valuables, he assembled a gang to raid a diesel-hauled Royal Mail Travelling Post Office during its journey from Glasgow to London.
	www.thamesvalley.police.uk /news_info/info/museum/great-train-rob.htm (210 words)

	The Last Oregon Train Robbery
		The train was known was the "Gold Special," as it frequently took gold shipments up and down the West Coast.
		The bandits thought this train would be carrying $40,000 in its mail car, a significant enough amount to take a chance.
		It was somewhat of a challenge since the grade of the tunnel was downhill and the train may have been moving as fast as 20 miles per hour when the robbers ordered it stopped.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/old_west/34777 (414 words)

	Hocking Valley Scenic Railway - Train Robbery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		At some point during the trip, we will encounter a group of bandits determined to bag some loot from the passengers on-board.
		Don't despair, however; play money will be handed out to everyone onboard which will then be given to the robbers after they board the train.
		Trains are seated on a first come, first served basis, so reservations are recommended for groups of thirty or more.
	www.hvsry.org /robbery.htm (180 words)

	The Last Train Robbery - Sanderson, Terrell County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		They were 'TRAIN ROBBERS.' The one in front took charge of the engine crew and ordered them to drive to Baxters Curve.
		The other one came to the baggage car bringing the brakeman with him and forced him at gun point to break the train in half.
		The passenger cars were left on the bridge, while the train robbers took the engine crew and Express Messenger (Doug Trousdale) and proceeded to a point one mile ahead where horses were waiting.
	www.sandersontx.info /history/trainrob.html (282 words)

	Today in History: October 6
		Considered the first train robbery, the incident at Seymour was preceded by a similar train burglary.
		A wave of train robberies followed the Seymour case.
		Although train robberies were rare by the turn of the century, they remained a staple of popular entertainment.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/oct06.html (591 words)

	The Olyphant Train Robbery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The postmaster at Jamestown, upon hearing of the robbery, told the sheriff of Independence County that a group of evil-looking men had camped at the Wackerly place the week before the robbery.
		At the beginning of the trials Butler held that anyone who was convicted of the robbery of the train would also be held accountable for the murder of Conductor McNally.
		During the drama of the robbery and murder and the extensive search by posses from ten north Arkansas counties, story after story had filled the newspapers for two and a half months.
	www.nhsalumni.net /newport/robbery.html (2537 words)

	Another train robbery in Laluland
		In the sixth attack on trains passing through Bihar in less than a month, gunmen on Friday stabbed a passenger and looted cash and valuables worth over Rs 1.50 lakh from an AC coach of the Mumbai-Howrah Mail near Bhabhua Road.
		Seven gunmen boarded an AC-III tier coach of the train at the Bhabhua Road station on the Mughalsarai-Sasaram section of the East-Central Railway and went on a looting spree, Superintendent of Police, Railways, Vinay Kumar said.
		On June 3, one passenger was shot dead and 10 others were injured by robbers on the Doon Express train in Gaya district.
	www.rediff.com /news/2004/jun/25train.htm (346 words)

	The Great Saugus Train Robbery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		After the robbery, which only netted $300, "Buffalo" Tom walked over the low ridge to Wood's Garage, where he hitched a ride down to L.A. with one Thomas Firth of Burbank.
		Vernon claimed that his nonexistent daughter was injured in a train wreck and paid Firth five dollars for a lift to the Children's Hospital.
		Two weeks later he derailed another train near Cheyenne, Wyoming, and was plotting a third when he was captured at Pawnee, Oklahoma.
	www.trainorders.com /discussion/read.php?1,77926 (673 words)

	James Train Robbery
		It was one of the first recorded train robberies west of the Mississipppi and expanded Jesse James and his gang's operations from his specialty of bank holdups to train robbery.
		As the train rounded the curve the engineer, John Rafferty, saw the rope tied to the rail and immediately reversed his engine.
		The total amount taken by the robbers from the train in now known to be twenty three hundred and thirty seven dollars.
	faculty.simpson.edu /RITS/www/histories/jjstory/JJ.html (1452 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Great Train Robbery: Books: Michael Crichton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A train robbery was infinitely worse than, say, robbing a bank.
		The great train robbery is a great book about well a u train robbery.
		The whole book is not just the fast action read that the train robbery part is but also the exiting buildup to the robbery.
	www.amazon.ca /Great-Train-Robbery-Michael-Crichton/dp/0060502304 (1444 words)

	Adair, Iowa Train Robbery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		July 21, 1873---The James-Younger Gang's first train robbery (and the first train robbery west of the Mississippi River) happened on this date.
		While two of the gang ate a meal at a house near the train station, the other seven men stole a tie hammer and a spike bar from a handcar house.
		While this was going on inside the train, the gang members outside were shooting their guns into the air to keep the passengers inside the cars.
	www.angelfire.com /mi2/jamesyoungergang/adair.html (432 words)

	Review: Jesse James and the First Missouri Train Robbery
		A bold and daring robbery that resulted in no casualties, the Gads Hill robbery did much to add to the legend of the James-Younger gang.
		Author Ronald H. Beights has been fascinated with the Gads Hill robbery since he was a boy, and his book reflects many years of patient research in original sources and with descendants of some of those touched by the bandits along their route.
		Beights follows them back into Missouri and the robbed train, and then along their escape route back to the home ground of the James-Youngers in western Missouri.
	www.civilwarstlouis.com /Reviews/missouritrainrobbery.htm (1271 words)

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