Is the first Great Train Robbery true?
Is the first Great Train Robbery true? David Hanrahan's 2011 book tells the true story of the audacious 1855 robbery of more than 80 kg of large gold bars and coins from the London Bridge to Folkestone train.
When was the last known train robbery?
The last major American train robbery was attempted on November 25, 1937, on a Southern Pacific Railroad's westbound Apache Limited out of El Paso, Texas.
Which train robbers were never caught?
Piers Paul Read concluded they were all pretty ghastly. But he also alluded to three robbers who have never been apprehended; whom he and Bruce Reynolds called Bill Jennings, Frank Monroe and Alf Thomas. These were, as Read and Reynolds knew, pseudonyms. Alf Thomas's real name was Daniel Pembroke.