Has a train ever been robbed?

Within weeks, two trains were derailed and their payroll cars robbed. In 1868, an Adams Express car was attacked again at Seymour. This time the expressman was tossed out the door before the safes were cleared of over $40,000. Train robberies became frequent in the 1870s and peaked in the 1890s.



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Train Robbery under PC 214 is a felony offense. This means you cannot have your charges reduced, since there is no misdemeanor violation of this crime. If convicted, you could be sentenced to 16 months, 2, or 3 years in a State Prison.

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At around 3.00am on 8 August 1963, a gang of armed criminals boarded a Royal Mail train en route to Euston station in London. Dangerous and organised, they escaped with a staggering £2.6 million (£50 million in today's money).

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The era of the freight train-hopping, job-seeking hobo faded into obscurity in the years following the Second World War. Many hobos from this era have since “caught the westbound,” or died. A small number of so-called hobos still hop freight trains today.

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When someone is killed by a train, engineers and other employees clean up the train at the next stop. The coroner's office removes the body from the tracks but not the trauma left on the tracks. Body parts and blood can be carried hundreds of feet down tracks.

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They aren't usually major disasters.

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Police recovered approximately 10% of the money, although by 1971, when decimalisation led to a change in UK currency, most of the cash that the robbers had stolen was no longer legal tender.

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The robbers escaped with an estimated £2.6 million, which would have been worth about £46 million today, which they split amongst themselves. Most of the cash has never been recovered.

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Train robberies became frequent in the 1870s and peaked in the 1890s.

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