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Title: History Of The Day - The Great Train Robbery (1963)
Post by: TFD on Aug 08, 2013, 05:31 AM
On the night of August 7, 1963, a postal train left Glasgow with a High Value Package (HVP) coach containing registered mail and a large sum of money. Before dawn the next morning, the driver sighted a red signal and, not knowing that the light had been tampered with, brought the train to a halt as was protocol. Fifteen robbers descended on the train, attacking the train's operators, restraining the postal workers in the HVP coach, and making off with £2.6 million. Were the robbers ever caught? Discuss (http://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst38673_The-Great-Train-Robbery--1963-.aspx)



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