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Train robbery is a type of robbery, in which the goal is to steal money or other valuables being carried aboard trains.-History:Train robberies were more common in the past than today, and often occurred in the American Old West. Trains carrying payroll shipments were a major target...

Timeline of Events

1865

5.5.1865

In North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio), the first train robbery in the United States takes place.

1873

7.21.1873

At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James-Younger gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.

1963

8.8.1963

Great Train Robbery: in England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal 2.6 million pounds in bank notes.