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from Ｒ​Ｅ​Ｓ​Ｔ ＩＮ Ｐ​Ｅ​Ａ​Ｃ​Ｅ​， Ｊ​Ｏ​Ｈ​Ｎ Ｍ​ｃ​Ｇ​Ｅ​Ｅ Ｖ​Ｏ​Ｌ​．​１ by Merrell Nesker

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IN 1963, A ROYAL MAIL TRAIN WAS RELIEVED OF TWO-POINT FIVE MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS

THE TRAIN WAS TRAVELLING FROM GLASGOW TO LONDON

IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THURSDAY THE 8TH OF AUGUST, THE TRAIN WAS RAIDED BY A FIFTEEN-STRONG GANG AS IT REACHED BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

THE ROBBERS HAD TAMPERED WITH THE LINE SIGNALS

THE TRAIN HAD TO STOP AT THE RED LIGHT

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

AMONGST THE GANG MEMBERS WERE GORDON GOODY, BUSTER EDWARDS, CHARLIE WILSON, AND RONNIE BIGGS

ONCE THE TRAIN HAD BEEN STOPPED, THE GANG CLIMBED ABOARD

THEY COSHED THE STAFF INTO SUBMISSION, AND BEGAN DIVESTING THE ROYAL MAIL TRAIN OF THE MONEY IT HAD BEEN CARRYING

A HUNDRED AND TWENTY SACKS CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY TWO-POINT FIVE MILLION POUNDS WERE LOADED INTO THEIR DROPSIDE TRUCK

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERS HAD BEEN CAUGHT

THEY WERE PUT ON TRIAL IN 1964

FROM THE 20TH OF JANUARY TO THE 15TH OF APRIL, OVER TWO HUNDRED WITNESSES GAVE EVIDENCE

SEVEN OF THE ROBBERS, INCLUDING RONNIE BIGGS, WERE SENTENCED TO THIRTY YEARS IN PRISON

DURING THOSE YEARS, SOME OF THE GANG MANAGED TO ESCAPE FROM PRISON

RONNIE BIGGS GAVE THE LAW THE RUNAROUND FOR DECADES BEFORE DYING IN A BRITISH CARE HOME IN 2013

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

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from Ｒ​Ｅ​Ｓ​Ｔ ＩＮ Ｐ​Ｅ​Ａ​Ｃ​Ｅ​， Ｊ​Ｏ​Ｈ​Ｎ Ｍ​ｃ​Ｇ​Ｅ​Ｅ Ｖ​Ｏ​Ｌ​．​１, released July 21, 2017

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