Famous Train Robberies
- Great Gold Robbery of 1855, England - France (1855)
- Canyon Diablo Train Robbery, Arizona (1889)
- Fairbank Train Robbery, Arizona (1900)
- Bezdany raid, Lithuania (1908)
- Kakori train robbery, India (1925)
- Great Train Robbery, England (1963)
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