The Great Train Robbery may refer to:
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Great Train Robbery (1963)
The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.61 million (worth about £ million in ) from a Royal Mail train travelling from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn ...
, of £2.6 million from a British train
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Great Gold Robbery
The Great Gold Robbery took place on the night of 15 May 1855, when a routine shipment of three boxes of gold bullion and coins was stolen from the guard's van of the service between London Bridge station and Folkestone while it was being shi ...
, of gold worth £12,000 from a British train in 1855
Film and television
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''The Great Train Robbery'' (1903 film), an American silent short Western film
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The Great K & A Train Robbery
''The Great K & A Train Robbery'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Tom Mix and Dorothy Dwan. The film is based on the actual foiling of a train robbery by Dick Gordon as ...
'', a 1926 American Western silent film
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''The Great Train Robbery'' (1941 film), an American low-budget crime-western
* "The Great Train Robbery", an
episode of ''I Love Lucy'', 1955
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The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery'', the 1966 fourth film of the St Trinians film saga
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The First Great Train Robbery
''The First Great Train Robbery'' (known in the United States as ''The Great Train Robbery'') is a 1978 British heist comedy film directed by Michael Crichton, who also wrote the screenplay based on his 1975 novel '' The Great Train Robbery' ...
'', a 1978 film, released in the U.S. as ''The Great Train Robbery'', directed by Michael Crichton, based on his novel
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Old 587: The Great Train Robbery'', a 2000 film that involves the steam locomotive
Nickel Plate Road 587
Nickel Plate Road 587 is a preserved Nickel Plate Road class H-6o, H-6o class 2-8-2 "USRA Light Mikado" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Lake Erie and Western Railroad as its No. 5541. In 1923, the LE&W was merg ...
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''The Great Train Robbery'' (2013 TV series), a British mini-series
Other uses
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''The Great Train Robbery'' (board game), a 1970s board game based on the Great Train Robbery (1963)
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''The Great Train Robbery'' (novel), a 1975 historical novel by Michael Crichton, about the Great Gold Robbery (1855)
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"Great Train Robbery" (song), by Black Uhuru, 1986
* "The Great Train Robbery", a song/tune by Mountain on their 1971 album ''
Nantucket Sleighride
A Nantucket sleighride is the dragging of a whaleboat by a harpooned whale while whaling. It is an archaic term from the early days of open-boat whaling, when the animals were harpooned from small open boats. Once harpooned, the whale, in pain ...
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See also
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Train robbery
Since the invention of locomotives in the early 19th century, trains have often been the target of robbery, in which the goal is to steal money or other valuables. Train robbery was especially common during the 19th century and is commonly asso ...
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