The first-ever train robbery west of the Rockies was a fairly elaborate operation involving accomplices in Nevada and California all working toward one goal: stealing the payroll for Gold Hill’s ...

The mastermind behind the Great Train Robbery will mark the 40th anniversary of the heist by returning to the scene of the crime. Bruce Reynolds, now 71, has been invited to be guest of honour at ...

Their most famous heist was the 1899 Union Pacific train robbery in Wyoming, which netted the gang approximately $60,000. Pinkerton detectives pursued them, and they escaped to South America.