Great train robbery retired train driver

Roy James: Racing driver train robber. In the early nineteen sixties, Roy James was a promising young racing driver. He was also a criminal*. In he was the getaway driver for what was referred to as ‘the crime of the century’- the Great Train Robbery that took place on August 8th, A 16th man, an unnamed retired train driver, was also present at the time of robbery. With careful planning based on inside information from an individual known only as ‘The Ulsterman’, the robbers got away with over £ million (the equivalent of £46 million today).  · A 16th man, an unnamed retired train driver, was also present at the time of the robbery. They received assistance from Patrick McKenna, who provided inside information about the cargo of the train and its schedule. Above: An Austin Loadstar truck, similar to .

Roy James: Racing driver train robber. In the early nineteen sixties, Roy James was a promising young racing driver. He was also a criminal*. In he was the getaway driver for what was referred to as ‘the crime of the century’- the Great Train Robbery that took place on August 8th, The robbers had to force the train driver, Jack Mills, to move the train as the driver they had bought along could not operate the controls on this type of locomotive. Masterminded by Bruce Reynolds, the robbery was hugely successful due to the meticulous planning and tampering of signal lights by a member the team. A seventeen strong gang had been employed by Reynolds to carry out the raid, including a retired train driver hired to move the train from the signal lights to the bridge.

THE family of Great Train Robbery victim David Whitby took an emotional journey to the site of where the infamous £m heist took place. Jack Mills (1 September – 28 February ) was the driver of the train that was robbed in the Great Train Robbery in Contact with Gordon Goody and Buster Edwards arranged through another man who contacted Brian Field. Roy James, Getaway Driver and Carriage Uncoupler. John Daly.