Does the 1963 Princeton Dinky robbery count?
NO. The guns were not real, and what was stolen was not money (although probably worth considerably more!)
Try 1952. This question is past its sell-by date and I’m prepared to do some deep discounting with hints…
All I can find without buying subsriptions to several newspapers is a sketchy reference to a robbery on NYC’s westbound Wolverine on December 31, 1951.
Be interesting to see details on that one. You’re getting warmer, though. ‘Buffalo’ is a common link… but not the same one as the Wolverine.
This question has gone unanswered too long.
The equipment in question had a PRR road number at one time. The robbery occurred during a particularly acrimonious strike, which I think may well have had something to do with it at this (comparatively) late date.
Final hint before letting someone else put up something interesting: the equipment manufacturer made quite a range of options for what was basically a simple service.
Final hint before letting someone else put up something interesting: the equipment manufacturer made quite a range of options for what was basically a simple service.
And the car didn’t have a road number, but something else, to identify it at the time of the incident…
… and now.
Horse-thief?
No horses involved… not really any room for them on that ‘train’ in the first place.
No horses involved… not really any room for them on that ‘train’ in the first place.
Do I have you buffaloed? is your guessing up the creek without a paddle? Is the question galling?
Yor hints sggest that, while it was an incident on RR property, it was not really a train robbery. It was an attack on RR employees or contractor employees.
Sperry Rail Inspection?
Maintenasnce crew on a track speeder?
You ask good questions. No problem with them, except they are tough ones, often.
Actually a robbery – and recognized historically to be the last.
October 3, 1952, on the Buffalo Creek and Gauley during labor unrest.
Thank you!
You’re up.
I’m suffering from cranial vaporlock due to the heat. If someone else wants to pose a question, go for it.
OK: Here is one. A location, a town, visited by North American touristsm but not in North America, where you can board for a ride in summer months, during the day, even enjoy a round trip on three lines in one day. All three are narrow gauge, but with three different gauges. All are primarily run for tourists, one of the three primarily by and for railfans.
I think this was already posed and (eventually!) answered, so I won’t spoil the fun. Is there a funicular or something like one in the tourist mix nearby, too?
Still needs the answer. The answer is in a posted thread. A funicular is not involved, but one line does serve a somewhat similar function, uses a specific technology not used anywhere else, still operating with original equipment (true of all three operations, with two really very old). also newer second-hand propulsion equipment replaced the original after WWII, does not have its own repair shop, and so there is a short bit of dual-gauge trqack which can be seen on this Forum in a different thread, with at least one photo of each of the three lines.
’ At the specific town, here is a picture of the only dual-gauge track, used in overhauling the cars of the line using the niqur technology. Both narrow-gauge lines use very, very old eqipment, at least as far as the car bodies. Indeed, possibly San Fransisco’s “dinky” may be the world’s electric railway equipment as old and used with some reglarity.
The location is also asslciated with a gigantic wheel, also a symbol and useful for an old technology.
The atill-operating waterwheel:
