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Samuel Bass (July 21, 1851 – July 21, 1878) was a 19th-century American train robber, outlaw, and outlaw gang leader. Notably, he was a member of a gang of six that robbed a Union Pacific train in Nebraska of $60,000 in newly minted gold from San Francisco, California. To date, this is the biggest train robbery to have been committed in the USA.
Overall, the outlaws made off with "$60,000 [equivalent to $1,716,750 in 2023] in newly minted twenty-dollar gold pieces from the express car and $1,300 plus four gold watches from the passengers", [3] accounting for the "first and greatest robbery of a Union Pacific train" and placing Bass in the midst of a crucial turning point in his life.
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A live steam festival (often called a "Steam Fair" in the UK and a live steam "meet" in the US) is a gathering of people interested in steam engine technology. Locomotives, trains, traction engines , steam wagons , steam rollers , showman's engines and tractors , steam boats and cars , and stationary steam engines may be on display, both full ...
Charlie Colin (November 22, 1966 – c. May 17, 2024) was an American musician. He was the bassist for the rock band Train, of which he was a founding member.He also played guitar and provided background vocals for many other bands after his departure from the group in 2003.
Luke Magnus Nicolson [1] [2] [3] (born 9 July 2000 [4] [5]), known as Francis Bourgeois, is an English trainspotter, social media personality, model, and author.He is most known for his lighthearted and humorous videos on the topic of trains, posted to TikTok and Instagram.
Stalked: Someone's Watching (also stylized as Stalked) is an American television documentary series on Investigation Discovery that debuted on January 24, 2011. The series tells the stories of those who have been stalked and is hosted by Michelle Ward.
A fish-jighead hook. The weighted "head" of a jig, or jighead, can consist of many different shapes and colors along with different features. [2] The simplest and most common is a round head, but others include fish head-shaped, coned-shaped, cylinder-shaped and hybrid varieties that resemble spoons or spinnerbaits.