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I absolutely agree with the sentiments expressed here. Some 10 years ago (pre-digital photography unfortunately) I took a photo of a picture in a book called The Train Robbers showing Bridego Bridge the morning after the robbery. The diesel loco appears to show the number D276.
Subsequently I got rid of the book, published many years after the robbery, because I didn't think it was very good. I've read several accounts of the crime and - correct me if I'm wrong here - the thug who (quite unnecessarily) attacked driver Mills was never officially identified or arrested. Forgive my being cynical here but the 30 year jail sentences given to some of those arrested were for stealing money, not for attacking the driver and ruining his life. Still, they certainly acted as a deterrent and no robbery on this scale was ever carried out against a train again.
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