The great train robbery

EDITOR:

In the future, when great train robberies and robbers are being discussed around a campfire like Jesse James, the Dalton Gang, the Youngers, Black Bart, Murietta — these last two in California and the Bullion Bend Robbery in Pollock Pines in our own county history — there will be one that will always stand out: the famous robbery of the "El Dorado County Gold Train No. 504."

It was so cleverly conceived and executed by the “Gangs of Five,” that few suspected it at all. Millions of dollars were quietly set up to be taken under the very noses of the people who were to be the victims.

Instrumental to the robbery was the creation of a “salary limitation” car named “Measure A.” It was passed by unsuspecting riders in 1997. Slowly, the heist began to move forward with changes and amen