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South Coast Raiders: Cordrey’s Firm
10. Roger Cordrey - Train stopper and electronics expert
11. Tommy Wisbey - Muscle
12. Bob Welch - Organising and muscle
13. Jim Hussey - Muscle
14. Mr. Three (Unidentified)- Muscle
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15. Ronnie Biggs - Contact for replacement train driver
16. The unidentified train driver
Figure 79 Mugshots after the arrests
Royal Mail train
At 18:50 on Wednesday 7 August 1963, the travelling post office (TPO) "Up
Special" train set off from Glasgow Central station en route to Euston Station
in London. It was scheduled to arrive at Euston at 03:59 the following morning.
The train consisted of 12 carriages and carried 72 Post Office staff who sorted
mail during the journey.
The second carriage behind the engine was known as the HVP (high value
packages) coach, which carried large quantities of money and registered Page172
mail for sorting. Usually the value of the shipment was in the region of
