December 15, 2004
The UK has its great train robbery and so does Glencoe. The circumstances of the Glencoe train robbery, though, are slightly different from that of the UK. Some of you may not have been aware, until you saw the picture of the train station that I posted, that the CNR mainline effectively divides Glencoe into 2 area, the area north of the track, where the LCBO ( Liquor Control Board of Ontario ) store is located, and the area south of the tracks, where the OPP (Ontario Provincial Police) station is located. It is a fact that the crossing is known to be occupied by freight trains for as much as 10 to 15 minutes. Some of Glencoe's young intelligentsia came up with the idea that if a call was placed to the OPP regarding some fictitious emergency south of the tracks, just before a freight train was due, the police would not be able to respond to a call north of the tracks until the train moved. Armed with ski masks and no visible weapons, the two planners of this event held up the liquor store and escaped with a small sum of money and a case of their favourite brew. They escape and were not apprehended. Nothing breeds failure like success with some people. It worked so well the first time that a couple of days later they decided to try it agian. Guess what? A police officer had been dropped off at the LCBO store half an hour before the freight train was due, every day since the first robbery. The thieves were arrested. Fortunately for them they were young offenders and their sentences were light. Thus ended the 'Great Glencoe Train Robbery'. You really do need to visit this town!
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