Western Railroad Discussion > Bonnie & Clyde bank heist - Argyle, TX

The year was 1930 and as the story goes, the bank in Argyle, TX
was held up and wiped out by the notorious duo of Bonnie Parker
and Clyde Barrow and has been closed ever since. The current owner,
who is an older chap that I have met once, will not let anyone in
the structure, not even for a peek.

The tracks then were T&P, today Union Pacific's busy Choctaw Sub with
additional BNSF rock trains like this one, running daily to Fort Worth.

Clyde and brother Buck started stealing turkeys and worked their way up to
banks. No record of any train robbery, though. The coppers finally plugged
them in Gibsland, LA but only after many more robberies like this one and
a trail of machine gun fire and murder.

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Rumour has it there is still blood splattered all over.

Is that l'il brick structure over yonder that thar bank?

schmo Wrote:
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> Is that l'il brick structure over yonder that thar
> bank?


yes thats the bank in question - I guess I should have made that clear.

Somebody robbed the paint off that warbonnet, too!

- Paul

M-636 Wrote:
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> Rumour has it there is still blood splattered all
> over.


You started that one - no one was shot in the Argyle robbery