Bruce Richard Reynolds ( 7 September 1931 – 28 February 2013 ) was an English criminal who masterminded the 1963 Great Train Robbery . At the time it was Britain 's largest robbery , netting , equivalent to £ million today . Reynolds spent five years on the run before being sentenced to 25 years in 1969 . He was released in 1978 . He wrote three books and performed with the band Alabama 3 , for whom his son , Nick , plays
Great Train Robbery
Great Train Robbery (1963)
Bruce Reynolds