By the 1890's train robberies were big business in the West. At one point trains were being robbed on an average of every four days. The Union Pacific Railroad created a special posse the rode the trains carrying a large payroll. Another car carried their mounts so the posse could hit the ground running. Banks and railroads were generally despised by the common people and this gave rise to social banditr
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