Alex Auloff, George Auloff and Tom Bassoff - (Glenbow Photo Archives) A stolen gold watch, deadly shootouts, and a cross-border manhunt – the 1920 Crowsnest Pass train robbery had all the drama of a Hollywood western, except it happened right here in Canada. When Bandits Boarded CPR Train No. 63 Picture this: It's a warm August afternoon in 1920, and Canadian Pacific Railway's Train No. 63 is chugging through the rugged Crowsnest Pass between Alberta and British Columbia. Passengers doze in their wicker seats, completely unaware that three seemingly ordinary laborers from Lethbridge are about to stage one of the most dramatic train robberies in Canadian history. What happened next would grip the nation for weeks, claim multiple lives, and culminate in an international manhunt triggered by a single piece of evidence: conductor Sam Jones' beloved gold watch. The Heist: More Bizarre Than Hollywood On August 2, 1920, as Train No. 63 labored toward the...