Train Wrecks! Part Ocho

By |2021-10-23T16:13:35+00:00September 19th, 2018|Carnival, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, graves, Men, rail lines, Ringling Brothers, Texans, train history, trains|

Our last 'chapter' saw the two trains slamming in to each other, telescoping and killing at least three people.  (Some reports declare 4 [...]

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Train Wrecks, Part 7

By |2021-10-23T16:13:08+00:00September 15th, 2018|Carnival, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, graves, innovations, Men, rail lines, Ringling Brothers, South Dallas, Texans, train history, trains, West End|

When last we left our staged train wreck, the engines plus six cars were hurtling towards each other in Crush, TX, a small [...]

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Train Wrecks! Part Sechs

By |2021-10-23T16:12:28+00:00September 14th, 2018|Carnival, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Fires, innovations, Men, rail lines, Ringling Brothers, South Dallas, Texans, train history, trains, West End|

Roughly 40,000 people showed up to see the MKT railroad's scheduled train wreck in the impromptu 'town' of Crush, Texas. The two engines [...]

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Train Wrecks! Part Cinco

By |2018-09-11T16:34:41+00:00September 11th, 2018|Carnival, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, innovations, Men, rail lines, Ringling Brothers, Texans, train history, trains, West End|

With our date and location chosen, our rail lines built and our small town erected, just how many people showed up to see [...]

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Train Wrecks! Part IV

By |2018-09-11T16:35:29+00:00September 6th, 2018|Carnival, Dallas History, innovations, rail lines, Ringling Brothers, Texans, train history, trains|

When last we left our intrepid marketing mastermind, W.G. Crush, he had settled on a location 3 miles south of West, Texas and [...]

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