Train Wrecks! Part Ocho
Our last 'chapter' saw the two trains slamming in to each other, telescoping and killing at least three people. (Some reports declare 4 [...]
Train Wrecks, Part 7
When last we left our staged train wreck, the engines plus six cars were hurtling towards each other in Crush, TX, a small [...]
Train Wrecks! Part Sechs
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 [...]
Train Wrecks! Part Cinco
With our date and location chosen, our rail lines built and our small town erected, just how many people showed up to see [...]
Train Wrecks! Part IV
When last we left our intrepid marketing mastermind, W.G. Crush, he had settled on a location 3 miles south of West, Texas and [...]
Train Wrecks! Part Three
Stirrin' up ticket sales the old fashioned way - with a staged train crash. W.G. Crush worked for the MKT rail road and [...]
Train Wrecks! Part Deux
THE CRASH AT CRUSH Extreme marketing, Texas-style How to boost ticket sales in the cutthroat world of 1890s Texas train transportation? With an [...]
Train Wrecks!
Train wrecks is both literal and metaphorical. Metaphorical train wreck: I slid off the rails with buying and rehabbing a new house, letting [...]