Story-Telling

1. I first noticed the burning house in the background .

2. there are people in the background who are walking along dilapidated train tracks.

3. The train tracks are over grown with plant life and they seem to not have been used for quite a while.

4. the burning house seems to be made of wood.

5. the objects in front of the house seem to be storage containers used on trains that must have gone along the train tracks.

6. The photo seems to have been taken during the early morning because the sun is still rising.

The train tracks went on for miles. In a happier time trains could be seen going down carrying travelers and supplies from stop to stop. The town depended on the train for everything, almost all of the commodities needed for life in the small town were sent by train. this made the town incredibly dependent on the train although, very few realized it at the time. The Company than ran and owned the trains went bankrupt for mysterious and unknown reasons. quickly, the town was thrust into chaos. Businesses closed, and supplies were rationed but, it only postponed the inevitable. The town simply couldn't function with out the necessities once brought by train. For the first time in years, people began to leave.

many left in large groups but it was not uncommon for a few stragglers to join together. one of these groups of stragglers were the last to leave. they didn't leave by choice, in fact there was no choice at all what so ever. there was a fire, a massive fire that broke out and burned everything in sight. the town was left in ruins and the stragglers fled across the tracks. they went on for miles until they reached a house surrounded by empty train cars that had obviously been raided by others before them. they stayed at the house for several days but they were forced to leave the house, just like with the village, when a fire broke out. they began again, down the tracks, with the smoke rising behind them.