The story so far..
Pressure [working title]
Premise
- The story of a rugged freight train driver manipulated to play a key role in a extortionists act of terror
- Transporting 47 tank cars of oil and instructed to divert from his original course the man heads towards a densely populated area, unknowingly risking the life's of thousands to ensure the safety of his kidnapped daughter
- The driver becoming lulled into a false sense of security the locomotives speed increases on the run into the city, reaching for the breaks unaware they we're disengaged he spirals into a state of confusion and panic
- Despite being torn between the safety of those in the city and that of his daughter his efforts
to prevent disaster are futile, with the train barreling down the line into the heart of the city crossing an explosive on the track
sparking a fatal blaze.
Synopsis
Time is running out for conductor John Bairstowe as his half mile long oil freight train accelerates out of control
descending into a densely populated city.
Unable to interfere Bairstowe is torn between saving the lives of thousands and that of his kidnapped daughter whilst his oil cargo advances
towards the city like a rolling explosive Bairstowe becomes overwhelmed with indecision.
Story outline
-The story begins with a man waking to the sound of his phone ringing, it's his daughter calling that he rarely hears from
-After years of not hearing from her since the breakdown of his and her mother's relationship the man is delighted however it becomes apparent that she wants something from him
-She talks about moving hundreds of miles from her mother's across state to live with her new internet boyfriend.
-Unhappy about the situation he compromises and agrees to it as long as she comes to stay with him for a few weeks before she leaves
-The daughter leaves without telling her mother and heads for the airport with the plans of being picked up by her father when he finishes his shift at a freight transport firm
-Whilst at work as a locomotive driver transporting oil he receives a mysterious call from an unknown number, he answers hearing the voice of an extortionist informing him of his
daughters kidnapping
-Unaware why his daughter has been targeted he is instructed to divert his train taking it through the city rather than his intended route journey around its outskirts. He is also
threatened being told not let on about what's happening or the girl gets it
-Little does he know he has been selected as a pawn in an extortionists terror attack, mislead into piloting a rolling fuel bomb
-Arriving at the junction where the line splits he sees a suspicious rail engineer standing by the switch, slowing the train the father looks down at the man. Checking for him in the
mirrors as he passes, losing sight of the strange engineer the father rises from his seat opening the door to look back.
-The engineer appears at the foot of the train looking up shouting "all clear" directing the train driver to start moving again along his new course
-The train slowly pulls as the nervous yet curious driver is suspicious of the strange rail engineer, unaware that he was tampering with the break lines
-Travelling along the new route his station manager radios in questioning him, putting it down to rail line works he manages to talk his way out of the situation
-As the rails descend into the outskirts of the city the train driver reaches for the brakes, with them not working he panics as the trains
speed rises becoming increasingly out of control
-Reaching speeds of up to 60 mph the train begins to snake due to excessive speed then suddenly a huge explosion erupts from beneath the train, striking a bomb along the rail lines
-A catastrophic accident happens
-The driver is the only survivor
-Six months later the driver is recovering and has for the first time been well enough to speak, a detective want to interview him
-Getting the interview the detective interrogate him ruthlessly nevertheless the man sitting silently
will continue to do so as the safety of his daughter has not yet been secured
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