“Alistair’s right, my families legacy will soon be over, and there is no hope for the overheads survival with him influencing the election and everyone voting in favour of him, and no matter how hard I and the others try to persuade them in each election that roads and motor vehicles shouldn’t be the main form of transport that drives the future of this city forward, they won’t listen to us or believe any facts we present. The age of the railways, I feel, is over…” - Nathan Ruleton Another illustration for Tales from the Tarmingham Overhead. Same process as in the last illustration. We focus on Nathan Ruleton and his assistant Coleman this time, this takes place after the meeting with Alistair and the final words from Alistair are sinking into Nathan who is beginning to lose hope of saving the overhead from certain doom. His assistant tells him not to give up on the railway yet, as they still have time before the local election turn things around. Proposing other solutions to solve the situation, to which sadly Ruleton doesn't think any of them would work in the end, as they would probably only lead the railways in bankruptcy without subsidies to keep going. With Alistair influencing the local election and him having the entire population of the city supporting his roadway scheme, and likely to vote for him again. Ruleton see's no hope of ever persuading the public to realise that roads shouldn't be the thing that drives the cities future forward, and Coleman has unfortunately no other solutions to change things for the better. Tarmingham Overhead Railway and Characters: © GreatEasternJ69
