
10.18- The Witte System
Revolutions
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The Story of Czar Alexander the Third
After more than a decade working diligently for the state, vitt then moved to the private sector. He quickly increased the efficiency and profitability of the southwestern railway. That reputation brought him to the attention of tsar alexander the third himself. The imperial family had a private locomotive which had been outfitted with this super fast double engine that allowed it to travel at super high speeds. In october of 18 88, the prial train was traveling at its usual, completely unsafe high speed near borke, a town 250 miles south of kirsk, when, as witt predicted, it derailed in spectacular fashion. 21 people were killed in the wreck. Czar alex
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