{"id":266,"date":"2026-02-15T18:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T07:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k-tock.com\/?p=266"},"modified":"2026-09-27T19:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:01:21","slug":"50-loglines-in-50-weeks-5-wrong-side-of-the-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/k-tock.com\/?p=266","title":{"rendered":"50 Loglines in 50 Weeks: #5 &#8211; Wrong Side of the Tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/k-tock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Logline-5-Wrong-Side-of-the-Tracks-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k-tock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Logline-5-Wrong-Side-of-the-Tracks-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/k-tock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Logline-5-Wrong-Side-of-the-Tracks-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/k-tock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Logline-5-Wrong-Side-of-the-Tracks-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/k-tock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Logline-5-Wrong-Side-of-the-Tracks-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/k-tock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Logline-5-Wrong-Side-of-the-Tracks.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The original idea I had for this story was a train carrying an Allied weapon towards Germany and the train to get accidentally rerouted into German territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I think it is stronger to have the stakes be the loss of Allied civilian lives or the Allied POWs rather than simply the risk of getting captured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyway, here is the logline for a WW2 thriller\/drama:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wrong Side of the Tracks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Escaped Allied POWs stow away on a train assembling a V-weapon, forcing a cool-headed captain and a working-class corporal into a collision over whether to escape\u2014or sacrifice everything to destroy it before it reaches the launch site<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;d start in the POW camp and see the working class corporal isolated and on the outer because of his background. 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