The First Year Cull of Big Alice

	Joseph Wilford, around 100 Big Alice's Crew
	The First year after The Freeze.
	Aboard Big Alice. In Asia, Near Thailand.

Big Alice started with 200 passengers, but Wilford culled half of them in order to save resources. In the first year after the Freeze, Big Alice had departed with 43 cars, however, 3 cars (one of which was a Lemon) were disconnected on a secondary track in Southeast Asia, near Thailand, when Wilford had made the decision to lose weight, cut down on resource usage and culled half of Big Alice's population at night, when the passengers were sleeping. The ones he saved he deemed The Essentials.

Quotes

“	Why don't you tell them what you did on Big Alice. There were 200 of us at first. But then, when he realized what a drain of resources we were. He culled half of us. Men, women, children, he took their life.	”
	— Alex tells everyone at Wilford's party in The Show Must Go On.

Bennett: "Blockage is about three kilometers away."

Alex: "We're almost at the main line."

Bennett: "Why did I take this shortcut… Jesus. Looks like train cars."

Alex: "What?"

Melanie's hallucinations: "You know what's out there, don't you?"

―  Bennett found Big Alice's Car blockage in Bound by One Track.

Alex: "He tested us all for stamina. Physical strength. He ranked us by skillset. He used book club to find the original thinkers. He deemed us "The Essentials." Families were divided. Couples were separated."

Bennett: "Made you feel chosen, didn't he?"

Alex: "I was chosen. His crew…."

―  Alex talking about the cull in Bound by One Track.

Body Counts

• 100 of Big Alice's Crew including Shilo.