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The train was of a type more common at one time than today : a goods train with a passenger coach attached for the convenience of travellers to intermediate stations where the expresses did not stop . Such trains are comfortable enough ...
The train was of a type more common at one time than today : a goods train with a passenger coach attached for the convenience of travellers to intermediate stations where the expresses did not stop . Such trains are comfortable enough ...
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A childish , high - pitched clatter built up under the wheels , similar to the sound made by a train on a model railway . Judging by their bags , bundles and suitcases , most passengers were going home after shopping trips in Plovdiv or ...
A childish , high - pitched clatter built up under the wheels , similar to the sound made by a train on a model railway . Judging by their bags , bundles and suitcases , most passengers were going home after shopping trips in Plovdiv or ...
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Smoothly the train pulled away . ... crossing broad swampy rivers on flimsy viaducts , toy trains chugging through Indo - Chinese paddy - fields up to their axles in water , brightly coloured rolling stock moving at a steady pace ...
Smoothly the train pulled away . ... crossing broad swampy rivers on flimsy viaducts , toy trains chugging through Indo - Chinese paddy - fields up to their axles in water , brightly coloured rolling stock moving at a steady pace ...
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