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Because it was his loco-motive
*bad dum tiss*
Because it was his loco-motive
*bad dum tiss*
The movies Train to Busan and Bullet Train both have trains in it that are central to the plot. Unlike another move with train in its name 🙄
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The movies Train to Busan and Bullet Train both have trains in it that are central to the plot. Unlike another move with train in its name 🙄
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Tanks are related to trains. They've re-adapted to bring their tracks along with them, rather than needing to have pre-placed tracks that modern, domesticed trains need.
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Tanks are related to trains. They've re-adapted to bring their tracks along with them, rather than needing to have pre-placed tracks that modern, domesticed trains need.
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Unlike traveling by car, when you ride on a train you don't have to worry about bad drivers nearly as often! Conductors go through significantly more training than the average motorist.
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Unlike traveling by car, when you ride on a train you don't have to worry about bad drivers nearly as often! Conductors go through significantly more training than the average motorist.
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Trains don't mind the cold weather as long as they're well maintained. You can see what a well maintained train can handle in the factual documentary the Polar Express.
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Trains don't mind the cold weather as long as they're well maintained. You can see what a well maintained train can handle in the factual documentary the Polar Express.
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They road on my train till I rail 🚫
They rail on my road till I train 🚫
They road on my rail till I train 🚫
They train on my road till I rail 🚫
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They road on my train till I rail 🚫
They rail on my road till I train 🚫
They road on my rail till I train 🚫
They train on my road till I rail 🚫
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Trains don't go to heaven when they die. Instead, their bodies are taken apart and used to make and repair other trains. That's sort of like reincarnation, if you think about it 🧐
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Trains don't go to heaven when they die. Instead, their bodies are taken apart and used to make and repair other trains. That's sort of like reincarnation, if you think about it 🧐
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A beloved train will dutifully ride along its rails in a smooth fashion. If you have an easy ride, you can count on that train being taken care of.
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A beloved train will dutifully ride along its rails in a smooth fashion. If you have an easy ride, you can count on that train being taken care of.
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Some trains will yell at you if you stand in their doors while at the station. If you try this while moving, you'll probably fall out.
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Some trains will yell at you if you stand in their doors while at the station. If you try this while moving, you'll probably fall out.
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You cannot bully a train. This is because you weigh (on average) between 170.5-199.8lbs and a train weighs 3,000 and 18,000 tons.
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You cannot bully a train. This is because you weigh (on average) between 170.5-199.8lbs and a train weighs 3,000 and 18,000 tons.
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Commuting by rail allows passengers to have extra time that they'd otherwise spend driving. Some people even work a second job while on their commute to their first job during the commute in cities like NYC!
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Commuting by rail allows passengers to have extra time that they'd otherwise spend driving. Some people even work a second job while on their commute to their first job during the commute in cities like NYC!
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The mobile game "Subway Surfers" shows the characters running along tracks and jumping onto subway cars. While helpful in assisting people with poor attention spans, it fantastical because trains move faster than people can run.
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The mobile game "Subway Surfers" shows the characters running along tracks and jumping onto subway cars. While helpful in assisting people with poor attention spans, it fantastical because trains move faster than people can run.
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When playing a board game on a train, you cannot ask the train for a hint on your opposing players moves. You can ask the conductor, but generally they don't like to be interrupted while doing their job.
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When playing a board game on a train, you cannot ask the train for a hint on your opposing players moves. You can ask the conductor, but generally they don't like to be interrupted while doing their job.
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If you do three front flips followed by a back flip inside of a moving train, it will stop to give you applause. This however, could cause issues for other passengers as the train needs to get its wheels off the tracks to clap them.
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If you do three front flips followed by a back flip inside of a moving train, it will stop to give you applause. This however, could cause issues for other passengers as the train needs to get its wheels off the tracks to clap them.
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While the tractor trailers are not related to trains. These trucks jusy noticed the perfect form of the locomotive and sought to imitate it.
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While the tractor trailers are not related to trains. These trucks jusy noticed the perfect form of the locomotive and sought to imitate it.
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Yeah I should have thought this joke through more before pushing send.
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Yeah I should have thought this joke through more before pushing send.
Baby trains need to be socialized to get used to being around humans. The small trains you see in shopping malls during the holidays in one way that conductors try to prepare the next generation of their role in the mass transit industry.
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Baby trains need to be socialized to get used to being around humans. The small trains you see in shopping malls during the holidays in one way that conductors try to prepare the next generation of their role in the mass transit industry.
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Trains can run without rails. However, they can't stear themselves, so they really can only go in one direction of the rails.
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Trains can run without rails. However, they can't stear themselves, so they really can only go in one direction of the rails.
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The longest single line train route in the world is the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Russia. It is 9,288 km long (101,574.8 football fields for americans) and runs from Moscow to Vladivostock.
More like Trains-Siberian Railroad, am I right?
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The longest single line train route in the world is the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Russia. It is 9,288 km long (101,574.8 football fields for americans) and runs from Moscow to Vladivostock.
More like Trains-Siberian Railroad, am I right?
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Conductors are very protective of their trains. This is because having a strong parental instict over machines is a prerequisite of the job.
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Conductors are very protective of their trains. This is because having a strong parental instict over machines is a prerequisite of the job.
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