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490- Train Set

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Trains Are Great Even When They're Not Going Up Slopes

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In mars greatest mode of transportation is the fenicular, which is a special kind of train pulled by a cable that runs up steep slopes. i firmly believe if we introduced more beautiful stations to enhance the romance and more ins to enhance the utility of trains, they can become a key part of our interstructure,. like they are in so many other countries. Back in the late 18 hundreds, most of the land in texas was pretty sparsely populated. So this huge state had stretches that were home to less than five people per square mile. And so trains were critical infi structure enabling some level of conuctivity in these remote places.

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