How did Trains change the world?
5/4/202617 min
How were Trains invented? What makes a Train move? What different kinds of Trains are there?
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First 90 secondsTrusty Narrator· Host0:00
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Speaker 11:16
Open wide. Here comes the train. Choo-choo.
Trusty Narrator· Host1:20
Mm-mm. Just kidding. Those are the sounds of an actual train, and whether it's a freight train or a people train, trains have been around for more