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Originally Posted by Apache
...Trains here tend to be very long and very slow so I turn my engine off when I am stopped for a train.
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I think that their speed varies up and down according to whether the engineer is reading a book, eating a meal, or pouring or drinking a cup of coffee.
I am sure that many in the geographically small countries who have not experienced them have no idea how long some of the trains can be in the likes of the USA and Australia. Murg didn't mention their road trains; they're long enough to make one drop one's sandwich or eReader with fright when driving if not come across them before.