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Train Observation Essay

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I have always admired and played with trains as a child. The trains I had as gifts at Christmas were not the fancy battery operated ones. These were the manual kid powered trains one might push around the track and watch it go. However, I did experience playing with expensive train sets. There would be feet and feet of track for the train to run on. Trains ran through Tunnels, up along mountain tops, and railroad crossing gates that worked. There would not be much playing with these trains as it was setting different pieces in place and watching the train go. The sand art of the train in the bottle is life like and filled with colors. The thick black smoke bellowing out the smoke stacks authenticates the train’s appearance. The image of the

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