stackyFACTSPeople genuinely acted like a three-hour train journey meant certain doom. It was entirely normal to throw massive, tearful departure parties at the station even if you were just visiting an aunt two towns over.
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Brown and dark grey became the absolute peak of fashion simply because trains blasted everyone with coal dust. Wearing white on a journey guaranteed you would…
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The monarch was utterly terrified of momentum. She mandated that her royal train never surpass a sluggish 40 miles per hour, aggressively yelling at operators…
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