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For decades, you were forbidden from flushing a passenger train toilet while stopped at a station. What was the reason?

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For decades, you were forbidden from flushing a passenger train toilet while stopped at a station. What was the reason?

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For decades, you were forbidden from flushing a passenger train toilet while stopped at a station. What was the reason?
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