stackyFACTSRunning empty metal tubes purely to spite the elements sounds insane, but it is necessary. On incredibly remote or underused rural rail lines, authorities are forced to periodically run entirely empty 'ghost trains' to scrape rust off the tracks and prevent vegetation from completely swallowing the route.
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