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A Kingfisher Taught Japan's Bullet Train to Be Quiet
Japan's fast trains made a loud bang every time they left a tunnel, until engineers gave one a long nose shaped like the beak of a diving kingfisher.
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The Crossword That Took the Whole Train
Someone left a half-finished crossword on the morning train with a note saying over to you, and for a week the carriage quietly finished it together.
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The Station Piano That Learned One Tune
Every weekday a stranger plays the same little waltz on the platform piano, and the one morning he did not turn up, the whole station found out it had been listening.
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The Pigeon With a Season Ticket
Every weekday for six years a pigeon has boarded the 7:14 at platform two, ridden exactly one stop, and then walked all the way home again.