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« on: April 07, 2014, 14:01:45 »
Circulating on twitter today is this....yes, it's real!
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« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2014, 16:30:31 »
Any idea where it is? I've a feeling it's Continental, as I'm not sure where there's  an open crossing on what appears to be an electrified line in the UK▸ (United Kingdom).
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« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2014, 16:37:41 »
My bet it's the USA....
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« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2014, 16:45:44 »
Bornem, Antwerp, Belgium is the answer apparently...

via Gazet van Antwerpen
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« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2014, 17:00:51 »
Running the item through Google Translate (always good for a laugh) it seems that this was always intended to be a joke as there were no trains running that day.
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