No More Trains by James Aitchison

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Silent silo, 

commerce fails,

no more trains,

rusting rails.

Rain and wind

sweep platforms clean,

railway ghosts 

go unseen.

Teacher’s note: South Australia’s Burra railway station was a busy stop on the main line to Broken Hill and Perth.Passenger services  ceased in December 1986, and the last grain trains operated in 1999.  Volunteers have lovingly restored the station buildings. 

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