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any of the traditional locomotives or carriages has been erected over the railway track. Prior to entering the tunnel, actors playing Native
Americans sometimes pretend to attack the train. Inside the tunnel, the railway sometimes puts on a puppet show. At the end of August 2001, the wooden
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of Alma-Ata built the 1.24 km-long (0.77 mi) railway loop, a wooden platform, and a wooden station building in Alma-Ata's
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