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Steam Train, Bullet Train

Trains: How do trains work?

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Look at a big, big train.

It uses coal to make fire.

Fire makes the water get hot.

Then the hot water makes steam.

An engineer runs the big train.

This train is in Japan.

We call it a bullet train.

Words to know

  • coal: black rock
  • steam: hot mist
  • engineer: train driver
  • bullet: fast shot

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