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The artery's quiet cousin, hauling sheep and schoolkids where the express won't bother
Britain's purgeBeeching axed 5,000 miles of them in the 1960s
Single trackOne rail, polite trains taking turns to pass
Mixed cargoOnce carried milk, mail, coal, and gossip equally
Revival fansVolunteers rebuild closed lines purely for love
Word originNamed like a tree limb splitting off the trunk