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Some circuses used to have more than 600 horses.
Elephants travel on a circus train too.
Trains made circuses more profitable.
W.C. Coup partnered with P.T. Barnum in 1871.
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W.C. Coup is credited as one of the first to use a circus train.
Trains made it easier for circuses to travel.
Circuses grew larger by making more money.
Circuses made more money using trains.
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Small towns are not a great place to bring your circus.
Circuses grew larger because of trains.
Moving a circus to another town is fast and easy.
P.T. Barnum was a magnificent showman.
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TGV is short for 'Train a Grande Vitesse'
April 3rd, 2007 was a historic day for trains.
TGV trains have set many speed records.
TGV trains move so fast that they are dangerous.
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Petrol powered trains can travel pretty fast too.
Electricity powers TGV trains.
TGV are the fastest trains in the world.
TGV are French passenger trains.
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A TGV test train reached speeds of up to 357.2 MPH.
Electricty is much safer and more efficient that petrol fuel.
The French have no translation for the phrase 'Holy Cow.'
The TGV, a French passenger train, is the fastest in the world.
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The Yankees lived in the Northeast, far from the Southwest.
Cowboys fought with cattle rustlers to protect their herds.
Cows used to graze on the open range.
Trains allowed cowboys to ship cattle across the country.
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Cowboys brought cows to train stations.
Facing extreme weather was one of the greatest risks of being a cowboy.
Easterners paid high prices for beef.
Trains brought cows to the East.
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Barbed wire ended the open range and the cowboy lifestyle.
Trains helped to grow the beef market and create cowboys.
Cowboys robbed trains and stole easy money from passengers.
Cowboys lived a very dangerous life but made a lot of money.
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Labor strikes helped to end the public tram system.
Trams require electric tracks and cables to run.
Auto companies tried to destroy the public tram system.
Busses can drive anywhere but a tram has to stay on a track.
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Car companies worked together to destroy the tram system.
The trams were replaced by busses.
The Great Depression was another reason the tram system ended.
Trams used to be the main form of public transportation.
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Electric trolley cars were inconvient due to needing cables and tracks to run.
The Great Depression was a very hard time for most Americans.
The bus system was a great improvement over the electric trolley system.
Car companies made public transportation worse to boost their sales.
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