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April 24, 2024 • 28 mins
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I get me a stormy night,and then let a fish and the
man not know that I express trainI shaking towards a disaster. I'm happy,
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fives today. I can't see adam thing, you know? Yeah?

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Are you daring? Take it easy? Well? Lo the road to be
easy up a bit if you like. I've been like this willa hasn't it?
I can't get it easy up?Put the time? Yeah, what
should stop? Ten o'clock, itsays, But it was death at least
carp and I again, Well,we can't forget about getting home early tonight

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where the harmers will be seas satup. Some one decided to wait,
and we'll still passed over a bitthat had bid the road? You mean
what someone standing there? He lookslike it he's lugging us down? What
do I do? Stop? One? Might I look at who is?
Look be trying to be a functure. It's gonna be a trick withness.

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You need a harder I get yousaid down making you've always addressing though?
Anyway, what's you? What doyou want? Really comes? He's in
uniform. Here's it's a railway uniform. I'm so pleased to stop. I'm
having a bit of trouble. Budgerhere the first met I've been stuck here

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for half an hour. You're thefirst car that's come along, so you
better get in. Tell my nameis Michael Wright. This is my wife
Sad and you. I'm ready tomeet you, and left railway? Good
Evans is my name? Well?Now where do you want to be?
Bill? I'm on the railway.I suppose you can see that should have
been at the station half an hourago? Which station? Is there a

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rot at the station? It's aboutten miles from here. Okay, you
just show me how to get there. We'll give you're lift. That's very
kind of you. You turn offto the right about a blahare do the

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head? There? That's the station? Tidy? It's miles from anywhere,
isn't it? Where's the local farmersmay live? And look? Why don't
you show me here a while?Mister? I mean, if the film's

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not working anything, it's more adrawing a waiting woman. I could offer
you a couple of seas. Isay, it's a kind of yours,
micause you're tired of driving hanover acouple of seas? All right? There?
Very long? Boy, Holly doh, Hey, I'm served?

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So are you pay? Doesn't mind? Because I'm driving you a horrible storm
all the while? Nowhere else comptable. I'll make the pea. Let's okay,
I's gonna have a daring shivering.Have you got a cold? You
think I'm all right? Just relief? I think I think driving the weather

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like this rain thunder imagine also capableaccidents. Try to say, you know
I stopped. I know you preferto keep going and gat me stopped.
Really you look a bit close tome. You have the feeling on for
quite hot. You know, Ithink you've got a temperature. Oh,
it's nothing, nothing, a cupof tea? Won't it funny? Doesn't

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isn't it ter? I've never heardof it of you. I don't know
this. Areil well in anything?I see how pen Ville anyone? Yeah,
you might be booking Clark bating thestation Martain role in the work.
Yeah, sorry, I book theroll and I'm afraid the mist was finish.
But when I thought to see it'sso cold, you might not have

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stop us something younger or a barblester, but you might not feeling well missus
one. No, it's nothing,you know. I drives down very tati
a b trees here reality here,here's one. And I've seen a lot

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of terriers. A thing I'll doeverything yere, but I love it now.
I dropped nice. Yeah, justa little bit. I'm gonna drive
him the Yeah, you can't befar off me? Why can't who?
Well us thought we'd been the Idon't know. You don't know what time

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is it, bill, I'll havea look at limiting the crocks through.
There can't be twelve yet though theexpress goes to the twelve. We're here
the bells. There's a warning bellsat about ten to two, and I
have to nip down at the signalbox at the end of the platform and
clear the land for it. Anotherdrink. This is right, you were
lot for me. I'm feel muchbetter than must have jump in the rest

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lost it, you know, Isupport I didn't know the placement. The
name rings a bill now big smashhere five years ago in all the papers.
Maybe that's where you know the name. I uh, you read everybody's
got a drink. That's the lastof the bottle with just hair on the

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face. I'd like another bill.Have you got anymore? Yeah, there's
another bottle where this one came from. I'll go and get it. Well.
Getting into the spirit of the party. I miss Michael I got him
out of the room deliberously on overfour. Ah, you want to tell

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me how much you love me?I remember this accident here five years But
Joe, do you vaguely? Alot of people chill. I remember that's
right, But do you remember whatcaused the accident? No, I don't
care anyway. I remember the accidentvery well. And the station master was
drunk styling. He was drunk.He didn't work the sign was proply or
something, but he was to brainfor the smash. Who just see he

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was this check the station master too, and it's the same time at the
year, and he's been drinking.Don't worry, ma'am, I'll see that.
History doesn't repeat itself. It's notthere. I mean, not history.
It's confused. Why don't we knowwhat time it is? I mean,
why did my watch stop? Youforgot the wound that I suppose who

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you're getting a tram? This man'sname is? This is Bill It?
You know. I'm gonna do allI think about big snash five years ago.
The more I remember the station masterwho was to blame never came to
trial for his party. They musthave decided it wasn't his fault. No,
it wasn't there he committed, Sodon't you see what I'm trying to

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pay. His name was Evanston,the same as business Evans, Darling Evans

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another bottle letter? Oh good good? How long did you say you've been
working here? As Rosita? Bill? Who love? Hey? Are missus
right? Thanks? Are you theonly one who works here? Though?
That's right? I told you I'mJack. I've all say than puversing you're
or out of action or something that'spick most for you? Mister write?

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Thanks you all? No more forme? Just said our fine figne not
too much? How about yourself inone of those things. I have to
go and check before the express comesthrough. I love belong, Just drut
the phone through. I've belong.What's helped me? Nothing helped me?

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He another ghost? He says,what you're worried about ghosts? Don't drink
and get drunk and talk as rationallyas he does? Or how did you
know? How many guyts? Butyou've spoken to come of it? You
look you're for it. Bets ofchildren, Moraine, and you're imagining what
am I imagine? His name isstill given't he told us that to himself?
So I'm not imagining that man,did you love the middle of you

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like just the same as you fiveyears ago? That's not imagination, is
it? And he's been drinking.It's just as same as it was.
It coincidence. And now do weknow how ghost behave? All right?
So you don't believe in ghosts,neither do I? You says co incidents.
But it's so much of a coincidencethat he seems strange to me.
He seems are these perfectly normal darling? Really? Oh right? Yes,

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but it was an express tree durat midnight. Well that's the same you
know there. What course I don'tremember them? Yes, yes, I
don't, My god, I remembernow. Yes, of course he's demaining,
have y iddison? That right?And there's been a wash away on

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the line about five miles from here. This station was the last point,
the last signal point, which hecouldn't stop the train. Don't scared.
Wait a minute, Oh, thatcould be a coincidence too, explains an
noncomer. At the time of theyear. You know now the station master
was drunk, Wasn't it the same? It's all the same for yourself together.

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There must be something different. Waita minute, they must phone through
from the points further up the line, must they? Yes, they do
get it. Now, that's somethinglooks different. I didn't On the night
of the smash the storm had beenbitt hidy, just like to night,
just like to night years that there'sone being different from my darling on that
night when my years ago the stormdamaged the phone line, so the phone

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line were down. That's why itwas all that stub of the station Martin
who was drunken. H that's right, I remember. Well the phone lines
aren down to night, are they? You heard Bill say the warning though
it'll go any minute. But thatisn't the phone line? Is it same
thing? Now? Do you feelbetter? My life? I feel it's

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sure right? And the body ischilling the fraud. Well, the phone
must be all right, mustn't allthey are? That just what they were
going to do. Now burn throughto the other station traveled up the line,
you'll see just a string up coincidence. And the name Evan isn't an
uncommonded my dear still Evans death areat the thousands of them? Ja?

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It's a ring No, not yet, there's a wrong everything stone The fine
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news smooths they've expressed three five theday. M h there? Who would

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have with the same minds are?I always say, there's nothing like a
good storm and the disrupting of communicationsfor making things easier for the ghost to
work. Who true agree? Mmhmmm? Two lines given the station to

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cut off heads right, I can'tget too could say what are you gonna
do now? Though no, it'snot all that serious. It is only
if something's wrong on the line,there's reasons to stay. They should be
that well. We always play itsface. I'm going to go to the
signal box the safe you mean you'regoing to stop the train. If a
direct line there's a signal box fromthe station up the line, it's turn

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to one little bill right, I'llkick from there. Isn't it being looked
to? It's just right side theover gety what I'm going on? Just
keep your fingers cross at the lineof the figle box is still okay?
I the ls let up them theirway there didn't stop the expert. You
see, I can see against youmust be I'm gonna happens with the realisation

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master eas to go left to themthis heaven, say the next darling,
even if he is a ghost.If he isn't, what could you do?
You can't go out and dig thetrack up and go to smash that
way. There can't be an accidentunless to something wrong on the line.
How do we know there isn't?It's to all the rain five years of
good there was a washaway? Howhere he's not the same tonight because things

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don't happen that way. Five yearsago there was a weakness somewhere. The
rain is called the earthworks this way. How don't you think your targets will
have made quite sure that that can'thappen again? However, said the other
storm there, I don't know whatto stink. I should go ask him.
I think you should be with ita severe before, but he might
be able to prevent to the terriblehappened. But nothing can happen then I've

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told you, please Michael the niceall right if it will make you feel
better? Now, would you beall right? Sir? I don't know
who hurt Nanny's or what's he is, but strange, very long to night.
It all ve sick. Laugh.It's I did with imagination a life.

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Ghosts don't heave like you behaving.I'm sure there, Oh, go
back, hello over here, don'tover there? You know what happened.
It's my leg that pull will slipbre maybe agree, I don't know ship

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my legs there'll realize. I'm sorry. I I shouldn't laugh. I should
leave, I suppose so I'll getyou back to the waiting room. One
thing certain now, I haven't hadmuch to do with ghosts, but I'm
sure they don't fall and break theirlegs. Yeah, but it's not much

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of a splend a little these thingsuntil can can get you to the hospital.
How part of it that's not farYou're right, Dunny, I'm fine
now, don't worry about me.I'll get into the hospital, all right.
You know what has to be done. I think so. Now get
the line is clear and make thesignal go has there's nothing clear? I
don't you worry about Come on,Pam, let's give me a hand.

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We'll get in the car. Well, oh, ser go ahead, russy

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deb all right, said you?Bill? Sounds different? No, Bill's
six. I'm paying sidy nine,isn't it that he is? That's very
good? Now that's right Bill,that's yeah, that's through. Yeah,

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okay, thank Goodn't this tug onin time? Right? Bill? I'll

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be all right. I'm worry aboutyour husband, and don't worry about Michael.
He's a stoutful him. Marry Ifyou don't turn into the left,
I fear turn there. It's abouta quarter of a mile down. Will

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you doesn't matter who I am.I work on the railways. You can
see that, can't you? Inthe uniform condos. I'll tell you what
you make you three miles down theline. The whole cutting case in.
If the expressions stop to Russia,there will be a turnable accidents. Stand
over there right where's he comes?Now? Make a how many times?

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Nor th and Kevin jars Serman oldsignals red dot the train that's hold signals,
red letter here stop se stuff inthe station at of the all rightness

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time, it'll be all right.There's a hospital. Well, I'm sorry

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you've heard your nation such a relieffor relief. I don't know what it
was and what stopped us feeling abit feverish? Perhaps, I don't know.
But if you see in the sameokay, the splash five years ago,
well that was at this time ofthe year, wasn't it. And
the names of the same. Thename of the station master Ben was called

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Ethan. Mustn't me oh, Isee he is one of the metropos.
No relations. Evans is a commonname, I suppose, but don't tell
me you bought me maybe sill reallyabout it now, but Brini too,
Holly did the storm. Everything wasthe same. So I'm no ghost,
which is right, and I thinkI've got a broken late to prove it.

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Stop. Why what is your solofor? There's been a wash away?
The line's block away. This isthe expression, you know, yeah,
you're no, I'm not. Well, it's a long story, but
there would have been a smash upif I hadn't stopped you. So I'm
the old man. That's right.In this what happens. That's the old

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man disappears. Oh well, herehimself to feel. I come on,
take you it pits the carn upagain. Well, I read all about

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it in the papers. But tellme what happened. No, there's nothing
to tell Really, it wasn't me. It was the old fellow of being
railway worker. Go on, Well, I checked that the life was clear,
like you told me to. Igot to go ahead, and I
was going to signal the train throughwhen the door burst up. When of
his check came in. He toldme they did a wash away. He

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actually threw the signal. He stoppedthe train. He was the one who
should have run all the congratulations,not me. And I didn't hear about
this railway man. No, theydidn't mention it in the papers. What
did he look like? Well,now about fifty, i'd say, going
gray. It appeared. Did hehave a little bild? Yes, that's

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right now, you mention it.Yes, of course he did. He
must know much about it. Inever met him. Well, and who
is he? Well, I toldyou, I'm the only one working on
the railways around here. It's alonely spot. I don't understand. I
think I do. I just rememberedsomething. It was raining, kept some

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dogs outside that signal once and he'dobviously come through the rain. His uniform
was quite dry, dusty. Infact, I don't believe in ghosts.
Eilum, it is right, butI'll bet if you ask him his name,
he would have told you he wasEvans. You don't Evans, the

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man who was responsible for the smashfive years ago. He was making amend
you see. I hope he restspeacefully now. The dear, dear,

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so who was it that stopped thetrain? You see? The thing has
me infused is that we've got theold to build Evans with us here behind
the countinu door, and he swearshe knows nothing about it. Moved in

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