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Love for trains
Herbie loves trains ! He first __________________ (SEE) a train when he was five years old and he __________________
(BE) absolutely fascinated. He __________________ (GO) to a different train station every week and
__________________ (WRITE) down the engine number of every train he sees. He _____________________ (DO) this
since he was seven. By the time he left school he _____________________ (COLLECT) over 5000 different engine
numbers from all over the world.
At one time, while he __________________ (STAND) at a station he _____________ (SEE) something very strange. He
__________________ (WAIT) for a train for an hour when he suddenly __________________ (SEE) an old steam
locomotive coming down the tracks. It __________________ (NOT STOP) at the station and when it
__________________ (PASS) Herbie saw that all the passengers __________________ (WEAR) old-fashioned clothes.
He told the station manager about this, but the manager said that no steam locomotive ___________________ (PASS)
through the station for years, and that the last one __________________ (CRASH) , killing everyone on board.
