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Hello everyone. I'm Olympia. Thank you for being here with me in this wonderful place call Lights Out Library, and I have a great story to tell you.

Tonight, we're going on a journey on the Orient Express, and as you enjoy the luxury of our

car to entertain you during this trip, I will tell you about train travel, the history of luxury

train services and the history of railroads in general. We will follow the steps of the

engineers who designed the first locomotives, of pioneers who created the first railroads in Europe

and America. We will explore the conquest of the Far West or Siberia by railroads,

and we will follow their revolution all the way to our time.

This is going to be a long ride.

As always, you do not need to watch the video to follow along.

If you wish to, you may close your eyes and forget about any worries as we embark on

this adventure together. Also, we just launched a Patreon page for those of you who wish to support

this project and get more of it.

If you join, you will get various new things, like the possibility to listen to all episodes

without commercial breaks and with background sounds.

Regular bonus episodes,

there are already two episodes available about the history of glass

making and stained glass and the mysterious story about the man in the iron mask. You will be able

to download all these audios and you will also have your say on the choice of topics.

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