This year hundreds of thousands streamed into a disused freight-train yard in Duisburg, in Germany's Ruhr region-or tried to.

今年，几十万人涌入——或者说奋力涌入——德国鲁尔地区杜伊斯堡一个废弃的货运火车站小广场。

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Like most railroads, Norfolk Southern used to run on an ad hoc basis--a train would leave the yard when it was ready.

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If a yardmaster was faced with a so-called light train, one with just 60 cars, he might let it sit in the yard for another day until another 60 cars bound for the same location came in.

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