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locomotion,loco'motive
verdant,verdant mountain
the letters are hardly legible
Tucked away in the verdant mountains of Shimane, in western Japan, Gobira railway station has nearly disappeared. Its signs have faded, the letters hardly legible.

The tracks are blanketed in thick moss and overgrown with weeds.

Its last departure was in the spring of 2018, when the 108km-long Sanko Line, which snaked through six

which snaked through six municipalities in Shimane and Hiroshima prefectures,

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