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-the  two  trains  goods  train  and  the  mail from kerachi  were  on the  same  track, strange  there  had  been  a  hold  up, someone  had  called  the  police  tipping  off  there  was  a  bomb aboard, all  passengers  were  evacuated, all  bogies  were  thoroughly  checked   by  the  expert  team  of  bomb disposal  squad  but  it  was  a  hoax, the  train was  delayed  by  three  hours, nothing  to  worry  about  in countries  where  trains  run at  least  twelve  hours  late, the  stranger  and abdulrehman  discussed