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about the Coronel Church, a train that is believed to be the first one in the Amazon, it was crashed and abandoned in 1879, but was recovered and returned to service in 1912

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Fun Fact: about the Coronel Church, a train that is believed to be the first one in the Amazon, it was crashed and abandoned in 1879, but was recovered and returned to service in 1912

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