Early morning at Bangkok's Hua Lamphong Station is a busy time as overnight trains discharge sleepy passengers into the cacophony of the city via the station's enormous arched main hall. A huge portrait of King Chulalongkorn, the architect of modern Thailand, gazes down on travelers filled with the excitement of journeys yet to come.
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An old stream train makes a rare departute from Hua Lamphong Station in Bangkok. (Photo by David Sutton)
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