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This here’s the Rock Island Line. Back where I come from, people be blowin’ the train whistle to talk to the depot agent.
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The speaker identifies the Rock Island Line and describes a local way of communicating: people use the train whistle to signal or speak to the depot agent. “Back where I come from” presents this as a familiar practice in the speaker’s home place, while the informal wording gives the statement a conversational, lived-in voice.
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