One of the curious features of them as a result is that the windows
are actually LCD panels, and are automatically blanked when it passes
close to apartment buildings.

Was this cheaper than fences?

It may well be, if the amount of area that would be need to be fenced is
very large, and the number of trains needing special windows not so much.

Of course, probably the real reason is that this scheme allows the
apartment dwellers to keep their views.

-Miles

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Year, n. A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.