China Daily/Reuters

Children play between their houses retrofitted from carriages of decommissioned Beijing subway trains in Guangyuan, Sichuan province, Nov. 29. Ten Beijing subway trains that were phased out ahead of the Olympics will be used as makeshift housing over the winter for around 1,200 victims of May's devastating earthquake.

What a great use for something that may otherwise become part of a junk heap.

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