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...&&&&... RAILS ..&&&&....
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&&..&&..&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& .&&&&..&&&
&......... ..&&....&&
..&&&&&&&& &....&&..&
...&&&&&&. TRAINS ARE SO CONSTRUCTED THAT THEY ..&&......
&&..&&&&.. HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS .....&&&&&
&....&&..& CALLED A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS COMPRISED &&&&..&&&&
..&&...... OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. .&&....&&&
.....&&&&. ....&&..&.
&&&&..&&.. BECAUSE THE LOW FRICTION BETWEEN THE &&&.......
.&&....... WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL METAL, &&..&&&&&.
....&&&&&& THERE ARE LIMITS FOR HOW ACUTE A CURVE .....&&&..
&&&..&&&&. CAN BE, AND EVEN MORE SO FOR HOW MUCH &&&&..&..&
&&....&&.. THE GROUND UNDER THE RAILS CAN BE &&&.......
...&&....& SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED &&..&&&&&.
&&....&&.. ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN &....&&&..
...&&..... TUNNELS (IF THEY ARE LARGE), OR ..&&..&...
&&....&&&& ARTIFICIAL CHASMS. ........&&
&..&&..&&. &&&&&&&..&
.......... THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE .&&&&&....
&&&&&&&&&& RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL ..&&&..&&&
&&&&&&&&&& BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. &..&....&&
&&&&&&&&&& THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF .....&&..&
&&&&&&&&&& WATER. &&&&......
.&&&&&&&&& &&&..&&&&.
..&&&&&&&& TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG .&....&&..
&..&&&&&&. THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION ...&&....&
....&&&&.. SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, .&....&&..
&&&..&&... TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. ...&&....&
&&......&& DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE &&....&&..
...&&&&..& DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS. &..&&.....
&&..&&.... ......&&&&
&......&&. SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT &&&&&..&&&
..&&&&.... FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS &&&&....&&
...&&..&&& IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. &&&..&&...
&&......&& .&......&&
&..&&&&... &&&&&&&& ...&&&&..&
....&&..&& &&..&&....
&&&....... MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RAILS BY FOOT. &......&&&
&&..&&&&&& OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER ..&&&&..&&
&....&&&&& PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS &..&&....&
..&&..&&&& IS FROWNED UPON, AND VERY IMPOLITE ......&&..
&......&&. TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! .&&&&....&
..&&&&.... ..&&..&&..
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