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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. .........:
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.......... 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. ...:~=%%@@
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##@@%%=~:. 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. .....:~=%%
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=~:....... 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. ..........
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~:........ SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT ........:~
=~:....... FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS .......:~=
%=~:...... IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. ......:~=%
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#@@%%=~:.. MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RAILS BY FOOT. ..:~=%%@@#
##@@%%=~:. OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER .:~=%%@@##
#@@%%=~:.. PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS ..:~=%%@@#
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@%%=~:.... TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! ....:~=%%@
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