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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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&....&&.&& 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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