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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. .-»/%§&@##
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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 .-»/%§&@##
#@&§/»»-.. IS FROWNED UPON, AND VERY IMPOLITE ..-»»/§&@#
##@&§%/»-. TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! .-»/%§&@##
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