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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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