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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. ....&.&..&
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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. ..&.&.&&&&
.&&.&&&..& .&&&&&...&
&.&&..&.&& 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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