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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 ...^~\^@¶@
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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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