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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. .......~~^
~~........ ........~~
~......... 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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