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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. ...@..@...
...@...@@@ ....@..@..
....@..@.@ 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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