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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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