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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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@#$*;~~... TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG ...~~;*$#@
#@#$*;~~.. THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION ..~~;*$#@#
##@#$*;~~. SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, .~~;*$#@##
#@#$*;~~.. TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. ..~~;*$#@#
@#$*;~~... DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE ...~~;*$#@
#$*;~~.... DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS. ....~~;*$#
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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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