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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. ....===§@#
##@@§§\=:. .:=\§§@@##
@@@§=..... 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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