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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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