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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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