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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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