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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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