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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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