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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. #£#§*;~-..
.-~;*§#£## ##£#§*;~-.
..-~;*§#£# 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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