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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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