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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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