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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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