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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. .&.&&....&
....&...&& &&&.&...&.
...&&..&.. 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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