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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. @@@..@....
....@.@@.. @.@@..@...
......@@@. 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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