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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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