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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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