.......... ..&&&&&&&&
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....&&&&&& ..&&......
&&&..&&&&& RAILS &....&&&&&
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&..&&..&.. &......&&&
.......... &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ..&&&&..&&
.&&&&&&&&& ...&&.....
..&&&&&&&. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&....&&&&
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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. ....&&..&&
.&&&&..&&& &&&.......
..&&....&. 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. .&&....&&&
&&&&...... ....&&..&&
&&&..&&&&. &&&&&&&& &&&......&
&&....&&.. &&..&&&&..
...&&....& 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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..&&..&&&& ....&&&&&&
.......&&& &&&..&&&&.