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###%%=--.. TRAINS ARE SO CONSTRUCTED THAT THEY ..--=%%###
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###%%=--.. 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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#%%=--.... ££££££££ ....--=%%#
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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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