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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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