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..@@@..... RAILS ...@.@@...
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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. ..@.......
..@@@....@ ...@......
..@.@@...@ 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. ..@......@
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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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