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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. ###&@*^-,.
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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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