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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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