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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 .....@...@
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.@.@@..@.. 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 ..........
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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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