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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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