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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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