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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 ..^^^^-*
##&&$*^-^. THE GROUND UNDER THE RAILS CAN BE .^-^*$&#
####$*^-^. SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED .^-^*$####
#$*-^^^... ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN ...^^^-*$#
#$$$$*^-^. TUNNELS (IF THEY ARE LARGE), OR .^-^*$$$$#
#$**-..... ARTIFICIAL CHASMS. .....-**$#
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##&&$*^-^. THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE .^-^*$&#
#&*^--.... RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL ....--^*
###&$*^-^. BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. .^-^*$##
&&&*-^.... THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF ....^-*&&&
###&$*^-^. WATER. .^-^*$##
&$*^^..... .....^^*$&
##$**-.... TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG ....-**$##
#&***-^... THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION ...^-***
#&$^--^... SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, ...^--^$
###&$*^-^. TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. .^-^*$##
###&$*^-^. DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE .^-^*$##
#&$**^^... DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS. ...^^**$
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&*-....... SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT .......-*&
###&$*^-^. FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS .^-^*$##
#&$*^^.... IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. ....^^*$
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#&$$^^^^^. 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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