&....&.... .......&&&
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.....&..&& .&&&&.....
&&&&.....& ..&&..&&&&
&&&..&&&.. &......&&&
&&....&... RAILS ..&&&&..&&
&..&&...&& ...&&....&
......&... &&....&&..
&&&&&...&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ...&&....&
&&&&..&..& &&....&&..
.&&....... &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ...&&.....
....&&&&&& &&....&&&&
.&&..&&&&& &..&&..&&.
......&&&. 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. .&&&&&&&&&
&&....&&&& ..&&&&&&&&
&..&&..&&& 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. ..........
.......... &&&&&&&&&&
.&&&&&&&&. 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. ..&&......
&&&&&..... .....&&&&&
&&&&..&&&& SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT &&&&..&&&&
&&&....&&& FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS .&&....&&&
&&..&&..&& IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. ....&&..&&
&........& .&&......&
..&&&&&&.. &&&&&&&& ....&&&&..
&..&&&&..& &&&..&&..&
....&&.... 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! &&&&..&&&&
...&&&&... &&&....&&.
&&..&&..&& &&..&&....
.........& &......&&.
&&&&&&&&.. ..&&&&....
.&&&&&&..& &..&&..&&.
..&&&&.... ..........