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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. ..:-/^%###
####%^/-:. .:-/^%####
###%^/-:.. 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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