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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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