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&....&&&.. RAILS ......&&&&
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&&&&&&&..& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &....&&...
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..&&&..&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& .....&&...
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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. &....&&&..
.&&&&&.... ..&&..&...
..&&&..&&. 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! &&&&&&&...
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