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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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