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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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