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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. ...&&&&&..
.....&&&.. &&..&&&...
&&&&..&... 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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