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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 ...:~\$%§#
##§%$\~:.. ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN ..:~\$%§##
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§%$\~:.... 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 .....:~\$%
§%$\~:.... FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS ....:~\$%§
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§%$\~:.... OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER ....:~\$%§
%$\~:..... PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS .....:~\$%
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\~:....... TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! .......:~\
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