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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. .,~;*&@###
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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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