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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 ...@@@..@.
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@.@@..@... TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! .@...@@@..
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