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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. @.........
..@.@@..@. @@........
....@@@..@ 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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