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.......-^& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &^-.......
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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. &%:-......
.--:^%&@## ##@&%^:--.
.--:::^&@@ 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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