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&&&&&&&... &.....&&..
.&&&&&..&& RAILS ..&&&.....
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&&.......& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& .&&&&&....
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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. .&&.....&&
.&&..&&&&& ....&&&...
......&&&& 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. &&..&&&&&.
&&&&..&&&& .....&&&..
.&&....&&. &&&&&&&& &&&&..&...
....&&.... .&&.....&&
.&&....&&. 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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