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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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