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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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