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