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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 ....--*%%#
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###%%*--.. 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 ....--*%%#
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#%%*--.... 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 ....--*%%#
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###%%*--.. SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, ..--*%%###
####%%*--. TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. .--*%%####
###%%*--.. DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE ..--*%%###
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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 ....--*%%#
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