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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. ....~*%¤&£
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#@£&¤%*~.. PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS ..~*%¤&£@#
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