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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. .....:»**@
###@**†»:. .:»†**@###
###@**†»:. 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. ....:»†*@#
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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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