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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. ...,==:%@@
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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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