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##@£@%/=:. .:=/%@£@##
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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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=:........ ........:=