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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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%$;~:..... BECAUSE THE LOW FRICTION BETWEEN THE .....:~;$%
$;~:...... WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL METAL, ......:~;$
%$;~:..... THERE ARE LIMITS FOR HOW ACUTE A CURVE .....:~;$%
@%$;~:.... CAN BE, AND EVEN MORE SO FOR HOW MUCH ....:~;$%@
#@%$;~:... THE GROUND UNDER THE RAILS CAN BE ...:~;$%@#
##@%$;~:.. SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED ..:~;$%@##
###@%$;~:. ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN .:~;$%@###
##@%$;~:.. TUNNELS (IF THEY ARE LARGE), OR ..:~;$%@##
#@%$;~:... ARTIFICIAL CHASMS. ...:~;$%@#
@%$;~:.... ....:~;$%@
%$;~:..... THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE .....:~;$%
$;~:...... RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL ......:~;$
%$;~:..... BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. .....:~;$%
@%$;~:.... THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF ....:~;$%@
#@%$;~:... WATER. ...:~;$%@#
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###@%$;~:. TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG .:~;$%@###
##@%$;~:.. THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION ..:~;$%@##
#@%$;~:... SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, ...:~;$%@#
@%$;~:.... TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. ....:~;$%@
%$;~:..... DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE .....:~;$%
$;~:...... DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS. ......:~;$
%$;~:..... .....:~;$%
@%$;~:.... SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT ....:~;$%@
#@%$;~:... FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS ...:~;$%@#
##@%$;~:.. IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. ..:~;$%@##
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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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