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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. ......^~*@
@%*^^^.... ....^^^*%@
@@@%**~~^. 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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