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##@&$^*~~. RAILS .~~*^$&@##
&$$$*~~~.. ..~~~*$$$&
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@&$^~..... &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& .....~^$&@
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@$$*~~.... ....~~*$$@
@$^~~..... TRAINS ARE SO CONSTRUCTED THAT THEY .....~~^$@
##@&$^*~~. HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS .~~*^$&@##
&&$$$^*~~. CALLED A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS COMPRISED .~~*^$$$&&
@&&$^~~~.. OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. ..~~~^$&&@
&&^*~~~... ...~~~*^&&
@$$$$^*~~. BECAUSE THE LOW FRICTION BETWEEN THE .~~*^$$$$@
##@&$^*~~. WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL METAL, .~~*^$&@##
###@&^*~~. THERE ARE LIMITS FOR HOW ACUTE A CURVE .~~*^&@###
#@$^**~~.. CAN BE, AND EVEN MORE SO FOR HOW MUCH ..~~**^$@#
###@$^*~~. THE GROUND UNDER THE RAILS CAN BE .~~*^$@###
&^***~~... SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED ...~~***^&
##@&$^*~~. ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN .~~*^$&@##
##@&$^*~~. TUNNELS (IF THEY ARE LARGE), OR .~~*^$&@##
@$$$^*~... 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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