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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. ....»»^§§@
#@§§=»»... ...»»=§§@#
@^^»:..... 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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