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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. ....-^¤¤&&
####&¤^«-. .-«^¤###
###&¤%^«-. 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. .-«^%¤####
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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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