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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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