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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. .~=^^§####
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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. .~=^^§##
&§^~~..... .....~~^§&
###&§^^=~. 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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