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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. =^........
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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. #@&%^:=^..
.^=:^%&@## ##@&%^:=^.
..^=:^%&@# 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. :=^.......
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.......^=: 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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