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......~»/* RAILS */»~......
.....~»/*@ @*/»~.....
....~»/*@¤ ¤@*/»~....
...~»/*@¤@ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ @¤@*/»~...
..~»/*@¤@# #@¤@*/»~..
.~»/*@¤@## ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ##@¤@*/»~.
..~»/*@¤@# #@¤@*/»~..
...~»/*@¤@ @¤@*/»~...
....~»/*@¤ 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. @*/»~.....
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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. »~........
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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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