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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. ......-~^†
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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. ..-~^†*@##
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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. ......-~^†
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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. .-~^†*@###
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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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