.......@@@ ..@.....@@
.@@@@@..@. ....@@@...
..@@@..... @@@..@..@@
...@..@@@@ @@........
@@.....@@@ @..@@@@@@@
@..@@@..@. 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. @.....@@@@
@..@@..@@. ..@@@..@@@
.......... 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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