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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. .^~=%§¤###
###¤§%=~^. .^~=%§¤###
¤¤%%~..... 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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