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#$$%»».... ....»»%$$#
#$////^... RAILS ...^////$#
####$%/»^. .^»/%$####
##$%%%/»^. .^»/%%%$##
####$%/»^. ######################################## .^»/%$####
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##%///»»^. ######################################## .^»»///%##
#%%/^..... .....^/%%#
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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 ....^///%#
####$%/»^. FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS .^»/%$####
####$%/»^. IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. .^»/%$####
####$%/»^. .^»/%$####
####$%/»^. ######## .^»/%$####
#$/^...... ......^/$#
####$%/»^. MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RAILS BY FOOT. .^»/%$####
####$%/»^. OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER .^»/%$####
####$%/»^. PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS .^»/%$####
####$%/»^. IS FROWNED UPON, AND VERY IMPOLITE .^»/%$####
####$%/»^. TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! .^»/%$####
#####%/»^. .^»/%#####
#$//»»»... ...»»»//$#
#$$$/»^^^. .^^^»/$$$#
#####$/»^. .^»/$#####
####$%/»^. .^»/%$####
##%»...... ......»%##