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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. $*\=......
.......=\* *\=.......
........=\ SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT \=........
.........= FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS =.........
.......... IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. ..........
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.......... @@@@@@@@ ..........
.........= =.........
........=\ MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RAILS BY FOOT. \=........
.......=\* OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER *\=.......
......=\*$ PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS $*\=......
.....=\*$@ IS FROWNED UPON, AND VERY IMPOLITE @$*\=.....
....=\*$@@ TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! @@$*\=....
...=\*$@@# #@@$*\=...
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