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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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