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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. .~~;^%¤@@@
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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. .~~;^%¤@@#
¤%%;;;;~~. .~~;;;;%%¤
#@@¤%^;~~. 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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