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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. ;~~.......
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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. *%;~~.....
....~~;%*@ @*%;~~....
...~~;%*@@ @@@@@@@@ @@*%;~~...
..~~;%*@@# #@@*%;~~..
.~~;%*@@## 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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