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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. #@&%=*~:..
.:~*=%&@## ##@&%=*~:.
..:~*=%&@# 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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