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#@¶&$%^--. RAILS .--^%$&¶@#
&$$$^-.... ....-^$$$&
&$$$$%^--. .--^%$$$$&
&&$$^^^--. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& .--^^^$$&&
&$$^-..... .....-^$$&
#@¶&$%^--. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& .--^%$&¶@#
&&&%%%^--. .--^%%%&&&
&&$^^-.... ....-^^$&&
##@¶&%^--. TRAINS ARE SO CONSTRUCTED THAT THEY .--^%&¶@##
#@¶&$%^--. HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS .--^%$&¶@#
@¶$%^-.... CALLED A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS COMPRISED ....-^%$¶@
&$%%%%^--. OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. .--^%%%%$&
&%^--..... .....--^%&
#@¶&$%^--. BECAUSE THE LOW FRICTION BETWEEN THE .--^%$&¶@#
¶¶$$$%^--. 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 ...--%$$¶@
@&&&$%^--. FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS .--^%$&&&@
&&$%-..... IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. .....-%$&&
&%---..... .....---%&
¶¶¶&$%^--. &&&&&&&& .--^%$&¶¶¶
¶$$%-..... .....-%$$¶
#@¶&$%^--. MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RAILS BY FOOT. .--^%$&¶@#
¶&%-...... OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER ......-%&¶
&&&&$%^--. PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS .--^%$&&&&
@@¶&$%^--. IS FROWNED UPON, AND VERY IMPOLITE .--^%$&¶@@
##¶&$%^--. TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! .--^%$&¶##
#@¶&$%^--. .--^%$&¶@#
##¶&$%^--. .--^%$&¶##
@&&$$%^--. .--^%$$&&@
#@¶&$%^--. .--^%$&¶@#
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