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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. §@%:~-....
.....-~:%@ @%:~-.....
......-~:% 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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.......-~: §§§§§§§§ :~-.......
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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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...-~:%@§¶ ¶§@%:~-...