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§=»»~..... .....~»»=§
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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. ...~»*===§
##@§¤=*»~. .~»*=¤§@##
§¤=****»~. 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! .~»*=§@###
@@@§¤=*»~. .~»*=¤§@@@
###@¤=*»~. .~»*=¤@###
##@§¤=*»~. .~»*=¤§@##
@¤*»»..... .....»»*¤@
§¤*»»~.... ....~»»*¤§
§§§¤=*~... ...~*=¤§§§