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###&@§^»^. .^»^§@##
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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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&§»»...... ......»»§&
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