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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. .:~=$$####
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##$$$=:... 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. .:~=$$####
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####$$=~:. 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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