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#$$\»-.... RAILS ....-»\$$#
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###@$$\»-. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ .-»\$$@###
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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 .-»\$$@###
###@$$\»-. IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. .-»\$$@###
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###@$$\»-. .-»\$$@###
@$»--..... MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RAILS BY FOOT. .....--»$@
##@$\--... 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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