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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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