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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 .,,===*@@#
###@*$==,. TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! .,==$*@###
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