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.,-:*¤@### RAILS ###@¤*:-,.
..,-:*¤@## ##@¤*:-,..
...,-:*¤@# #@¤*:-,...
....,-:*¤@ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ @¤*:-,....
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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. :-,.......
........,- -,........
........., ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ,.........
........,- -,........
.......,-: 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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