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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. ...»:**&
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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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