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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. .....~=*%¶
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@**~^^.... 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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