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,,,,,,,,,~ ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~: RAILS :~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~:% %:~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~:%$ $%:~,,,,,,
,,,,,~:%$# ######################################## #$%:~,,,,,
,,,,~:%$#¶ ¶#$%:~,,,,
,,,~:%$#¶# ######################################## #¶#$%:~,,,
,,~:%$#¶## ##¶#$%:~,,
,,,~:%$#¶# #¶#$%:~,,,
,,,,~:%$#¶ 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. $%:~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~:% OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER %:~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~: PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS :~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ IS FROWNED UPON, AND VERY IMPOLITE ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~: :~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~:% %:~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~:%$ $%:~,,,,,,
,,,,,~:%$# #$%:~,,,,,
,,,,~:%$#¶ ¶#$%:~,,,,