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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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