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....-:**@@ RAILS @@**:-....
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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. ###@*†:--.
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.--:†*@### 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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