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@$/----... RAILS ...----/$@
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##@@$*/--. .--/*$@@##
#@$//-.... TRAINS ARE SO CONSTRUCTED THAT THEY ....-//$@#
##@@$*/--. HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS .--/*$@@##
##@@$*/--. CALLED A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS COMPRISED .--/*$@@##
##@@$*/--. OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. .--/*$@@##
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#@$$**/--. BECAUSE THE LOW FRICTION BETWEEN THE .--/**$$@#
@$$$//-... WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL METAL, ...-//$$$@
##@@$*/--. THERE ARE LIMITS FOR HOW ACUTE A CURVE .--/*$@@##
@$*---.... CAN BE, AND EVEN MORE SO FOR HOW MUCH ....---*$@
##@@$*/--. THE GROUND UNDER THE RAILS CAN BE .--/*$@@##
@$*-...... SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED ......-*$@
@$***-.... ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN ....-***$@
###@$*/--. TUNNELS (IF THEY ARE LARGE), OR .--/*$@###
@$/-...... ARTIFICIAL CHASMS. ......-/$@
@@$$/---.. ..---/$$@@
##@@$*/--. THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE .--/*$@@##
@@@@$*/--. RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL .--/*$@@@@
##@@$*/--. BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. .--/*$@@##
##@@$*/--. THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF .--/*$@@##
##@@$*/--. WATER. .--/*$@@##
##@@$*/--. .--/*$@@##
#@@@$*/--. TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG .--/*$@@@#
#@@@$*/--. THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION .--/*$@@@#
##@@$*/--. SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, .--/*$@@##
##@@$*/--. TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. .--/*$@@##
#@$*--.... DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE ....--*$@#
@@**--.... 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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