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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. .~-:=¤#@##
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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. .~-:=¤####
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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. .~-:=¤#@@@
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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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