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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. #@@&*^\=:.
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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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