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..~~*%%¤@# #@¤%%*~~..
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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. %%*~~.....
....~~*%%¤ ¤%%*~~....
...~~*%%¤@ 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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