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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. #@##%==~..
..~===%%%@ @%%%===~..
..~==%#### 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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