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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. .......,~:
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@%:~,..... 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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