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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. @@.@.@..@.
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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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