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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 ....---†@#
#@@$**-^^. FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS .^^-**$@@#
##$†*^.... IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. ....^*†$##
@@††*^^... ...^^*††@@
####@†*-^. @@@@@@@@ .^-*†@####
@††**--... ...--**††@
###@$†*-^. MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RAILS BY FOOT. .^-*†$@###
@$$***-^^. OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER .^^-***$$@
#$**^..... PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS .....^**$#
@†--...... IS FROWNED UPON, AND VERY IMPOLITE ......--†@
###@$†*-^. TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! .^-*†$@###
##$*^..... .....^*$##
@@@†*^.... ....^*†@@@
#@†--^^... ...^^--†@#
@@†-^..... .....^-†@@
###@$†*-^. .^-*†$@###
#@$††-.... ....-††$@#