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.,~*%&@@## ##@@&%*~,.
..,~*%&@@# RAILS #@@&%*~,..
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....,~*%&@ @&%*~,....
.....,~*%& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &%*~,.....
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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. @&%*~,....
.....,~*%& &%*~,.....
......,~*% &&&&&&&& %*~,......
.......,~* *~,.......
........,~ 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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..,~*%&@@# #@@&%*~,..