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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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