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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! #&§*~.....
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..~~***§§# #§§***~~..
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