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#@@&§=/~^. RAILS .^~/=§&@@#
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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. .^~/=§&@##
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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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