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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. @@@§@%/~..
....~/%%%§ §%%%/~....
..../%%@@@ 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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