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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. .:-^†@§@@#
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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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##@§@†^-:. §§§§§§§§ .:-^†@§@##
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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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