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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. ...^~\*@¤@
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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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