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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. ....-~§%%@
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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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