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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. .:~^*¤¤@@@
@¤¤^^^^~:. .:~^^^^¤¤@
@@¤^^~~... 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. ..:~^***¤@
@@¤*~~:... ...:~~*¤@@
##@¤¤*^~:. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ .:~^*¤¤@##
@@¤¤¤*^~:. .:~^*¤¤¤@@
#@@¤¤*^~:. 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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