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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. .,~;=%####
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####%=;~,. 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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##%=;,.... 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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