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@$*~:..... RAILS .....:~*$@
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#@&@$*~:.. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ..:~*$@&@#
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#@&@$*~:.. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ..:~*$@&@#
@&@$*~:... ...:~*$@&@
&@$*~:.... ....:~*$@&
@$*~:..... TRAINS ARE SO CONSTRUCTED THAT THEY .....:~*$@
$*~:...... HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS ......:~*$
@$*~:..... CALLED A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS COMPRISED .....:~*$@
&@$*~:.... OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. ....:~*$@&
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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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#@&@$*~:.. THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE ..:~*$@&@#
##@&@$*~:. RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL .:~*$@&@##
#@&@$*~:.. BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. ..:~*$@&@#
@&@$*~:... THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF ...:~*$@&@
&@$*~:.... WATER. ....:~*$@&
@$*~:..... .....:~*$@
$*~:...... TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG ......:~*$
@$*~:..... THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION .....:~*$@
&@$*~:.... SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, ....:~*$@&
@&@$*~:... TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. ...:~*$@&@
#@&@$*~:.. DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE ..:~*$@&@#
##@&@$*~:. DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS. .:~*$@&@##
#@&@$*~:.. ..:~*$@&@#
@&@$*~:... SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT ...:~*$@&@
&@$*~:.... FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS ....:~*$@&
@$*~:..... IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. .....:~*$@
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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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