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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. .--:=*¤¤@#
###@¤*:--. .--:*¤@###
##@¤*=:--. 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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