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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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