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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. .^~=%*@###
##@*%=~^.. ..^~=%*@##
###@*%=~^. 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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##@*%=~^.. §§§§§§§§ ..^~=%*@##
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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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