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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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