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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. **-:......
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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. #§§**-:...
....:-**§§ §§**-:....
.....:-**§ 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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