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