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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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