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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 .~-=$$@###
@$=--..... IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. .....--=$@
##@$-~.... ....~-$@##
@@@$=~~... @@@@@@@@ ...~~=$@@@
###@$$=-~. .~-=$$@###
#@$$=-~... 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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