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=~........ RAILS ........~=
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£%=~...... 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. .....~=%£¤
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%=~....... 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. ........~=
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£%=~...... 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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