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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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