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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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