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§¤==...... ......==¤§
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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. .^===¤§##@
#@#§¤===^. .^===¤§#@#
#@#§¤===^. 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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