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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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