&%/^...... ......^/%&
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@&%%/~~... ...~~/%%&@
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#&$////~^. RAILS .^~////$&#
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&%%/~~^... &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ...^~~/%%&
&$%~~..... .....~~%$&
##@&$%/~^. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& .^~/%$&@##
@$$/^^^^.. ..^^^^/$$@
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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 ......~/%&
@$/~...... ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN ......~/$@
@$$/^..... TUNNELS (IF THEY ARE LARGE), OR .....^/$$@
##@&$%/~^. ARTIFICIAL CHASMS. .^~/%$&@##
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##@&$%/~^. THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE .^~/%$&@##
&$/~^^^^.. RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL ..^^^^~/$&
##@&$%/~^. BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. .^~/%$&@##
##@&$%/~^. THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF .^~/%$&@##
&&$$%%/~^. WATER. .^~/%%$$&&
##@&$%/~^. .^~/%$&@##
##@&$%/~^. TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG .^~/%$&@##
@&%/^..... 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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