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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. &%*-~.....
......~-*% %*-~......
.......~-* 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. @&%*-~....
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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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....~-*%&@ @&%*-~....
...~-*%&@# #@&%*-~...
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