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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. ........--
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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. ...--/=%#@
#%=/--.... ....--/=%#
%=/--..... 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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