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.~«/*§####                   RAILS                  ####§*/«~.
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.....~/§## ######################################## ##§/~.....
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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. ####§*/«~.
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....~««/§# 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.          ####§*/«~.
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...~/*§§## 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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