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.^~\§@#@@# #@@#@§\~^.
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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. #§\\~.....
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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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