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#@#§§%†~^.                                          .^~†%§§#@#
@§§§§%†~^.                                          .^~†%§§§§@
#§%~......                                          ......~%§#
#@#§§%†~^.                                          .^~†%§§#@#
@#§†^.....                  RAILS                   .....^†§#@
#@#§§%†~^.                                          .^~†%§§#@#
##@#§§%†~^                                          ^~†%§§#@##
#@#§§%†~^. §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ .^~†%§§#@#
#@#§§%†~^.                                          .^~†%§§#@#
##@#§%†~^. §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ .^~†%§#@##
#§§§††^...                                          ...^††§§§#
#@#§§%†~^.                                          .^~†%§§#@#
###§§%†~^. 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. .^~††%§§§@
#§%~~^^^..                                          ..^^^~~%§#
#@#§§%†~^.                 §§§§§§§§                 .^~†%§§#@#
##@§§%†~^.                                          .^~†%§§@##
#§§§§%†~^. 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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#@#§§%†~^.                                          .^~†%§§#@#
§%†^......                                          ......^†%§