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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.          .....~«^§¤
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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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