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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. ¨¨¨~~~~%%@
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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. ¨~~^%¤@###
#@@@¤%^~~¨ ¨~~^%¤@@@#
####@¤%~~¨ 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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