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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. ..=:§%##
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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. .....=§#
&§:=...... ......=:§&
###&%§:=.. 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. .....=:%
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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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