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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. ,~=%%¤####
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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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