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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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