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###&@†\~.. RAILS ..~\†@##
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#&††~..... &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& .....~††
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##&&@†\~.. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ..~\†@&#
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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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###&@†\~.. &&&&&&&& ..~\†@##
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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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