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..~*=&§###                  RAILS                   ###§&=*~..
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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.            ###§&=*~..
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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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