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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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