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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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