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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.            ##¶&@=*-~.
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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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.~-*====@&                 &&&&&&&&                 &@====*-~.
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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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