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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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**~,...... 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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