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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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