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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. ,,,,\**@@¶
#@¶@**\~,, ,,~\**@¶@#
¶@****\~,, 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. ,,,,,\\\*@
#@¶@**\~,, ,,~\**@¶@#
¶@*\,,,,,, 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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