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.:«\*$¤###                  RAILS                   ###¤$*\«:.
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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 ¤$$\:.....
....::«*$# OF TWO METAL  RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. #$*«::....
.:«\*$¤###                                          ###¤$*\«:.
.:«\*$$$¤¤ BECAUSE  THE  LOW  FRICTION BETWEEN  THE ¤¤$$$*\«:.
.:«\*$¤¤¤# WHEELS OF THE TRAIN  AND THE RAIL METAL, #¤¤¤$*\«:.
.:«\***¤## THERE ARE LIMITS  FOR HOW  ACUTE A CURVE ##¤***\«:.
.:«\****$¤ CAN  BE, AND  EVEN MORE SO  FOR HOW MUCH ¤$****\«:.
.:«\*$¤### THE  GROUND  UNDER  THE  RAILS  CAN   BE ###¤$*\«:.
...««\$$¤# SLOPED. THUS  A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED #¤$$\««...
.:«\*$¤### ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER  THROUGH THEM IN ###¤$*\«:.
.:«\*$¤### TUNNELS   (IF   THEY   ARE  LARGE),   OR ###¤$*\«:.
.:«\*$¤###            ARTIFICIAL CHASMS.            ###¤$*\«:.
.....:\\$#                                          #$\\:.....
......«*¤# THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE  SIDE OF  THE #¤*«......
.:«\*$¤### 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.          ###¤$*\«:.
...«\*$¤##                                          ##¤$*\«...
.....«\*¤¤ SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE  TO STOP AND WAIT ¤¤*\«.....
.:«\*$¤### 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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