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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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