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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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