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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.                  ..........
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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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