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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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