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.~---†††¤#                   RAILS                  #¤†††---~.
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.~-\†††¤¤# ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ #¤¤†††\-~.
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.~-\†$¤### ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ###¤$†\-~.
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.~-\†$$¤## TRAINS  ARE  SO  CONSTRUCTED  THAT  THEY ##¤$$†\-~.
.~-\†$¤### HAVE  TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS ###¤$†\-~.
.~-\†$¤### CALLED  A  "RAILWAY", WHICH IS COMPRISED ###¤$†\-~.
.~-\†$#### OF TWO  METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. ####$†\-~.
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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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