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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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¶§††~~^... RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL ...^~~††§¶
##§^†^^^^. BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. .^^^^†^§##
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####§^†~^. 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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