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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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