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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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