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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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