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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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