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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. ..~~****¤#
#$$$*-.... ....-*$$$#
###¤$**-~. THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE .~-**$¤###
###¤$**-~. RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL .~-**$¤###
####$**-~. BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. .~-**$####
###¤$**-~. THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF .~-**$¤###
###¤$**-~. WATER. .~-**$¤###
###¤$**-~. .~-**$¤###
###¤$**-~. TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG .~-**$¤###
##¤¤$**-~. THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION .~-**$¤¤##
¤**--~~... SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, ...~~--**¤
#$$****-~. TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. .~-****$$#
###¤$**-~. DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE .~-**$¤###
###¤$**-~. DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS. .~-**$¤###
###¤$**-~. .~-**$¤###
¤¤$$*~.... SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT ....~*$$¤¤
###¤$**-~. FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS .~-**$¤###
#¤$$*~.... IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. ....~*$$¤#
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###¤$**-~. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ .~-**$¤###
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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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