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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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