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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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