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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. .^~\^§§###
§^~~...... ......~~^§
#§§\^..... 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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