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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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