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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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