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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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