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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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