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.~«:$%§@##                   RAILS                  ##@§%$:«~.
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.~«:$%§@## §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ##@§%$:«~.
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.~«:$%§@## §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ##@§%$:«~.
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..~~~:$%%@ TRAINS  ARE  SO  CONSTRUCTED  THAT  THEY @%%$:~~~..
.~«:$%§@## HAVE TO  FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS ##@§%$:«~.
.~«:$%§@## CALLED A  "RAILWAY",  WHICH IS COMPRISED ##@§%$:«~.
.~«:$%§@@# OF TWO METAL  RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. #@@§%$:«~.
.~«:$%§@##                                          ##@§%$:«~.
.~«:$%§@## BECAUSE THE  LOW  FRICTION  BETWEEN  THE ##@§%$:«~.
.~«:$%§@## WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE  RAIL METAL, ##@§%$:«~.
.~«:$%§@## THERE  ARE LIMITS FOR HOW ACUTE A  CURVE ##@§%$:«~.
....~««$%@ CAN BE,  AND EVEN MORE  SO  FOR HOW MUCH @%$««~....
....~~««$§ THE  GROUND  UNDER   THE  RAILS  CAN  BE §$««~~....
....~:$$%§ SLOPED. THUS A  RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED §%$$:~....
.~«:$%§@## ON TOP  OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN ##@§%$:«~.
.~«:$%§### TUNNELS   (IF   THEY   ARE   LARGE),  OR ###§%$:«~.
.~«:$%§@##            ARTIFICIAL CHASMS.            ##@§%$:«~.
.~«:$$$%@#                                          #@%$$$:«~.
.~«:$%§@@@ THERE WILL BE TREES  ON THE SIDE OF  THE @@@§%$:«~.
.~«:$%§@## RAILS, BUT NOT  TOO CLOSE, OR  THEY WILL ##@§%$:«~.
....«::%%§ BE  CUT  DOWN BY THE  RAILWAY  JANITORS. §%%::«....
.~«:$%§@## THERE  WILL  BE  PLAINS,  AND BODIES  OF ##@§%$:«~.
.~«:$%§@##                  WATER.                  ##@§%$:«~.
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.~«:$%§### TRAINS GO  BY DAY AND  BY  NIGHT.  ALONG ###§%$:«~.
....~««:$§       THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION      §$:««~....
.~«:$%§§@# SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT  ON  TOP OF  POLES, #@§§%$:«~.
.~«:$$$%§@ TO BE INTERPRETED  BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. @§%$$$:«~.
....~:$$§@ DIFFERENT  PARTS  OF  THE  RAILWAY  HAVE @§$$:~....
...««$%%%§          DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS.         §%%%$««...
..~«««$%§#                                          #§%$«««~..
.~«:$%§@## SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP  AND WAIT ##@§%$:«~.
....~«$%§# FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN,  FAR AWAY. THIS #§%$«~....
.~«:$%§@## IS  SIGNALED  BY  RED  OR GREEN  LIGHTS. ##@§%$:«~.
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.~«:$%§###                 §§§§§§§§                 ###§%$:«~.
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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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