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##@&$%:«~.                  RAILS                   .~«:%$&@##
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&%:««~.... &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ....~««:%&
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##@&$%:«~. TRAINS  ARE  SO  CONSTRUCTED  THAT  THEY .~«:%$&@##
&&%%%:~... HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH  IS ...~:%%%&&
&$:~...... CALLED  A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS  COMPRISED ......~:$&
##@&$%:«~. OF TWO  METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. .~«:%$&@##
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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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