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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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