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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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