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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~«*
«~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~«
~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨~«*=§&
#&§=*«~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~«*=§
@#&§=*«~¨¨ SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT ¨¨~«*=§@
#@#&§=*«~¨ FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS ¨~«*=§@#
@#&§=*«~¨¨ IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. ¨¨~«*=§@
#&§=*«~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~«*=§
&§=*«~¨¨¨¨ &&&&&&&& ¨¨¨¨~«*=§&
§=*«~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~«*=§
=*«~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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§=*«~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~«*=§
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