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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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