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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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