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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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