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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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