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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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