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.....,~/%%                  RAILS                   %%/~,.....
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......,~/% @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ %/~,......
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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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