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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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