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..,~†$*¤¶#                  RAILS                   #¶¤*$†~,..
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.....,~†$* ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ *$†~,.....
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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.            ¶¤*$†~,...
....,~†$*¤                                          ¤*$†~,....
.....,~†$* 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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